Given that the ultimate objective was extra cash to accelerate construction of our retirement dream home, we effectively ended up marking time on the house. That's not to say NZ was a complete disaster - we made some great friends, despite their fully sick weird axsint bro.
Anyway, like Arni, we're back. Now home in Aus, we've managed to get piers (450mm dia. X 2m deep) bored & filled with steel & concrete, underground plumbing installed, slab footings dug (& drained & redug & drained again after heavy rains), & structural steelwork fabricated. Formwork and steel mesh are due to be placed this Friday. 45 cu.m of concrete should be poured early next week
The 18m x 7m hangar is full of heaps of house hardware, fittings and fixtures, all procured before prices rose any further.
My DG101 has been consigned to its trailer, having made myself a promise not to start flying again until we are in the house. Temora is such a great place to fly from, I just know if I start again now, it will consume countless house building hours. Definitely a career limiting move
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There is also a significant stockpile of Mode Zero projects, bits 'n pieces - kits, radios for restoration/conversion, plans, electronic projects & a lathe stockpiled for PMP (post major project). I'm able to sneak in some time on these after sunset.
Some lingering health issues are also slowing me down. Working on the house constantly reminds me that physical work is for younger men - 6m extension ladders and arthritic joints don't mix - and the older I get the better I was!?!