Eureka. Miracles do happen. Our living pod is finally watertight which was made possible on Wednesday by the arrival and installation of the overdue materials we’ve been waiting on for the past seven weeks.

Our builders have barely been on site lately because they’ve been unable to proceed, making them as frustrated by the hold-ups as we have been. Needless to say, the guys jumped into action as soon as the place was watertight and the Council gave them the green light to put up the rest of plasterboard after their pre-line inspection.

Within a matter of hours our living pod transformed from a construction zone into the space Kylie and I have been imagining for months. The dark chipboard of our SIPs panels replaced with the white of the plasterboard, opening the area up considerably and adding a degree of polish, while taking the house one exciting step closer to being a home.

That’s a double-o-for-awesome.

Builder John measuring up plasterboard in the living pod. You can see the large window behind him which is where our dining table will eventually sit.

Finally with the pod fully watertight, the guys could line the walls with plasterboard. Which has made an amazing difference to the vibe of the space.

Garrick and John all go.

With the plasterboard up, now waiting on the plasterer to do his thing before I get on the end of the roller again.