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Pics of the front of the house. See a Tibs supervising the work in pic 2. The first pic shows how Manuel shaped the plaster around the windows.

Here’s some more pictures of the house. These are pics of the back of the house when this was being done. Antonio got sunstroke when he was working at the top of this scaffolding as he was in the sun…

We lit our stove! Admittedly, the fact that the windows were not in diminished some of the effect, but it certainly worked AND was still going this morning! We wanted to check that the pipes outside worked OK and they…

Well, after just over 5 months we said goodbye to the builders this morning. I think I was the only one that was sad. Unfortunately I got the word for ‘sad’ and ‘joke’ muddled up, so the builders have disappeared…

Well, there’s not too much to report on the house front. For the first time since the building work has been going on, Manuel has not been able to work. In fact, he lost two days the week before. Let’s…

The scaffolding is now up at the back of the house and they’ve started knocking off the plaster – revealing quite a big crack. Manuel’s not worried though, as it has obviously been there for years and there was no…

The front of the house is finished! It is the original colors, a little brighter or deeper than it was before and it really does look good. Next week they are putting the scaffolding up at the back to strip…

Well, the new front windows are back in and they do look very good. They got the thumbs up from Manuel – which we were relieved about. The problem was they just weren’t finished well. Now they reflect the quality…

Well, I switched on my computer this morning and saw a little row of suns appearing in the weather forecast bar, and not the clouds that have greeted me over recent weeks. I will be very interested to see if…

Everything is a rather alarming shade of green – a vivid pea green – and I include cats and dogs in the ‘everything’. The reason…? Well, Manuel has recommended that our grouting in the hallway is green rather then white.…