The floor in the plan*

(*those of us that speak proper wouldn't have called it that...) The garage floor is polished ready for painting; the rest of the slab is ready for the brickies to start building the walls which I think is expected to start on Monday.  Round the outside today they've completed all the storm drains - nothing much to see now except a couple of post holes - and there's a big hole in the ground at the back which is the main soakaway.  So: the initial groundwork is largely completed, and the nice groundworks men will be back at the end to do the landscaping including the gabion wall around the terracing and parking area.

And we promised a pic of the hydrangea when it was in flower - it smells lovely and here it is: