As its been a miserable Autumnal week in Melbourne (cold and heavy rain everyday) we did not think much would have been done on the house. So we where quite surprised when we arrived there today!

After some debate, some time and once again.... more cash ! The roof tiles have finally arrived sometime this week (the tiles we had originally picked a year ago are no longer available so we had to 'upgrade').

I guess due to the weather the roof tiling was not started. But they are on site. This week if the weather holds out we might have a roof.

We expected absolutely no progress on the site, so when we saw they had started to work on the garage we where quite happy. Here is the back door for the garage (another piece of metal, this should keep Amelia happy). It looks a little damaged at the bottom (and covered in cement).

The stand alone garage wall. I think thats as high as the garage will be, just need the steel lintel over the garage door and then the roof (this will be the first room/part of the house completed)

If you don't include doors.

Something else we did notice on site, one of the 'bright-sparks' (not a pun for electricians) has removed the cover for the electricity meter. As we said earlier, its been a very wet week, so taking the cover off the meter..... Not a great idea.

I am not a qualified electrician, but water and electricity don't mix. Look at the condensation inside of the meter. Do we need to contact our site supervisor or customer service agent, or the electricity company !

Not visible on this photo, is the trip switch box, with everything switched on...

Still no building on plots 913 and 915. The plot in the background, is also a Porter Davis Home and also a Marriott. Same site supervisor for both builds (as well as another 12+ houses).

He seems on top of his game though. Lets see though.

The ground is very soft in the front of the house, with the large trucks leaving massive indentations in the ground.

Still to fix:

Part of slab still missing (they need to get this sorted, now its getting old)

Meter Box (do we need a new one, can the door be put back on)?

Bricks and door frames cleaned of excess morter

Have the other repairs been made. Correct spacing of L brackets and nails for the flooring ?