Over the last couple of weeks finally some visible progress has been made. As you can see on the pictures, all the walls and ceilings are now ready for painting. Also the stairs and the glass around the gallery has been installed. The stair construction is metal, the steps will be covered by wood. However that will be done completely at the end, when all the workers have left.

Started as well is the work on the tiling. The toilet downstairs is completed. Also both bathrooms upstairs are almost finished. And the laundry room floor tiling is finished. On the ground floor you can see the black tiles on the pictures as well. It looks really nice.

Around the house a lot is happening as well. A well is created (5 meters deep) that will be used for watering the plants in the garden. Also work has started on the fences and the leveling of the garden with the house. And last, but not least, you can see on the pictures there is a big hole. That will be the swimming pool.

Let us know what you think. All comments are welcome.

Our house is visible in a couple of movies on Youtube, made in December and January. It shows the whole Monarska Alej area, so you can also see the houses around ours. The car that the movie is made from, really slows down when passing our house. Probably because they are surprised that the house is now there.

December

January

Some time ago we made a visualization of the stairs, seen from upstairs. We are getting in the stage now to make a final decision if it should be like this. Have a look at the pictures and let us know if you like them or what could be improved.

Over the days that construction was happening, I put a video camera in my car, which I just left running. I’ve now created a small movie that shows the building process in high speed. Unluckily the battery in the camara is not so good, so I only managed to capture some parts of the building. But it does give a good view of what was happening.

Today work continued on completing the roof. Below are a few pictures to see the progress.

To have a better view of the inside, here is a Photosynth view of the gallery on the first floor. This allows you to virtually view the gallery from all sides. The pictures are made on day 4 and 5, so on some you will already see a roof, on some still a clear sky. You will need to install Photosynth to be able to view it.

Today the roof has been placed on the house. For the moment it will be covered with plastic foil, the roof tiles will be placed early next year.

Today was the start of placing the roof on the house. Also some other work happened inside the house, such as pouring concrete below the walls, to close the house. The workers already placed a heater and it was getting warm.

Day three was a lot more productive, even though it was still raining at times. The top floor is now placed and also the ceiling of the top floor is ready. I haven’t been on the top floor yet, they were working way too hard for me to walk in the way. Will try to go there tomorrow to make some pictures of the bedrooms and the bathroom.

This weekend the team will work as well. Tomorrow they will put the roof on the house, so we can finally see the whole house.  So come back tomorrow for the next update.

Today was a slow day. In the morning it was raining, so work didn’t start until around 12:30. We did have a look in the morning and as you can see from the first few pictures, the house was sort of covered for protection.

In the afternoon the work then continued with the ceiling of the ground floor. This went quite fast, but as the work started so late, that was the only thing done today. Tomorrow’s weather forecast is better, so than we should see the top floor construction.