Alexandria Blaelock

Cottage construction

Here’s a little photo gallery of the the cottage progress. Technically it’s finished now, but there are little bits and peices to keep doing.

And here are some times the cottage was mentioned.

a pile of wood next to a ground out stump
13 July 22 Cutting down the trees
a fluorescent purple paint line on the ground
29 Aug 22 Marking out the utilities
an old washing line that has been dug up and abandoned in a bush
21 April 23 Bye bye washing line
view of a fenced off area with block marked holes
21 April 23 foundations marked out
view down a deep hole
21 April 23 Holes for the foundations
An old mud encrusted bottle on the ground
21 April 23 Archaeology
a patch pf grass with small concrete posts poking out
27 Apr 23 granny flat foundations in place
a pile of flooring
1 May 23 granny flat subfloor delivered
a fence with roof trusses leaning up against it
8 May 23 Roof Trusses Delivered
piles of wall panelling, windows and doors delivered
19 May 23 granny flat walls, windows and doors delivered
platform of floor joists
25 May 23 granny flat subfloor completed
the frame for the walls of building
26 May 23 granny flat frame up
the skeleton of a cottage with the roof trusses up
29 May 23 granny flat roof trusses up
a partly constructed cottage with scaffolding and plumbing
1 June 23 granny flat scaffolding in and plumbing in
a pile of roof sheeting and gutters
1 Jun 23 granny flat roof delivered
piles of construction materials
2 June 23 granny flat flooring delivered
a cottage frame with plumbing in the walls
5 June granny flat plumbing
a framed cottage with plumbing
5 Jun 23 more granny flat plumbing
the frame of a cottage with the roof on
8 Jun 23 granny flat roof on!
a house frame with first fix electrics in the walls
9 Jun 23 first fix electrics
a new floor with a hole for shower drainage
16 Jun 23 shower drainage
the view of a roof from underneath
21 Jun 23 roofing
structure with the roof and first layer of wall cladding
22 Jun 23 wall cladding
the structure of a small cottage with a layer of insulation on the outside
22 Jun 23 wall wrapping
the shell of a building with insulation in the walls
24 Jun 23 insulation
a small cottage with an external skin
29 Jun 23 start of external cladding
partially constructed cottage with windows installed
1 Jul 23 windows in
newly plaster boarded walls
2 Jul 23 interior cladding
a fenced off rubbish bin
8 Jul 23 first skip
a newly constructed kitchen
11 Jul 23 kitchen
a partially fitted out bathroom
27 July 23 shower waterproofing
a new bathroom installation
27 July 23 Bathroom’s in
A black labrador standing between a red skip bin and a pile of external cladding with a tennis ball.
28 Jul 23 Clever Girl thinks she’ll have a go
a partially painted cottage
1 Aug 23 started painting
a cottage with fresh paint on the outside
2 Aug 23 finished painting
a cottage with corrugated iron on the base, and fireproofing on the exterior
10 Aug 23 ember protection
an empty room with a new floor
14 Aug 23 flooring
a corrugated iron and wood step
16 Aug 23 Step
a water tank and a hot water heater
17 Aug 23 water heater & tanks
a portaloo and rubbish skip
22 Aug 23 rubbish to remove
a bathroom with laundry trough, toilet and cabinet with sink
29 August 23 Bathroom
A completed built-in wardrobe with shelves and hanging space
29 August 23 Wardrobe in
the start of a new deck
12 Sep 23 deck starts
a view of a partially constructed deck
13 Sep 23 (from yard)
a portaloo hooked up to a crane
13 Sep 23 portaloo leaves
a man and a black labrador on the beach
14 Sep 23 taking a break
a partially constructed deck
14 Sep 23 (from house)
a partially constructed deck
15 Sep 23 shaping up nicely
a bottle of champagne spritz
16 Sep 23 celebrating
steps next to a ramp up to a deck
17 Sep 23 stairs in
Alexandria Blaelock and a black labrador relaxing on a deck
17 Sep 23 deck mostly done!
a room with new curtains installed
27 Oct 23 Curtains
a woman and a black labrador weeding an overgrown garden bed
27 Oct 23 weeding the overgrowth
A new garden bed with small plants
29 Oct 23 Start of restoration
a pair of legs poking out from under a house
31 Dec 23 Internet goes in
A black labrador under a house with two tennis balls
31 Dec 23 Clever Girl tries a different entry
a black labrador lies on a dog bed with a bowl of fruit in the background
27 Feb 24 Job done