Adams Lane build for Lis & Les

15.2.14

This is a simple version for those of you like me who aren’t into technology.

We got the building permit on the 17^th January & the following week the ground works were complete, the one after all the floor was set out & poured by the Friday & last week we got all the framing & trusses up for the roof.

We are going for a nosey shortly to see is all the scaffolding is up for the roofers. We’d hoped it’d be done by Thursday & maybe there’d be some roof by Friday 14^th, but no such luck.

Meantime since arriving down here on the 10^th we have been busy. On Tuesday 11^th we meet Rowan on site to look around & then went back to their base & spent ages making decisions about door types, locks, door handles, bathroom fittings etc.

Rowan gave us the name of the firm who will install the kitchen & we went to see them on Wednesday & spent a fruitful time with Chris bouncing ideas & wants around. We came away with plenty to think about. We went back on Friday after going looking at ovens, hob tops & so on. Chris had been thinking as well & by the time we left we’d virtually solved the kitchen layout. More than the original  quote so Lis gets her oven & a half plus the hob top we wanted, hush closures on the drawers & bench top of our choice.

Before we got home the Electrical firm doing the wiring were in touch & we meet them on site Tuesday.

On Monday we have another meeting with Chris so she can give us new costings! Later in the morning we have a colour consultant meeting so it’s all on.

Thursday we head for Christchurch & hopefully the roof will be on by then. We’re away 4 0r 5 days so on our return may have windows & some brick.

While all this is going on we’re staying with Mark & Anne, Bryn & Kody.

We had a full on trip around the North Island & ran out of time to see everyone, but we did pretty well.

We travelled over 4000 k’s going north through Taupo, into the Waikato, up to Auckland before catching my nephew & family in Hamilton en route south to New Plymouth & Whanganui.

We eventually got back to Wellington & had a lovely almost week with Claire & Lauren.

We dropped Claire at work on the morning of the 10^th Feb & headed to the ferry queue. Got there early & spent 35 mins getting to the head of the queue! Once through there we were quickly on board BUT there’d been an eight car pile up just south of Porirua That closed the motorway both ways so…….. they nicely waited for their passengers. The Kaitaki holds 1650 passengers & 600 cars & there wasn’t any spare space.

We finally left 45 mins late which they pretty well caught up. However the ferry saga continues. When we got to Picton the Arahura which should have sailed at 11am was stuck in our dock with a broken lifeboat………….eventually they moved it out to Shakespeare Bay to crane the thing back & we were able to finally berth & unload a good hour late.

Mark was waiting at the Picton end very frustrated as he should have sailed north on the Arahura so he was sitting waiting for our lot to unload so they could get on, he eventually got to Wellington at 6pm instead of 3pm as planned.

So now we’re all unwinding after a morning out collecting pine cones that will be a fund raiser for ATC (Air Training Corp) which Bryn has been involved in since he was 13, now almost 20!

The next update will be next weekend.

Watch this space

Lis & Les