Loo door handles to the sky

Yes, I know, you'll never guess - we're STILL waiting waiting waiting for the plinth to go on.  

Fortunately, there has been a little bit of action in other areas to keep you entertained.  

We now have very elegant 'Empress' door handles.  

Also, it seems that the plumber has been back again.  This time, he has installed the toilets.  All we need is a bit of rain to fill the water tanks, and they will flush with water collected from the roof.  

Last time we spoke to the project manager, we decided that we would not put the planned skylight into the hallway but would stick with the one in the laundry.  We noticed, however, that a skylight has appeared in the hallway but not in the laundry.  Oops!  That was a bit of a mix up.  But once again, we think this is a fortunate mix up, as the hallway looks great with the skylight in it.  If it wasn't there, we would have had to leave Vic's bedroom door open to let the light in - not such a good idea with his floordrobe tendencies!  

So, we are sure that the delay in the plinth must also some be unfolding just perfectly...

Verandah landing

The waiting waiting waiting for the plinth continues.  In the meantime, the floor of the front verandah and the side landing have appeared - feels great up there looking out at the world.  But the plinth paranoia is a real mystery!  We are wondering if it is hard to get to because it involves one of the crucial measurements for the house.  If only the builder would even speak to us, and I am sure we could work it all out.

Water works

While waiting waiting waiting and waiting some more for the plinth to go on, we noticed that the water tanks had been delivered.   These are going to run the washing machine, flush the toilets and water our 'extensive' vegie garden and orchard.  10,000 litres - that should do the job!  Unfortunately, the gravel delivery truck got bogged and had to dump the gravel for the tanks outside the double north doors rather than around the back in the southwest corner.  So, a digger machine had to come back again and attempted to level out the land.  This then allowed the gravel to be dumped in the correct corner for the tanks to sit on.  And they were rolled around into place and hooked up (last photo).  

But when will that plinth ever go on?!?