January 2009, Viva Mexico !

Work has progressed slowly the last month because of the cold weather and the long vacation in Mexico. But we are slowly taking the next steps.



The large window has been installed.


Work on the pipes, electricity and heating is underway.

December 2008

Best wishes for 2009!

This is the last work we did in december 2008, the house is really taking shape now.


The original garagedoor is now closed up and the new windows are placed.



Storage of all the new isolation material (for the walls).



The opening where the 2 glass doors will be placed. (and part of the new isolation on the walls visible).

The inside view of the house, on the left side where the kitchen will come, and the right side gives a look at the wall of the bathroom and hallway.

Checking the ceiling :)

Early November

After a lot of work all wooden beams have been installed!











Here you can see the first preparations for the plumming underneath the concrete floor. Visible are the bathroom shower/toilet drainage.













Finally the new concrete floor is being put in!

Progress October

All the wooden beams have been replaced and it is time to get the old concrete floor out!
Not an easy job!!! But it'll be worth it! :)

Progress September

Spent the whole weekend painting wooden beams to replace the old ones......not an easy job!!!

The start

This is how our little project looked like when we started:






And after a couple of weeks of cleaning and knocking down a couple of walls the hard work started showing: