Getting a shape on

Well, now we can see a bit of a floor plan emerging.  A lot of block work has been laid, most of this is dead work that wont see the light of day, but is necessary due to the sloping land.  Most of the block work in the photos will be below the damp proof course.

However, the block work does now give a clue as to the shape of the house and where some of the rooms are going.

Above - retaining wall starting to show the mass necessary, also now back filled with hardcore.  The width of the side retaining wall is indicative of the size of all the walls currently built.  As said before, the hardcore backfill is essentially the driveway to be.

Rhian is stood in our bedroom.  To the right of Rhian is the downstairs hall way leading to the master bedroom.  This work is below the damp proof course.

The dump truck parked in the trees shows how much the land has been cleared, also how wide the plot is - it extends in to the trees beyond the dump truck.  Behind the blue water butt will be the cantilevered room at street level, floating in the trees.