Base concrete has been poured into swimming pool excavation and work is underway preparing rebar. Floor and bathroom tiling almost complete.
Cabinets getting assembled & installed. Interior doors being hung. Garage block work finished and timber roof structure going up.
Ceramic floor tiles going down in living areas and bathrooms. Connecting up water cistern to external supply. Cover on fourth tank of septic system.
Walls are up for the service quarters and garage. Cabinets and doors have been delivered but not yet installed. Photos of roof top.
Excavation has been dug for the swimming pool and a delivery of steel on-site. Floor tiling has begun on the front terrace. Master bathroom being tiled with the same tile.
All the walls are primed, all ceilings skimmed and primed. Blockwork for retaining wall almost finished. Trench dug in front of house for tidal defence barrier.
Tiling underway on main house roof and plastic guttering up above front & rear terraces. Steel roof girders being clad in decorative wood. Main house walls being primed.
Base coat of paint applied to main house. Kitchen and bathroom cabinets fully assembled, including marble counter tops. Swimming pool nearly ready. Lights and fans being hung. Septic tanks.
The rough concrete work for the swimming pool is almost finished. The main house kitchen & bathroom cabinets are being installed, just waiting for the granite counter tops.
Base coat of paint has been applied to most surfaces. Steel rebar and cinder block retaining wall being built around compacted subbase pad. A/c equipment going in
Main house walls rendered and roof almost finished. Copper air conditioning pipes and 220v electric cabling installed. Concrete forms over arches and windowsills done.
Most aluminium framed windows installed. Doors, kitchen & bathroom cabinetry on-site and getting installed. Swimming pool resized.
Roof getting wired up for lights and fans, all cables in PVC tubes. Cinder block internal partition walls going up for bathrooms and bedroom.
A truck load of windows arrived from Guatemala this morning with no breakages. The living room machimbre is complete. Floor tiles have run out.
Bathroom tiling and fixtures mostly done. Some slight issues being seen with the concrete cantilever stairs.
Concrete base for swimming pool has been poured, steel rebar frame set in place and most of the pine and ply-board form is up. Front terrace fully tiled.
Work is underway bambooing main house roof. Some inside walls have been fine rendered. Concrete floors down throughout.
Work continues attaching ceiling board. Bathrooms have been tiled. All floor tiles grouted.
Ceiling board being attached to aluminium grid. Most floor tiles down, a few areas remain to be grouted. Work has started tiling the bathrooms.
First air conditioning units installed in main house bedrooms. Insulation being installed above gypsum board in bedrooms. Excavation dug and prepared for swimming pool.
Timber and steel roof structure complete in main house, bamboo and tin sheeting going up. Concrete rebar water tank being built.
Aluminum grid for suspending ceiling is complete. Most floor area is now tiled, both upstairs and downstairs. Showers getting plumbed in.
Work continues with the roof structure in the main house. Main sewage line from guest house being installed.
Floor and bathroom tiling underway in the main house. Machimbre wood panelling going up in sala.
Walls are rough rendered up to roof level. Metal & timber roof structure in progress. Some electric cabling is run. Floor concreting being done.
Aluminium grid being hung for suspended ceiling. Floor tiles going down. Electric cables being routed through PVC tubes above ceiling back to main circuit panel.
Walls in the main house are being fine parged. Electrical cabling being run through PVC tubing back to main circuit panel. Roof being tiled.
Hoisting main house roof timbers into position. Bamboo work underway over terraces. Concrete water tank finished.
Electrical wiring getting run back to the main circuit panel. Sheathing work continues. Shower plumbing being installed.
Last items of grey work getting finished off including closing in water outflow tubes from roof gutters and parapet. Circuit box getting wired up.