Construction
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Columns, isolations, slowly | #week 50
Due to bad weather and other Greek plagues…just photos to document a little progress. Continue reading
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First floor – last columns | #week 49
Probably only few weeks separate us from the moment when the roofer and bricklayers can come in. Only two weeks ago, we were able to walk through the bedrooms of level zero and have a little look around. Apparently, the extra room (pictured below in the foreground) is quite large. It wasn’t originally designed, so Continue reading
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The stone has been cast!
Today, most of the houses in Corfu are covered with plaster, painted in one of five colours, at least in theory it should be so.Our house, which is adjacent to the second oldest village in Corfu, will have walls of thick stone, specifically limestone, bonded with thick white grout. The effect we want to achieve Continue reading
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Last pouring of the concrete | #week 46
After a month of Greek plagues: temperatures, torrential rains, covid-19, August – Edi and his team are preparing to last pouring of the concrete for the house (except the pool and retaining walls of course). Once completed, stone masons can start the work. Now – sitting far, far away from the Island, we can’t wait Continue reading
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Anniversary
Today is the first anniversary of receiving planning permission.The house barely looks out from ground level, although the finances show that we are 40% advanced. Construction site is at the moment in a siga-siga phase, in fact not much has happened for most of August. Anyway, the concrete of 1st floor pillars as well as Continue reading
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First floor shuttering | #week 39
After the foundations were poured, which took place on 18 June, Edi and his team removed the formwork from the lower part and started reinforcing and formworking the first floor columns. All indications are that we will have the first floor on 10 August! Continue reading
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Foundations, grounding, finally. | #week 36
Work on the site has accelerated. The outlines of the foundations have appeared on the lean concrete, already clearly indicating the contours of the house. In the thicket of rebar, the electrician has installed the earthing, and this week we are still waiting for the plumber to lay some pipes.Lots of optimism. Continue reading
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(Lean) concrete! | #week 34
The planning permission had to be updated as the house had to be lowered by a few tens of centimeters due to site conditions. Also, the maisonette will be slightly lower than the main house. It also turned out that the rock we had suspected for more than a year was quite formidable and underneath Continue reading
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First works above the ground level | #week 32
There has been some progress both on site and on paper. The water tank is almost finished and insulated, just waiting for the slab. Dmitris is doing earthworks to prepare the final level for the house, so we could imagine far more, than previously. We have applied for water supply (1 month ago…) and also Continue reading
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Meraki Atomic Shelter | #week 30
Given the increasing tension in the region, in Europe and in the world, we decided to build a nuclear shelter. That, at least, is how it looks.The whole concrete will be covered by soil. Just joking. The whole thing is redesigned watertank (divided into 2 parts: rain and potable water) and machine/storage room in the Continue reading
Meraki Hills: secluded Corfu retreat 