Building progress - part 3

A giant labyrinth.
I am actually standing in the entrance area.






View from Kitchen out to the deck







Still some parts missing








More and more one can recognize the full dimensions and shape of the house.

Weekend activities

I thought a rabbit's foot is supposed to be luck??? Poor little fellow...

This is Akaroa on the Banks Peninsula. A nice little village where the French Settlers left a permanent mark. You don't find many roads and streets there but a great deal of "Rue's" and the police station is called Gendarmerie. We went for a 4 hour walk in these beautiful hills.

Another sunny day in the weekend let us to walk up Mt. Grey near Amberley, about 1 hour north of Christchurch. The Waipara area is known for a great Riesling. On the way back we loaded our trunk with 2 cases. This should be sufficient for the next couple of months.

This one is for Esther's former colleagues from Arcadis. Still think about you guys once in a while, at least every time I use this backpack, which is a lot. "Sally" likes it in NZ!! :-)

Building progress - part 2

So far the weather has been great for the build. Sunny and dry. Only the Nor'wester (Foehn) gave them a bit of a challenge to prevent the polystyrene sheets from blowing all over the place.

The 3rd dimension

View to the west from Master Bedroom

Our Dining area to be...

The remaining pieces of the puzzle...

Building progress - part 1

As long as you can bet on it, there will be races

I thought this is supposed to be a floor, not a gravel pit...

There is a lot of different stuff underneath the concrete: pebbles, mesh, pipes, polystyrene and plastic sheets.

Concrete floor is poured and smoothed.