Windows

With (most) of a roof now over our heads, the next step is putting in the windows. At the moment they're just frames, but even so, seeing them in their places makes the house look a lot more housey.

We spent a couple of hours this afternoon painting the drainpipes brick red, which will not only keep the rust off, but should also look rather jolly against the yellow we plan to paint the house.

Monday's task: meet with the plumber/electrician. Getting there now!

Milky Way

The policarbonate transparent sheets are now in place over the stairwell; (in progress in the shot here).

A bit of the "Onduline" roof has gone in over the upper balcony, too.

The weather has been fairly dry for a few days which is lucky as they've been stapling the milk cartons into place! All these months washing and collecting are finally paying off!

A couple of window frames have arrived, so it's all go!

A roof over our heads

It's all quite exciting at the moment: we're starting to see the results of there being five builders on the job. The wooden bases of the roofs are now in place (90% done in the photos), and we've now bought some of the policarbonate and a few sheets of Onduline, ready for when Horacio gives the maestros the thumbs up.

Saúl has been working on the north-facing balcony at the top of the house, which gets some lovely afternoon sunshine.

October brought with it a bunch of workers and some diggers. We hadn't realised how wide the track (road-to-be) is. Hopefully it won't look like a motorway anytime soon!

A belated late-September post

Plenty going on at the moment - the beans and peas seem very happy, Daisy has sorted out some plants to edge part of the path at the back, all the roof beams are in place and we've started planning bottle arrangements for some of the walls.

The upstairs back bedroom is going to end up having a rather nice high ceiling. Steve was particularly happy with the photo of Leborio's foot.