House Build -The Beginning

They started clearing the plot 24th Jan 2012. The foundations have been dug and bricks delivered but can't actually start to lay them till next week now, till the planning inspector has been again to have a look.
The house will be 3 floors. On the ground floor will be a double garage, laundry room and small gym (so we can work on Chris's belly!). The first floor will have an outside wooden staircase going up from the garage door to a deck and braai area leading into the open plan living area, 2 bedrooms, bathroom and a staircase going up into the master bedroom in the attic. Upstairs will be an ensuite and one large bedroom with a small deck looking down at the view (hopefully with Jeffreys Bay in the distance!)
The basement will be brick and the other 2 floors will be log.
So excited now we can't wait. We reckon about 4 months to build so realistically I'm thinking beginning of June and hopefully not after the end of that month!

The photos show the plans, empty plot and the beginning of the digging.