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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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The View is ready!
Standing for the very first time on first floor, just before dawn, made me simply breathless. 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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Stone walls
During a short vacation in Corfu, we took a closer look at the stone from which the walls will be built. Although the house has a concrete frame, the walls will be stone masonry. The architect says that due to potential earthquakes in the region, these are the regulations: there must be a framework of… 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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7 plagues of Greece: Fires
Every year the problem of fires returns. It is very media-savvy, with dramatic photos circulating the Internet every year. In the recent Attica fire, 100,000 hectares of forest burned, which is as much as 2.5% of the region’s area. Last year, a fire in the north of Corfu was extinguished for nearly two weeks.Certainly rising… 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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Windows, shutters, flyscreens
This is window. That’s what we thought until June this year, when we started to take a serious interest in window joinery for our house. We quickly realised that in a simple stone house, it was the windows and doors that could determine the final aesthetics and style of the house. Then we considered functionality… 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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