An update on the cottage, our beautiful extra building, which is going to make an incredible suite… (PS: the weather was terrible today, cool and grey, so the photos don’t do it justice… more good weather coming next week.) *** Unas noticias sobre la casita, nuestro bonito “plus” que se está convirtiendo en una “suite” …
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News from the lockdown / Noticias desde la cuarentena
(Castellano abajo) Well, after two very strange months of severe restrictions on every aspect of life here in Spain, it finally looks like things are starting to open up once again. Our biggest regret is not having been able to spend our quarantine period in Labastida in order to use all this down time for …
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Laying the slab / Poniendo la losa
Making the most of difficult times: as the world stops and we are confined at home, work at El Bastion continues, albeit at a little slower pace than in recent months. Unfortunately we are unable to visit the site for now, but we are following the progress from afar, with much excitement and eagerness to …
Spring Cleaning / Limpieza General
There’s so much going on at the moment, but today I want to show the world how good the house looks after its facelift this week. All the old stonework has been cleaned off with a sand blaster and it looks incredible! You can see in the last photos that the roof tiles have arrived …
Electricidad, Fontanería y mas ventanas / Electricity, Plumbing and more windows
Cada día van pasando pequeñas cosas que hacen que la casa tome forma rápidamente. Estas últimas semanas hemos empezado con la electricidad y la fontanería así como terminando de abrir las ventanas que faltaban. Esta semana que comienza pondrán por fin las tejas y dará comienzo la cimentación del anexo que demolimos hace ya 4 …
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Reconstruyendo Paredes / Reconstructing walls
Ha llegado la hora. Después de tanto demoler toca devolver paredes a la casa. Ha sido una verdadera sorpresa ver la rapidez con la que han construido todo el cascarón de lo que luego serán los baños, las habitaciones y los descansillos. The time has come… after demolishing so much we are returning the walls …
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New window, new doorway / Nueva ventana, nueva puerta
This week everything has been back in full swing and lots has happened since our last post. We keep making new openings; a friend commented today that if we keep making holes we’ll be left without a house! / Esta semana ha habido mucho movimiento en el pueblo y mucho ha pasado desde nuestra última …
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Send for reinforcements / Más refuerzos
(Castellano abajo) One of the (many) problems with old houses is knowing for sure just how stable they are. In this case, there seems to be little doubt about the stability of the metres-thick stone walls which have stood fast for centuries. However, as for everything else…. As a result, we’re taking care to ensure …
The Final Product / El resultado final
Making the most of the blue skies / Aprovechando del buen tiempo All ready for the slats / Todo listo para la tarima And finally… / Y al final…. At last the house is covered. And we are very pleased with the result. It was a shame to lose the views, but much better to …
Semana Grande : Parte 2
Corners are done / las esquinas terminadas The future window / La futura ventana Once the sides are done it’s time for the middle bit / Una vez terminados los lados es turno de hacer la parte central Installing the last ones / Instalando las últimas All perfectly aligned / Todas perfectamente alineadas And once …
El Bastion 