Frame stage completed!

Things are moving quick and frame stage was completed yesterday.

8th June
Ground floor frames.
Bricks delivered.


14th June
Garage bricked.


29th June
Fence falls down, neighbour not happy - squashed $100 'tree' which looks like stick

30th June
Ground floor windows and doors, steel beams and first floor frames.


Realised after seeing living room window that I could have done upstairs master bedroom window as a single window pane - looks better, but oh well, will have a divide in the middle.

5th July
Roof scaffolding and roof frames.



11th July
Frame stage completed! 1.5 months ahead of schedule.
Gutters also went up.
Roof tiles also went on yesterday, which was good as frame stage inspection was done in the rain.  Not much to report from the inspection - 4 defects, pretty happy!




Retaining wall and fence.
Retaining wall is giving me a headache.  I should have got my builder to do it all.
I only got them to do the west side.  And it doesn't go all the way to the end.  So I was concerned about putting fence on top.  Builder wants fence to be put up ASAP, as he needs to fill in dirt behind wall, so that P's land doesn't fall in.  At first wasn't sure how to put up fence as wall wasn't done near garage, but found out that builder wanted fence guy to also do retaining wall.
Now I'm concerned when I do it myself, in case it undermines the neighbour's footings.
Depth of footings is 600mm, so I need to go at least 300mm out, to be safer 500mm.
When it's cut, retaining wall needs to be done pretty much straight away and then filled.
Stressed about it.