Update January 2012

Well after a few months of living in the van, shed and cabin movement on the house site has commenced.

We have gone from frozen water pipes to unbearable heat in the kitchen area (shed). Its too hot to cook in the shed and the one night a week out for dinner has gone out the window. - Actucally it never really started.

I want a house.......

In mid-October 2011, we were issued with an owner builder certificate.  It did not changed anything..  Mr I want to build a Straw bale house suggested that the printing is incorrect for it has my name on it. I want to be the project manager!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Some movement happened in December 2011 – the site was cleared and sand added. It is still wet at this ponit and the neighbours kindly used their tractor to get the sand truck out of a bog.

More sand and then some concrete- at this point I am thinking that our queen size bed will not fit into the bedroom. The house site seems small.

Waiting for the Plumber who suggested he was coming on Monday. After a couple of Mondays passing, Mr I want to build a Straw bale house rang to secure which Monday. The week of Christmas the white plastic pipes went in.  A tad late to lay the slab so what is a few weeks when we have waited years.

Welcome 2012 – The year of house building. Mr I want to build a Straw bale house recently said that he may take it a bit slower in 2012. I still want to be Project Manager.

We have decided on the concrete mix for the slab. The promised slab will be poured soon we are up to our third date/guess. Not sure if Mr I want to build a Straw bale house is the great communicator he says he is. The tradesmen are ringing him!!!



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6 successful bricks to add to the internal walls



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We had a trial of making mud bricks – Mud bricks are for the internal walls. Mr I want to build a strawbale house had made a few . The weekend that was set for mud brick making never happened. 20 people that I had cooked for were never invited. Mr I want to build a Straw bale house had not thought of storage issues (oh my god - a layered inclosed shelf made of tyres and he did not think of it) - so he did not buy any of the necessary ingrediants to make the bricks.



Got to love planning!!!!!!!!!!