They really are here

Well the builders arrived at 7am this morning and of course, it's raining today!  No scaffolding yet (would have been dangerously wet) but they have started stripping architraves and door frames out of the lounge room and have started to board up the openings between kitchen/dining room and lounge.  I will be sitting in a very dark, very cramped little substitute lounge room by the end of tomorrow!  Here are some photos of the snake I saw a few weeks ago and then some evidence that builders are on site :)