Saturday, December 1, 2012

House update

A progress report from two trips up to the ruin in the last few weeks.

October was consistently rainy.  Not much got done.  We went up and found a huge hole in the west facade for the main door and a couple of windows.  Not only that, but someone has purchased the abandoned property just to the east, and they´d started by cutting down all the vegetation separating their small yard from the ruin.  Yikes, neighbors.


  And they disposed of the plant material in the traditional way - piled it up and burnt it.


So the house looked like Beirut.

In short, we were depressed.

But then we went up this week with a load of solid oak flooring we found online.  And the hole was fixed and the perimeter walls mostly done.  So now it´s looking more like a house, and less like a ruin.

West

South

East

And now we´re hopeful again.  Just need to get the interior wall elevations done and a roof on before winter settles in.

Pedrafita

2 comments:

  1. Sorry to hear that progress has been so slow, but that is Spain for you. So very sorry to hear that you will have visible neighbours, can you plant a fast growing mini forest, maybe eucalyptus, they can be pollared for burning wood as long as you season the logs.

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  2. Last year it didn´t rain between November and February - this year it hasn´t stopped.

    I´m thinking about a green barrier, maybe grapes, espaliered fruit trees, big roses, etc. I wonder how close I can plant to a low, drystack stone wall.

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