Accommodation units taking shape

Early this morning , with the help of Stoffel's small crane, we started to figure out how to assemble the prefab stables. 4 hours later the basic outlay was completed and the whole project suddenly looked very impressive !

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final project was the leveling of the main connecting road. [more pics on this to follow..]

Stoep AFTER - foundations now in progress

The big STOEP is taking shape...Erika wants to extend the stoep with 3m ....why not ?? :)

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next was the filling up of the stoep, with soil from the french drain and assorted building material scrap collected around the house in the bush....

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Next was replacing the soil from erosion around the laboratory.

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I organize a small Motherf*&^r from our friends at Le Bau. What a revelation...
Within 2 hours we change the whole scenery.

First we level the area around the accommodation units..

Bushclearing around houses now finished

Johannes finished clearing the Sekelbos around our house and laboratory. To be able to see only yellow grass...for us looks 'weird'
IT LOOKS SOOOOOOOOOO NICE !

FOUNDATION completed for the accommodation units

Richard finished the concrete and the floor for the 1st 13m accommodation units.
We also tried to level the soil around the foundations and i realized that we need a serious machine for excavations...

Water connection completed

the local plumbers, Northern Pumps , finished installing the pump and connections.
We have pressurized water at last!

Bushclearing around the house

johannes is taking up the bush clearing very seriously and the area around the house looks better by the day.
The double door to the stoep also now completed.

Foundation progressing

the progress on the 1st foundation has been painstakingly slow , due to the slope of the land.
we were promised a tractor ...that never arrived :))
Then the main man , Richard got his finger stuck into the cement mixer - i took him to the local doctor for some stitches.

Water tanks in place

We bought 2x tanks from the local Agra and installed them on site

New road entrance and bush clearing

Our new road finally had an entrance and we finished more bush clearing

Platform for Watertanks now finished

Richard finished building the platform for the 2x water tanks. This coming week, we will put the tanks on site and start with the water supply towards the laboratory and house.

Foundation for Accommodation units started

Richard and friends did start today with the foundation for the accommodation and office unit. Luckily the soil is very soft with no rocks - work progress GOOD!
The accommodation and office units , each will be 13m x 3.6m . [i'm looking forward to assemble the stables...nice project!]

platform for the water tanks

we have decided to rather use 2x 5000L water tanks , instead of 1x 10 000L
Richard and friend working on the foundation , next to the dam.