Building A Home In The Azores

Ground Works Continue ...

Large post alert! Get a coffee or gin and make yourself comfortable! Outstanding progress has been made by the builders, despite there...

I've got to say so far that I'm impressed with the pace of progress. The Azevedo guys sure know how to graft hard. This week I've had two...

"According to Plato's account, the lost realm of Atlantis was situated beyond the Pillars of Hercules, in effect placing it in the realm...

As I am still waiting the building certificate and news of any further foundation work, I thought as mentioned, I'd tell you of some of...

Faial experienced some pretty poor weather last week, in common with many places, as it seems. Of course here in the UK we had the "Beast...

So, the foreman got over his man flu, the builder strapped up his back. Back to building the retaining walls. It has been decided to...

Next up, as mentioned on the previous post, was re-building the retaining walls for the tree area and the drive. Bricks ordered and...

The digging took about a week, on and off. The old ruins foundations and some remnants of the old walls uncovered. Terraces have been dug...

Rubens digs out the off road parking and footpath, having removed some trees. The retaining walls will be re-built in the new position....

Time to get boots on the ground. Design; check. Planning; check. Budget; check. Big Frecking Machinery; check. My project manager mailed...