Bricks on site!

As the slab cures and walls can now be built onto the surrounds: my bricks have arrived! Although my builder tells me that concrete is never truly cured until its 99 years old - and then will reach it's strongest point. Don't get caught in that :) 

Two different types can been delivered at this stage, bricks for the interior walls (the red ones) - which i don't really understand why there are so many - theres only one wall going up, plus filling in a window and door - perhaps; they need to cut alot in half?

The other bricks have a much smoother face and are the same size as the ye olde ones that my house was actually built with, grey/brown kinda colour.  

Now this is pretty exciting :) There was only one door here before - which led out of the kitchen and into the back laundry and bathroom - its the door on the right - it's being filled in, along with the huge window - as this was originally the back of the house. As that room is now a bathroom, the enormous window will be facing the kitchen - not really required. For some people.. Maybe. The door on the left is my hip cool new and exciting door /hallway entry into the new living room :) If you look closely - you can see the front gate ;) 

These are my new olive trees! And a sneaky lemon tree there in the middle. Im going to plant these along the back wall once i work out how to built a retaining wall. I've been on Youtube alot - but in Fremantle with all the limestone and other interesting flora, i may again have to dig deep and turn to the professionals. 

The plumbing and slab have all been poured in the bathroom - you can see here - two toilets - two sink wastes, two floor wastes, a shower/bath waste, and a shower waste :) All happening here!

This door frame has presented an interesting challenge, called the: lets' make one hallway out of two rooms in a house built before 1930.

The two parts of the hallway have beautiful plaster ceilings, with different cornices and totally different styles - and they are different heights, and different widths.

My dreams of a flush hallway, are down the drain, a la flush.
So we will continue on and work out a half-half measure in order to keep the entire house from falling in on the hallway!