Since my last post our house now has
new walls inside and out
central heating tails and the woodburner installed
limestone door and window sills
first fix electrics and plumbing
structures in walls for our toilets and bidets
a barbecue area
2 new chimneys - nearly a three
and the mound of rubble out the back is nearly touching our new terrace!
The rubble mound [actually i think this is the third one!] has been carted there by our labourer Alchide so we've aptly renamed it Mount Alchide in his honour. All of our builders are the nicest guys you could ever care to meet on a building site, polite, smiley and working like Trojans.
I suppose because most of the ladies around here are older [polite] and take to wearing their nylon pinafores all the time [don't ask], the boys seem less boorish than their British counterparts. Yesterday I counted 15 of them doing a kind of builder dance around the place, getting on with the task at hand and being meticulous at the same time. I can't praise them highly enough. If you are ever planning a build around here call Jose Capinha, our civil engineer and Sergio Costa the constructor.
Last night around the dinner table we discussed whether we would contemplate doing this again. It's NO if we have to live elsewhere and not be at home, but a resounding YES if we can design, plan and build from the comfort of Nadadouro.
Dave and I are taking it in turns to stress out about what's going on. Last night it was Dave's turn to lie awake for hours planning this and that and worrying about the same too. Our heads are so full we're going to need this lovely house to recoup! x
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