Man @ Work

Bram’s office-slash-guestroom serves as workshop-slash-storeroom for the time being. Which isn’t much longer cause we move in 4 days, and we’ll have to live in there for starters. Up till now Bram managed to not saw off any body parts while playing around with Rory’s posh saw table…


We had fabulous rain for a couple of days. Much needed for the garden, but the timing was not ideal. Due to lack of supplies, the bedroom roof wasn’t waterproof yet, so it rained inside. Meaning it couldn’t be painted, which holds up all the after-the-painting work. By now the rain stopped, and the truck from Joburg with our waterproofing slurry arrived.


Otsile admires the basics of the non-permeable bedroom roof.


Meanwhile Mister Plumber Block 6 is constructing the sewer for the main house bathroom. Glad Maud didn’t plant her tomato seedlings yet, cause the connection to the sewer from the office to the septic tank involves quite some digging in this part of the vegetable garden.


By now Bathalefi is doing the finishings of everything that involves electricity. Hanging fans, placing spots and dimmers in the ceiling, connecting outside lights – his contribution seems well under control.


Despite the funny? faces he really did make this part of the kitchen himself. We are still waiting for the countertop and sink, that will be fitted into the right hand side. Bram is standing where the stove will be.


Bram’s old office serves as storeroom for New Stuff. Note the posh bosch stove:-) and the washing machine:-) We know that won’t mean much for Europeans, but for us it’s a major step forward! All the time saved by not washing by hand will be put into using 4! burners and an oven! to the maximum.