Week 8 - The first floor arrives on site

Today we got up bright and early to watch the first floor walls arrive on site at 8am. A very skillful crane operator handled the pieces of the roof (there are a LOT) onto the first floor - between all the scaffolding poles and under the electricity wire!!



Standing on the first floor feels a little surreal as the walls and other parts of the first floor frame get piled up around you



The lorry was unloaded pretty swiftly and the guys started putting the second half of the jigsaw together!



It wasn't long before we could see what the dormer door from our bedroom was going to look like



Having never really seen a house being built before, and certainly never having the opportunity to go round a house at this stage it is suprising how 'flimsey' it feels in places.....can these 3 posts really become a bedroom wall???



It's not quite the house for 'hide and seek' yet!



And for the last time you can stand up at the edge of the rooms upstairs - once the roof arrives we will be able to see how the sloping ceilings will affect the head height upstairs.



P.s Do you like our stairs?!