Sunday, 18 October 2009

Fantastic view, isn´t it?

From the pictures that we´ve shown until now you can have, more or less, apreciated the view that we (and you, whenever you come) are going to enjoy from the house. But we thought it would be nice to offer you a panoramic view that will give you a better idea of what you´re going to miss if you don´t come. Isn´t it fantastic? Now you can make yourself a better idea of the smile that Susanne had the first time she saw it.
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Thursday, 15 October 2009

Setting the foundations before going upwards

After having prepared the platform, the time has reached to start preparing the foundations of the house.

Due to the steepness of the slope part of the platform is based on solid ground but another part is just filling (you can see it in the pictures). The big holes that you see at the western limit of the platform have been filled with concrete and rocks in order to create a kind of posts that will hold the entire platform perfectly... and so that the house doesn´t end down in the valley ;-)











Wednesday, 14 October 2009

What is it going to be like?

Yeah, yeah, you´re right. You know what the area looks like, where the house is going to be and how much an excavator can change the landscape in just one week. But what is the house going to be like?

Here´s the answer to everything you were wondering: the drawings!


West Face
East Face

South Face

North Face

Thursday, 8 October 2009

Things are beginning to take shape.

It´s been only four days since they started the works and the platform where the house will be placed is already done. The road from the neighbourhood to the house is also very much advanced. The excavator is doing a good job.


Tomorrow they´ll start with the instalation of the pipes and cables for the water, the electricty and the telephone supply.











Monday, 5 October 2009

The excavator is here!!!

It´s monday, 5th of october 2009.

This is great. I got a phone call from the builder this morning to tell me that... the excavator is comming this afternoon. I didn´t know whether to laugh or to cry. It was about bloody time, i thought.

Weather is still good and finally they´re here. So... off we goooooooooo!!!












They´ve marked where the house goes

It´s the beginning of september.

Things are happening very slowly, but al least they marked where the house goes. It´s not been easy because of the slope (we needed to bring a topographer to place it) but al least it´s there.

I wonder when the machines are going to come...








Cleaning the path

What used to be the path to go down to the village is full of Brambles. We needed to clean it as that´s what´s gonna be the access to our plot and our future house.




Time to do a little bit of work

It´s mid-July 2009.

The plot looks fantastic, doesn´t it?

Nice grass. Cute small trees. Things keep developing. Also some that we don´t want to keep. So it´s time to get rid of them. And we´ve got the right toy for that!!!

The plot looks good

It's the end of march 2009.

The pine forest is gone and the land looks good. Trees have started to grow. It´s amazing how nature develops.