Building A Home In The Azores

Renders Vs Reality

Work has continued and the drive is now complete, the blocks are all laid and filled with stone chips.... It's steep and it is long - but...

The final bill for the house schedule arrived in my inbox the other day: A significant milestone. Of course there is the extra expense of...

A few pictures will almost tell the story of what has been happening outside. However first, some jobs have continued inside: The studio...

This week the joiner, who must be the most in-demand individual on the island, turn up and fit the doors. He arrived on Tuesday and...

It's been over a month since the last blog update; those of you checking it out on a weekly basis may think that I'd disappeared of the...

You know what I'm going to say don't you? Correct. Why worry. The view from the patio the other night. Let's just relax, eh? No rush, is...

Desperately needing somewhere to sit down in comfort; the upgrade to the kitchen bar stool was a thing of joy, after using the builders...

The past two weeks have seen considerable progress on the house build, and as the title suggests the kitchen has been fitted and so is...

Cutting to the chase, the kitchen did not arrive on Wednesday, as expected. Obviously, this is a major headache, as of Thursday I was...

This week has seen the floor laid on the mezzanine, and an awful lot of boxes wend their way up the stairs, leaving room for development...