In the details

January seems to have been a slow month, but there has been a lot of progress when you step back and look at it.

With the exception of the porch, all of the roofing has been done and the drainpipes are in place. Time for the house to dry our properly now.

I spent a day painting the study recently, and now all that is left to do in there is to put down the floor... and as our road is now open, we splashed out last week on a load of fired terracotta floor tiles which will be used throughout most of the house.

Celso and Rosalino have been busy fitting the windows in the main bedroom, and the clear roof over the living room is finished.

And most excitingly... we have a (yet to be painted) front door!

A new road

After many, many months of waiting the new road has finally been finished and is now open to (both canine and vehicular) traffic.

December

What with moving house and having visitors, we didn't get a chance to upload these photos from December.

Here you can see the biiiiiiig window in the living/dining room. It lets in an amazing amount of light.

The arch leads from said living/dining room to the downstairs bathroom, bedroom and stairs.

And lastly, guest starring Mum & Dad, a photo from the street, showing Don Fernando's house in front of ours.