Roofs on and walls clad

 Whoop whoop the house is now clad!

It does seem to have taken a while but to be fair the weather has not been kind to the roofers and cladders.

We chose to use Corrogate Coloursteel in Ebony colour, we chose this as it matches our existing granny flat onsite and it good on the budget.

Thank you Nikky Noble and the team from NYC roofing, a good job well done.

Cladding complete (Drone shot supplied by Gary Phoenix)


We even have most of the spouting on just a little bit to go on the porch.

Our water tanks have been re installed as well, it has been all go! Thanks JVO plumbing! If you have read my previous blogs you may well remember that the heavy rains popped our tank out of the ground. 

But finally after a bit of work  and discussions our insurance company came to the party and covered the cost thankfully, so we only had to pay the excess.  So the tanks were re dug up and fully re instated.

Not that the insurance company have paid yet but that will be a phone call today that is on my job list so our plumber can get paid. 

Thats all for now next is inside stuff... concrete floors grinding ect.

If you have any questions please don't hesitate to reach out.







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