Tag Archives: Building a house on a mountainside

First Look at View From Third Level

Posted on February 1, 2020 by Helga

Saturday And a relaxing day. I was able to finish the preparation for the interviews tomorrow, including three thank you post cards.. I completed the printing, packaged all the CVs, and now they are ready for putting in my car. … Continue reading →

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Ten Hour Day

Posted on January 30, 2020 by Helga

Thursday It’s been a long day – I’ve worked ten hours and if I don’t get to this blog out soon, it won’t get done before midnight. Work is really busy. We have a school from the Middle East coming … Continue reading →

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Beams

Posted on January 29, 2020 by Helga

Wednesday Today we got beams! This was yesterday… This was today… Beams… There will be more and they will have to tie into the back of the house. This was us on the second level balcony last week… And this … Continue reading →

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“Cream Soda” For The Birds

Posted on January 28, 2020 by Helga

Tuesday With red food colouring not available at my local grocery store, I decided to go green. Whether or not the birds will approve remains to be seen! It’s not really cream soda you understand? It’s water with 5 tablespoons … Continue reading →

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Columns Got Unboxed

Posted on January 27, 2020 by Helga

Monday Today the boxing came off the columns. They mustn’t dry out too quickly, so they are getting sprayed down from time to time. The other side of the second level… I took a couple of photos from up the … Continue reading →

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More Cladding

Posted on January 24, 2020 by Helga

Friday Today has been a slow but steady day. My work email has been a bit iffy. There was a problem the other day where we were not receiving any email from outside the company. It was wonderfully quiet. Now … Continue reading →

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Lurkers

Posted on January 23, 2020 by Helga

Thursday My Mom used to call them Lurkers. This morning around 8am, I got a call from the builder. Werner asked how I was and then he said, “Question. Did one of you cut the electric cord?”  There followed a … Continue reading →

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Hard To Get My Head Around This

Posted on January 22, 2020 by Helga

Wednesday It is hard to get my head around this: the height of the house we are building! I don’t think any of us anticipated how high it would be. We really thought our level would be the height of … Continue reading →

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The Orthodontist Said…

Posted on January 21, 2020 by Helga

Tuesday Today, I went to my 12 noon appointment with my orthodontist. I went into his consulting room and got on the dentist chair. He looked in my mouth and he said… “I am very, very happy!” 👏 If he … Continue reading →

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These Are Busy Days

Posted on January 20, 2020 by Helga

Monday 20/1/2020 – all those twenties. I was working by 6:45 am and have clocked up about 8 and a half hours today. I also did the washing. The day was quite quiet because Mike went shopping for the electrics … Continue reading →

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The Last Thing…

Posted on January 17, 2020 by Helga

Friday This is the last thing I have to do today. Put the blog out and then I can go to bed! I’ve got into a bad sleeping routine, where I wake up around 3 or 4am and can’t sleep. … Continue reading →

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A Very Successful Day

Posted on January 16, 2020 by Helga

Thursday Today had many successful elements to it. Mike and I headed to Echo after I’d done about an hour of work. His plan was to do some cabling in the basement. He wanted to see if the conduits we … Continue reading →

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Windy Days

Posted on January 15, 2020 by Helga

Wednesday The wind has started to pump and it’s not due to stop for some time. This is the wind forecast for Fish Hoek… It’s going to be breezy! Meanwhile, the temperature has been up and it has been very … Continue reading →

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Work Continues

Posted on January 14, 2020 by Helga

Tuesday Work continues both at the site and home in the office.  This morning, I nipped down to the site and met Riana there to show her what’s happened so far. I took this photo from the top of the … Continue reading →

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Working on Site

Posted on January 11, 2020 by Helga

Saturday Today Mike and I planned on working at the building site. On Monday the workers will be raising the retaining wall for the second level and before they do, Mike needed to put in the plug points as well … Continue reading →

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