Ten tradies on site!!

It's all happening at "Villa Sunset" with 10 tradies on site today! My plasterers are making a push to do what they can as they have to move on to another job on Wednesday. I think they will be about 90% complete. They will be back the odd weekend to finish off. Meanwhile a team of 3 builder, carpenter and apprentice have started to do lots of fiddly bits, while my two long time labourers are finishing lining the eaves with Colorbond mini-orb. So things are moving along on several fronts. The window people are due to be back (from the Central Coast) soon, to fix several minor faults. The main fault is with the patio door lock which was damaged so I have not been able to lock up after all. Clearly, I will not be "finished by Christmas" this year. I have not even decided upon my bathroom tiles, although I do have most of the bathroom fittings. Here are a heap of photos with progress so far.

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