Photos from week starting 16th August

The weather has been fine all this week (spring is definitely on its way) and Matt has made great progress.  The driveway has been cut out and the excavated clay placed and compacted to give it a really solid foundation.  About half the length of the house has now been excavated to the depth of the ground slab.

The start of the driveway - the area on the left is the passing bay

The driveway through the trees with compacted clay fill

Looking back down the driveway from the car parking area

The car parking area with the cut and fill completed

Excavation for the rear retaining wall

This is where the laundry will be - you can see how the house is partly buried into the ground

This week we also received a sample window unit from Westcoast Windows in Sweden (http://www.westcoastwindows.se/english/default.asp).  We are seriously thinking of buying the windows and sliding doors from them as they have fantastic thermal performance (U=1.4W/m2K),  and they are also cheaper than buying them from an Australian supplier!

The window sample - this has triple glazed windows but we will have double glazed