Turkey Vultures

The house across the road has again made the mistake of leaving their trash bins not properly closed, and a “gang” of Turkey Vultures has taken advantage! Note the trash on the grass bottom right, and all the birds on their roof (and there’s a second group on another roof too):

Kitchen cabinets and so much more

It’s been a huge week for our new home at Independence! A week ago we had plastered sheetrock; now we have painted walls, tiled floors and bathrooms, and cabinets installed in the kitchen and bathrooms! We even have a partial driveway outside.

Kitchen cabinets look good; they will look better still in a couple weeks when the countertops are added …


Elsewhere, tiling downstairs is almost complete and tiling is progressing well in the bathrooms too:

 

It’s starting to look like a home now!

Painting and tiling

There’s a new burst of progress at Independence this week, with a first coat of interior paint following the sheetrock, and now the downstairs tiling is being laid …

The interior paint is quite plain, and less yellow than it looks in the camera!

 

Meanwhile outside, crew prepare for the driveway, cutting away the kerbing and laying concrete frames for the driveway ramp and walkway across our property:


We’d expected to see kitchen cabinets being installed today too, but not yet …