When I brought the Friday afternoon beers to the hard workers at the house, I was delighted to see that they were already finishing off the new cement floor of the kitchen – this time at the right height! In the end, it took between 3 and 4 days to do it, so cost about EUR 1,100 including materials. I’m tempted to go ahead with the other floor too, although it will set our timetable back.
This week, the workers have:
- Brought in all their tools and materials and generator etc. (not as easy as it sounds given that we’re about 5 metres above the road!)
- Set up a hoist to carry up sand and carry down rubble
- Shovelled and wheelbarrowed out 3 trucks worth of rubble
- Got the water running in a little tap by the meter
- Lowered the floor of the future study (this one wasn’t complicated)
- Removed the floor of the future kitchen and built a new one
I’m impressed.
Next week, we should be getting a visit from ENEL, the electricity folk, so one of the next jobs will be getting the meter container in the wall. Concenzo has also talked about getting the lintels raised for our sliding doors, and installing the cages. It’s exciting to see things change so quickly.
Our costs for the works so far (revised from yesterday):
Previous total EUR 226
Labour EUR 1,300.00
2 door mechanisms & new lintels EUR 348.00
Terracotta crossbeams & other floor materials EUR 124.00
Materials for securing house EUR 19.00
Sand for cement EUR 10.00
Petrol for the generator & truck EUR 70.00
Rubble disposal EUR 20.00
TOTAL EUR 2,117
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