Precariously Placed....

My neighbours told me this morning that the house was perched as per the picture on the left by 12 noon yesterday. It only took 5 hours (from 7am) to get it up in the air 9 feet.

Here are some more pictures I took this morning.....

If I jump up, I can touch the bottom of the house.......

Picture 1 - Front entrance/verandah from the side - the tree is where the steps will be.

Picture 2 - Down the garage/drive way side of the house (on the left of the house when you look at it). The bay window is where the sink is currently located -soon to be window seat for R&R.

Picture 3 - Back of the house where the back door is currently located (soon to be the kitchen) - the old back stairs are on the ground. Right across the back of the house will be a big L shaped deck.

Picture 4: down the right hand side of the house - looking towards the front of the block (and the stinky porta-loo on the left at the front). The louvres (which will soon go) are disguising the front verandah and the soon to be study.
Picture 5: View below the soon-to-be kitchen (currently back door area)....just to show you the stack of railway sleepers and how little is holding up the house.
Picture 6: View from front to back, straight under the house. The house basically is held up by three big steel beams and these are held up by the blocks of railway sleepers. You can see the old concrete stumps (some are just the pale concrete colour - the others have been painted grey to match the house trim).

And finally, a glimpse of the potential 'street appeal' of the house - as you can see, it's on the corner of two streets.

It may be another few days before I post anymore pictures as the next bits are slow going - the house may have to go up another few inches and the stack of steel posts (to replace the stumps) that are lying on the front lawn will be going in......and of course, lots of dig, dig, digging by the bobcat as they are yet to go 3 foot down...