This blogspace chronicles the ups and downs of our house renovation project in Vale de Prazeres, Portugal from first purchase in November 2019.
- Written by: Rick Nason
Almost done, at last! It was slow work but worth it.
The new leveling system has helped greatly with tiling the bathroom walls, something I have not had to do for quite a long time.
- Written by: Rick Nason
After completing the floor of the main room it was time to tackle the bathroom.
Not a large area but there is the shower space to deal with and then the walls.
- Written by: Rick Nason
After an unusually lengthy delay with delivering our tile order, RMM finally arrived with the goods.
Typically we would wait less than a week but this time it was about a month.
- Written by: Rick Nason
With the rain stopped, at least for a while, it is possible to see the work done to the outside of the house.
Having some welcome sunshine makes it even better to see and also helps with drying the rendering work.
- Written by: Rick Nason
After the new year cold had been shaken off I managed to get on with boarding out the walls for Janet's new pantry.
The 'room' is effectively a huge cupboard off the back room, originally the entrance to the dungeon space, part of the plan was to block it off and turn it into a pantry space.
- Written by: Rick Nason
With a very slow start to the work this year we have actually made some progress.
The ceiling of the new downstairs area (dungeon) has now been painted.