The Grand Lady in the Dunes





Orca House nestles comfortably amongst the shrubby dunes, face lift nearly complete. 

Oak Floors Complete

 

The floors are in and look beautiful. 

Laid, sanded and sealed by Team OJW, nice job lads!

Dormer Windows

Dormer windows complete, with Iroko timber trim and details.

South Face

South face exterior cladding complete

"Nick's Fireplace" part 2

Fire in the hole!

Even better smoke up the chimney!!

Man and fire, that connection to our ancient roots can never be denied.

North End

North end gable, red wood cladding and circular window being installed.

Steel Shoes

The south deck has been raised by 400mm by custom made steel 'shoes'.

Wide plank oak floor

Oak floor installed in the main ground floor area.

Hints of Amber

Entrance doors and kitchen windows being glazed.

''Nick's Fireplace"

Nick's promising fireplace

Circular window

South elevation

South end circular oak gable window made by Kiwi Craig and installed by OJW.

Ship-shape ship-lap

North gable-end view

Painted red wood shiplap has been used to clad parts of the building.

Finishing Stages

Finishing touches to the four dormer windows

Cladding to the bathroom wall

Reclaimed detail

Plaster detail to reclaimed air vent

Beautifully selected reclaimed items like this circular air vent cover have added character and soul to Orca House.

Raising the South Deck

Wide plank oak flooring going down

 

Electrical second fix being installed

Big site clean

After a hard weeks work of 12 hour days we had a friday morning site clean all ready for another weeks progress.

Orca House, a view from Nick's Bench

Gable ends complete.
Orca awaits external horizontal local red wood cladding and circular window supplied by Kiwi Craig and installed by OJW.

Perfect symetry

A view into Nick and Helen's upstairs master bed room, showing the mezzanine floors installed.

Ready to receive solid oak floor

Treated bearers installed to the ground floor central area, and east wing lower bedroom floors.
Nick and Helen chose solid oak end machined T&G wide plank flooring supplied and delivered by ITM of the Stand, Cape Town, stacked and climatising, ready for installation.
Lower level, right hand corner, Nick's famous fire place can be seen.

Mezzanine walkways

Mezzanine platforms to north and south elevations connecting east and west wings.
Exterior decking complete over kitchen window.

Kia Ora Joinery

French doors to the north elevation made by local joinery wizard, Kiwi Craig, of Kia Ora Joinery

Monday 5 November

Keith heads home and Sharp Chisels and The OJW Team head up to Plett to relieve him...