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Cour anglaise, bricks, pool, mess | #week 58
It seems that things are now starting to run in parallel.While the masons have started to brick the walls on the first floor of the house, Edi is preparing the cour anglaise – underground windows to light up the staircase and one of the bathrooms in the section recessed into the hill. (added after 3… Continue reading
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Proper roof tile
Since few months – without visible success – we are trying to get proper roof tile for the house. The trick is, what “proper” means. Aesthetically, it is at least similar to what we see in the neighbourhood. With Chlomos – probably the second oldest village on the island – just around the corner, the… Continue reading
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Brick walls – ground floor | #week 56
Our house will have really thick walls: 12 cm of brick inside, 10 cm of styro or wool and insulation, 25 cm of limestone outside. First bricks have been laid then. Anyway, roof is still not started. Either we will have traditional tiles (heavier roof, worse ventilation properties, harder to repair and more expensive both… Continue reading
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New phase (after 40 weeks) | #week 54
Forty weeks: that’s how long it took to build the concrete structure. When we started at the beginning of April, it seemed that everything would already be ready in the summer. The external sewage connections are ready, so we can slowly backfill the house and start landscaping. Unlike on the project, we have a huge… Continue reading
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Ring beam, wall wrap and water supply | #week 53
Concreting is in its final stages – the horizontal ring beam will be poured this week, along with the internal stairs between levels. This will allow bricklayers, stonemasons and carpenters to start work. The construction has been carefully wrapped to prevent smelly dampness from entering the house in the part below ground level. We are… Continue reading
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A Man – Oriana Fallaci
For me, this somewhat forgotten novel by Oriana Fallaci, was an amazing journey into the depths of the Greek soul and an insightful observation of what a non-Greek feels when interacting with what constitutes modern Greece. This half-biography describes the story of two real people: Oriana Fallaci herself, an unconventional journalist, in love with a… Continue reading
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7 Plagues of Greece: Garbage
The garbage problem is evident in all tourist areas of Greece. Like many negative phenomena, in Corfu more so.A quick analysis of articles on local portal enimerosi shows that the same thing is repeated every year: piles of uncollected garbage, unresolved tenders, rescue actions, special meetings and measures to solve the problems. Interestingly, this does… Continue reading
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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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Meraki Hills: secluded Corfu retreat 