We Got Plastered and Locked Up!!!

'hic' and not a single hangover in sight..haha got you there, didn't I? I'm talking about the house. It's at lock-up stage now which means, besides more money to payout, you can't (well shouldn't) be able to get into the house without a key. Obviously we did, as the photos show. And no, I did not make that hole in the plaster. It's in the sheet of plaster they have used to block of the garage to the house and it must have been made by one of the workers..NOT ME! After not venturing up to the house on Saturday because the 'photographer who shall remain nameless' didn't want to get his hair wet (what there is of it anyway), we drove up today and the sun came out and first thing we noticed was the garage had been plastered. It looks like a room now, I mean after all, our car needs to have a place to live that's as nice as it deserves. Well actually, the very first thing I noticed was the lack of cleaning up that had happened around the block. Michael had told Pete that he ordered a clean-up crew to be there on Thursday to tidy up the site and remove all leftover bricks and tiles, etc...empty takeaway food boxes, drink bottles, you know, all the important stuff that is required when one gets a home built. Well, because we always believe what Michael the wonder supervisor says, Pete and I took the day off on Wednesday to move the rest of the bricks we wanted and place them down the back of the block, near the fence, for use later, for postbox, paving, whatever Pete decides he wants to do..(as that means stuff being done outside, I leave that choice to him). We had moved over 300 bricks last Sunday, 2 at a time from the front of the house to the back fence. That made over 150 trips of which I reckon I did a few more than Pete..I wonder what they invented wheelbarrows for? I would have thought that would have been a smart move, but someone, ie 'the photographer who shall remain nameless' thought it would be a lot better and more exercise to lug the bricks 2 at a time, all those miles (okay meters). Funny though how when Wednesday came that the first thing in the car was the wheelbarrow! We could take over 20 at a time that way!! All in all we moved over 600 bricks, and as the photo shows, they are stacked very neatly near the fence.
So, back to today, and we have ceilings..which gave me the feeling of smallness after having nothing but roof trusses and tiles for so many weeks. But I got over that feeling and was really pleased with the amount that has been done during the week. They have done a lot in the kitchen/meals area/family room as you can see by the photos. We were surprised by those things hanging from the ceiling that looked like places where those big flourescent lights would go. After careful thought, Pete came up with the idea that they are there to hold the plasterboard that has been joined together in place. Ok, so who's a clever boy then?!
As for the outside, nothing new to report apart from the brickwork is finished and the plasterboard has been done above the windows ready for painting and some putty stuff that matches the colour of the bricks has been put into those joins in the brickwork..which I do believe are called articulation something or other...impressed?!
Ok, till next week, enjoy!