First coat on gates

Today the first coat went onto the northern gates

and southern gate.

Day 3 of fencing

The fence on the southern boundary is complete. Note the single gate in the distance.

A prep coat on the southern gate.

Also the fence on the northern boundary is complete.

A view of the fence from the future deck area.

A prep coat on the northern gates.

Day 1 of fencing

Start of fencing along the northern boundary line.

A nice straight line.

More repointing and painting

Last Friday I finished the repointing of the bricks at the porch.

Today I did a prep coat on the bricks.

Also painted the doors to the "man cave".

Here they are installed.

Repointing

Today I tried my hand a repointing the brickwork at the front porch.

I still need to fill in a bit more but it doesn't look too bad.

Removal of temporary fencing

Today the temporary fencing was removed from along the northern boundary.

This was done in preparation for installing a fence along the northern boundary.

After a few hours, rubble and vegetation were removed from a section of the boundary line. More work tomorrow.

Painting of porch floor

After many hours of removing layers of old house paint rather than paving paint we were able to apply the first coat of paving paint.

Painting of porch

This weekend started painting the porch. First, prep coat on the beams.

Then first coat went on.

A view from the path.

Another painting weekend

Yesterday did the prep work and first coat around the ensuite including the down pipe.

Also underneath the sill bricks along the northern side of the extension.

Put another coat on the front windows. This photo of the one under the porch.

The other front window. Still have to paint the walls properly.

Today we did a second coat around the ensuite, sill bricks and downpipe.

To end the day did a coat on the master bedroom window. Have to clean the glass as well!

Stormwater overflow

Today the tanks filled.

The overflow went into the stilling pit near the front fence.

From the stilling pit out into the street.

Painting of downpipes

Started painting the downpipes around the house. This one at the deck post on the northern side of the extension.

At the front porch.

Along the southern side of the house.

Will need to mow the front lawn soon.

Path cleaning and fence painting

The lawn continues to grow.

We used the pressure washer to clean the paths to the house.

A clean of the fence bricks with the pressure washer and then a primer coat.

First coat of paint on the fence.

More downpipes

A great day of progress on the block thanks to our plumber. The major downpipes are in! First the northern side was completed. A thing of beauty!

Then the southern side was completed.

Then the front porch. You maybe wondering way the pipes go into the house. They run across under the house and then pop up into the water tanks on the northern side of the house.

A view down the length of the southern side of the house.

The front lawn continues to grow.

Lawn and trench - no joke

The lawn has started to grow in the front yard.

After much toiling, we finished digging a trench for the socked ag line along the retaining wall for the water tanks. This will allow water to flow down the northern side of the property.

Downpipes

Today the plumber started work on the downpipes. The first to be installed was at the deck post on the northern side of the house.

A bit further along (to the west).

The last to be installed today at the ensuite.

Front yard landscaping

Over the weekend we landscaped the front yard as best we could. We filled in the trenches for the storm water pipes and moved around the soil in the front (soon to be) lawn area

and front garden bed.

Pruned (savagely) the azalea bush.

The next day we sowed lawn seed (note sexy shadow legs)

and put mulch in the front garden bed.