*New* Hemelzicht Farm house Winery......

Started a new Project this week! It is a Big piece of land in Hermanus, Called Hemelzight, that the client is now building his main house and cottage on, and then added to that is a Barn, which will finally intergrate into a winery village. At the moment i have started on the Barn which has already been aproved at council and now working drawings are needed aswell as tender drawings. They are going to be issued, or we hopefully want to issue them at the same time as the Main Farmhouse and Cottage to the contractor and QS. for pricing and construction.

So the drawings just need to be prepped and more details are needed and we need to look into the constructoin of the steel and blockwork walls a bit more and resolve a few things. All in all it seems like it would be an interesting project to pull of well. Once i complete the barn drawings i will be put onto the main house construction drawings which still have alot to do before they go to construction in a few weeks...

till next time
sleezy, cheesy, blogger
MIMISA

*Screens* :)

A quick Monday morning meeting started the week and then it was back to the details for house Afonso in camps bay that i have been working on so adamantly for a while now. It was though now and then to figure out what was happening around the doors with the wall finishes and the architrave details, but i also had some fun with the screen walls where i had some design freedom to create a timber screen design to the living area. A deadline was finally set for it and it was done and sent off to Norma at Dorma  for an ironmongery schedule.

Then today i moved on to more screens the outdoor overhead screens/ pergola's at the entrance and beach side of the house. Once again they are once off designs and i had the design freedom to create something smart and sleek, fitting with the theme. All in all they come out well and look good too. I just cant wait to see them in the house in real life. So now its just to print them out on Monday morning and sent to client for approval then off to the tenders and  contractors.

till next time
sleesy, chessy, blogger
MIMISA

Youth day site week.

Another day, another morning, and i am still sick. Or probably sick again from somebody else. Started our monday off as ussual with a meeting and it was said that Oceana building is now in completion stage and needs to be *de-snagged* or a workes completion list needs to be done, so Riaz and i have been going to site whole week and inspecting the building and we are not finished yet, we have one more floor to do and all the joinery aswell. But it was interesting and really nice to be on site and see your drawings in real life, built and actually going to be used.

Other than all the site inspecting we did this week i was still working on the internal timber doors and details for house Afonso in camps bay. And today i am back stuck on this boundary wall, pool and service room changes that just keeps coming back. This is the fourth time i change these drawings and i just hope that this time the client, neighbours and area committy opproves it.

So i was finally on site this week and i hope to be on sites more often again soon, and hopefuly on the Afonso site soon, lets keep our fingers crossed.

till next time
sleezzy, cheesy, blogger.
MIMISA

Sick week

Monday was very busy, but not uch to say, i was trying to finish the drawings of the new proposed boundary wall height to send to the client in Johannesberg aswell as fixing internal timber doors. But the drawings were finished in the end and i emailed it out last thing monday night. Then tues. came and i was sick and stayed out till wed.  I was back at work on thurs. but still not doing very well so needless to say i never really got anywhere fast with my work, but still managed to get a few things out, like the pool and bounary wall revision for site.

But its Friday today and i still dont feel 100% but im working on the internal timber doors and detailing, and plan to rest well over the weekend.

till next time
sleesy, cheezy, blogger
MIMISA

!! Boundaries !!

Another week has come and gone and still learning all the time, and lots more to learn. After another monday morning meeting i am still on House Afonso in Camps Bay but now on the internal timber doors where everthing is specially made.  Then finding specs. for the door and deciding on the finish while corresponding with the client to confirm the finishes. Working on that, other revisions cropped in with doors aswell as the framless glass door.

Then i was onto more boundry wall issues. Firstly after the drawings were issued last week, the eng. sent it back and disagreed about the fact of our pool on the boundary wall and then secondly the neighbour is suing becuase we are obstructing his view. So i was back onto the boundary wall, making changes and re-designing the service room to match the new boundary design, But still lots to do on monday and lots more to finalise, but that is for monday morning and another week of learning.

till next time
sleezy, cheezy, blogger
MIMISA