This week has seen cold winds and rain showers, you can see the clouds in the photos and the anoraks are on. The week started with work being concentrated on bedroom upstairs, after we had picked off the render, Jenny
6th January 2007
I’ll try to recap over the last 6 weeks; the photos are all loaded on and dated so you can see the progress at least. Today is the 6th January which is a public holiday in Spain as the kings
December 2005
We spent much of our free time in December 2005 clearing the household rubbish and land as best we could. Fed up with the sheer amount of cactus, we arranged for Pepe to bring a digger and clear as much
6th November 2005
We were all enjoying a lazy Sunday at home, Josh was visiting his Grandma in Puerto del Carmen and I decided to remind everyone that there was a house in need of renovation so after a round of aaawwww we
1st November 2005
Today is a fiesta here, it still feels strange to take a bank holiday on a Tuesday but the Spanish take them on which ever day they fall. I have decided to start work on the garden at the ruin,
29th October 2005
The boys were off diving so I took the opportunity to show off our new old house to friends Bev & Jill, we were also going to have a wander around the Haria craft market which is held each Saturday
27th October 2005
Well the day is finally here, we have had many ups and downs since February when we reserved the ruin at Haria. There were a couple of issues that had to be resolved before the purchase could be completed, the
Camel sheds before we started
There was no doubt about the amount of work that was going to be required to restore the Camel Sheds into a family house from these dilapidated outhouses.
Main house before we started
We visited the property again during the buying process in May 2005. We needed to start making plans and to remind ourselves of the current state of the place. These are snap shots of the main house as we measured
The Beginning
The first time we visited the property