It has now been three weeks since the pouring of the second-story floor. The workers have quickly moved on to the next step of construction, laying block for the interior and exterior walls of the first floor. But, before I move on to documenting that process, I would...
The majority of the house framing has been completed. Although some framing is still yet to be installed, mainly the roof structure, it is now time to change gears and concentrate on a new task; pouring of the second-story floor. Preparation for this pour begins with...
The next stage of construction has begun; framing the home. Traditionally, in the States, you may see this done with spruce or fir timber, but here, the preferred building method is with iron and concrete. One reason for that is wood scarcity in this part of the...
We have reached a new milestone in Villaflor; the foundation has been completed! All of the footers have been poured and the three pads have been laid. In total, it took about 13 weeks from the groundbreaking to reach this point. Weather was the primary factor in...
It has been almost a month since my last post. That is definitely longer than I would like, but it really took that amount of time before sufficient progress had been made to warrant a post. When weather permits, work continues on the footers and they are nearing...
Site preparation has been completed. The workers have built a small shed for dry storage, the site has access to water and electricity, and the land has been excavated to the required level in preparation for the next step, digging and pouring the footers. Footers...
Villaflor has received rain every day for almost two weeks, and, with that, a significant delay in the pouring of the footers and foundation. I knew weather, along with slower parts of the construction process, may prevent me from having enough content to make updates...
We have officially broke ground! Excavation and site preparation has begun. This includes securing temporary access to power and water; thank you to our neighbor Victor for both of these items. The small, concrete block building, just above the roof of the backhoe in...
As I mentioned in the previous post, the entire house, except for the footprint and load-bearing walls, are still open for change. Overall, we are incredibly happy with the design of the house, but we are still discovering a few ways to really make the home our own....
If you have peeked at the Financials section of the site, you may have already found the magic number. The house is going to cost $130,000. We have entered into a contract with Marco, the architect, for that amount, with a time frame of about 6 months for turnkey...