Down on the corner of the next street...

In late August when DH and I arrived back home after being away for 5 weeks, we were surprised to see that a corner house in the next street had gone! 

So on July 22 when we left, the lowset  brick house, surrounded by lots of trees was still there...

( images taken from Google Street View) The large photo in the collage is the same aspect as the majority of the following photos...looking downhill) 

Well the developers didn't waste any time...

The locals were perplexed when a big truck delivered a load of big poles...we were even more puzzled when these poles were driven into the ground...

Then after a day or so of very noisy 'pile driving'...and a visit from the concrete pumping truck...

One wet Friday, I was looking after Maximo and he and I walked down to look at the digger.

The builders weren't working so we didn't have to dodge trucks and the digger moving back and forth.

I showed Max where the plumbers had put in some pipes...we talked about baths, basins and toilets! Lol. And the Besser Blocks had started to arrive too!

I got into the habit of taking a progress photo every few weeks...

Ground floor starts to take shape. 

Starting on the next level...

More progress on that second level...

Before they left for their Christmas break, the builders started to put dark mesh on the temporary fencing...

Then on Monday this week a huge truck drove up our street at 6.15 am. It had a very long load of roofing panels. Next day I took this last photo...roof all done! 

So from now on for a while, I guess the 'tradies' utes (trucks) will be filling up the street while those tradesmen/tradespeople get on with the finishing...painters, plumbers, joiners, built ins and kitchen fitters, tilers, electricians, landscapers, and so the list goes on. But this build hasn't worried us too much as it's not in our street! Just a few times it was hard to get out of the area due to big trucks blocking the road. But us locals know the sneaky 'escape routes'. Lol