Building progress - part 6

A lot has happened on the building site last week. All the windows are in and we have a front door.

On Monday morning we walked through the house together with the electrician and decided on the location of all power sockets and lights points. 5 days later shows that he has been really busy - all the cables are in. Unlike in Europe, electricity cables are not protected by a PVC tube but hang loosely in the wall and ceiling spaces. It will be a challenge to drill into the wall for the first time when hanging up a painting and try not to electrocute yourself.

Unfortunately, the roofer is not that fast. The roof is still not finished and he certainly leaves a mess. Somehow a red roof tile has found its way into our stack of ironsand colored ones...

The gas pipe for the hob is only about 1cm thick, much smaller than we expected from European builds. The path of the pipe is also slightly different than expected, it sort of takes the touristic tour along the ceiling before winding down to the kitchen...

The bricklayers made a start as well. They built the wall to about half way, than had to stop and wait for someone from the council to pay a visit, inspect and hopefully approve it. As soon as they get the green light from the inspector, they can finish the brick laying. This is a council regulation to make sure the structure is decent.