Pouring the slab: the week your house gets a floor
Site cut, footings, steel, the engineer's check and the pour, day by day (sample diary).
Site diary
Notes from our building sites and the design office: what happens at each stage, what it costs and what we learn.
Frame stage: why we stop and wait for the inspector
Studs, trusses and bracing go up in about five weeks, and nothing is covered until the inspection passes (sample).
Fixing: the longest stage, and the one you see most
Plaster, kitchen, bathrooms, doors and paint: nine weeks where the house starts to look like home (sample).