Construction Progress
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November 17, 2022 - Walls In-Progress ...continued

The front of the house...that "hole" is not a mistake.
A triple-slider door; 1 fixed and 2 sliding sections stack behind it.
Makes 360cm (12 ft) of glass views with up to a 240cm (8 ft) wide entrance opening.

East-side of the house
Bedroom towards the front, walk-in closet towards the rear.
2m wide window overlooks side
garden/pathway.

Putting up the forms for the concrete pillars
The house walls are all outlined, even if they aren't full height yet.

Rafael and the mason in the rear entrance, laundry area
The opening in the wall behind Rafael is the entrance
to the kitchen area, the pantry is to the right
Picture Dates
- October 31, 2024 - Front Gate Installed
- October 17, 2024 - West Boundary Fence Installed
- October 10, 2024 - West Boundary Fence
- October 03, 2024 - Windows and Prep
- September 21, 2024 - Fencing the East Side
- September 12, 2024 - Catchup, Restart, and Secure the Border
- April 25, 2024 - Bathroom tile, Water System, Window Frames, Etc.
- April 04, 2024 - Garage Wall, Lower level and more
- March 07, 2024 - Bath, Ceiling, Windows & Doors
- February 22, 2024 - Bathroom, Primer and Lower Level
- February 8, 2024 - Decisions and a few minor things
- January 25, 2024 - Floors and More
- January 04, 2024 - BioDigester, More Inside Plaster & Cement
- December 28, 2023 - Garage Wall, Inside Plaster, Big Hole
- December 14 & 21, 2023 - Garage Wall, Plumbing
- December 06, 2023 - Rain Delay and Garage Wall
- November 30, 2023 - Plumbing Started & More Lower Level
- November 23, 2023 - More Lower Level & Front Garden
- November 09, 2023 - Lower Level & Front Garden Continues
- November 02, 2023 - Entrance, Lower Level & Front Garden
- October 26, 2023 - Even More Front Wall and Entrance
- October 4, 2023 - More Front Wall and Entrance
- September 21, 2023 - Front Wall and Entrance, Lower Level
- September 14, 2023 - Tower Walls, Prep for Entrance and Front Wall
- September 7, 2023 - Exterior Plaster, Lower Level
- August 24, 2023 - Even More Plaster, Bedroom Floor, Tower Wall
- August 17, 2023 - More Plaster, Lower Level Roof
- August 03, 2023 - Lower Level, House Inside Plaster, Front Views
- July 27, 2023 - Closet Plaster, Lower Level Roof
- July 20, 2023 - Lower Level, House Drains
- July 13, 2023 - Lot Corner, Cistern, House Drains
- July 6, 2023 - Cistern, Drainage, Miscellaneous
- May 31, 2023 - Cistern, Roof, Electrical
- May 11, 2023 - Roof, Retaining wall, Kitchen shelf
- April 27, 2023 - Roof, East wall, Electrical
- April 19, 2023 - More stuff done, More stuff to do
- April 13, 2023 - Roof, Registers, Workshop and East Wall
- April 05, 2023 - Ceiling, Roof and Workshop
- March 29, 2023 - Roof Prep, Workshop, Shower & Fire
- March 23, 2023 - Ceiling nearly finished, Lower Level Walls
- March 15, 2023 - More Ceiling, Walkway, Lower Level
- March 09, 2023 - Ceiling, Walkway, Lower Level
- March 01, 2023 - More Work on Ceiling, Stairs and Walkway
- February 23, 2023 - Work on Ceiling, Stairs and Walkway continues
- February 15, 2023 - Boveda ceiling started, Stairs and Walkway continue
- February 9, 2023 - Lower Structure, Entrance Stairs and Walkway
- January 25, 2023 - Lower Retaining Wall & Structure In-Progress
- January 5, 2023 - Roof Beams almost complete, Lower Level Retaining Wall
- December 15, 2022 - Ready for Roof Beams, Start Lower Level
- December 7, 2022 - Wall Headers and Peaks
- November 24, 2022 - Walls Getting Closer to Completion
- November 17, 2022 - Walls In-Progress ...continued
- November 9, 2022 - Foundation and Walls In-Progress
- October 27, 2022 - Starting to take shape, house build platform near completion
- October 13, 2022 - Work continues on the house build platform
- September 29, 2022 - Front retaining wall near completion
- September 15, 2022 - Back retention wall complete, side retention walls WIP
- September 8, 2022 - Back retention wall almost complete
- August 16, 2022 - Excavation complete; Back retention wall started
- August 3, 2022 - Excavation on-going
- July 28, 2022 - Excavation in-progress
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