The tiles are going on the roof of the Quinta, and the internal walls are all up on the second floor. The two bedroom apartment in the Adega now has walls, and we have agreed the layout of the one
The Quinta has a new roof
The builders were off for just over a week, and were in full swing as soon as they came back. The roof is now on the Quinta, and both the Quinta and the Adega await their tiles. There has been
Adega & Quinta get bore-holes
The weather since late July has been great, most days in the high 70’s or early 80’s, although today, we have had some rain. We now have four bore-holes, two for the Adega, and two for the Quinta. One of
End of July
The weather this week has been relatively cool, and today has started off overcast. The builders have now started on the watertable around the top of the Adega, and we have two floors back on the Quinta. We expect them
Not much left of the Quinta
The majority of the Quinta has now been demolished, and we have had to move out of one room whch is now exposed to the elements. So it’s a little bit cramped at the moment. We have also suffered a
Adega now nearly rebuilt
The builders are getting on at a fair old pace. the Adega has been totally stripped out, and is now largely rebuilt. The roof has yet to go on and the internal walls are not up yet, but they have
Mid June
The weather has settled down now and we are getting warm sunny days with the temperature rising towards 30c. The builders have stripped out the Adega and spent about a week drilling out the rock on the ground floor. They
May 2008
We went back to the U.K. on the 7th May for three weeks to attend my brother’s wedding on Tresco on the Isles of Scilly, and following that his daughter Jemma’s