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Pouring the concrete for the drive Today the last major item was delivered for the house – the concrete drive! The lorry turned up at about 8 o’clock this morning, and pouring and finishing took until 2 p.m. The concrete was smoothed off after it had been poured – over 20 tonnes altogether . . . → Read More: “Installing” the last major item
Sand being spread out in the garden Today there has been a continuous coming and going of tipper trucks, delivering sand and gravel for the garden. I think we’ll need to buy a couple of wide rakes to keep the sand clean and tidy – we are going to have a garden which . . . → Read More: Progress in the garden #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 50%; } #gallery-1 img { border: 2px solid #cfcfcf; } #gallery-1 .gallery-caption { margin-left: 0; } The small tall box on the right mast is our WiMax antenna for phone and internet Iberfone antennas on the castle wall . . . → Read More: Online in Spain now
The garden at the side of the house. The last weeks have been quite frustrating. Lots of small jobs being done, most of which seem to create dirt and dust. However, I think we really are on the end straight now. The electrician has started adding the missing power points and ethernet sockets . . . → Read More: Update on the house in Spain I haven’t posted for a bit. The house in Xàtiva has been keeping me fully occupied. Although it was supposed to be ready for handover towards the end of October (when our furniture arrived), it wasn’t. In fact, on the day we first visited the site, a couple of days before our furniture arrived, . . . → Read More: Tranquilo  Buying this lot took nearly a full day at IKEA As we suspected, the house wasn’t ready to hand over last Tuesday. In fact when we arrived on site on the Tuesday, they had only just started painting the walls inside! On Wednesday, we had rented a VW Transporter to go to IKEA in Murcia, 250 km south of Valencia (there is no IKEA yet in Valencia). We were given a free upgrade to larger Fiat van, as they didn’t have a VW available. It was probably just as well, as you can see in the photo – it would have been a tight fit in the VW. By the time we got to IKEA it was about midday, and we spent nearly 6 hours buying load after load of various cupboards and some other things. As the house wasn’t finished, we unloaded everything into the garage and returned the van to the airport just before the car-hire office closed!
Outside the European Central Bank 2011-10-21 I had to go to the dentist this morning, which took me right past the European Central Bank. There are still a large number of “Occupy Frankfurt” people camping out, despite the near-freezing temperature over night, protesting the mess that we are in. I have just . . . → Read More: Broken Economies
View through the front door Enrique mentioned in his last mail, after the site visit yesterday, that it was looking “tight” to meet the completion deadline next Tuesday. Looking at the photos (click on the one above), I tend to agree. Painting is supposed to start today, and the installation of the showers . . . → Read More: Tight?
The plant beds in the front garden(click to see more pictures on Picasa) It’s difficult to believe that the house is going to be completed by the end of October when we see the photos that Antonio took this morning. Although there has been quite a lot done since I was in Xàtiva . . . → Read More: Two weeks and counting #gallery-2 { margin: auto; } #gallery-2 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 50%; } #gallery-2 img { border: 2px solid #cfcfcf; } #gallery-2 .gallery-caption { margin-left: 0; } Sodener Str., Kronberg looking S.E. Sodener Str., Kronberg looking N.W. This post is for Richard in the UK, who has got it . . . → Read More: Kronberg is not Frankfurt |
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