I took quite a few pictures, but unfortunately, due to the late hour and my poor excuse for a camera, they're not all that great. Here are the best of them, starting with our townhouse. Note the bloody great earth mover sitting in what will be our courtyard.
The view from across the road (sticklers for continuity may spot that the portaloo has been moved away from our plot - I consider this a victory for the general smell of the area):
And across another townhouse from the south side. To give you some indication of where things will lie, think back to the plans. In the right hand side of the picture below will be the master bedroom. If you follow the line of the foundation to the left, there will be the ensuite and bathroom, followed by the kitchen and the lounge/dining just about where the earth mover is. As noted earlier, the earth mover is actually sitting in what will be our courtyard. I'm not exactly sure why there are so many big piles of dirt in the house, but I'm sure it will all become clear in the end.
You can also see from this shot that we're going to be quite close to our neighbours. I maintain that it's still a step up from an apartment building.
Elsewhere around the site, you can see the site office (which is a new addition this week) and more big equipment!
Bricks! Their colour doesn't really show up very well here, but it's all fairly neutral anyway.
Things are slightly more advanced at the southern end of the complex. These are mostly multi-story units from memory.
Foundations are still being dug and poured on the north west corner of the site.
Ah, nice work. Very Vineish in Perth by the looks of it!
ReplyDeleteI reckon it's probably a bit more barren and brown, but it wouldn't be far off it in terms of all the construction in a completely new suburb on the outskirts of town.
ReplyDeleteHaving said that, due to the quirks of Canberra's planning, it's actually not totally on the edge of town, it's more filling in the gaps in the metro area. Canberra is strange like that.