Spain House Build - Building Started

Also quite cool. Google Maps has been updated

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Martynt74 said:
Whoop. The garage has some walls.

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What's that lurking in the background? Figured surely no-one has been in grafitiing already! Nope, just the builders marking for the window. Strangely they write "Bentana", presumably it's Valenciano. As in normal Spanish it would be Ventana (but pronounced Bentana)

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View from the patio doors of my office

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Nice view from the office!! :cool:
 
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half remembered it was also your office - no cavity though, or, these bricks are a halfway house..

will the house glazing have a thermal reflective tint/coat
[ was reading how for latest ev panoramic roofs such a coating was equivalent to an old sun-roof manual shade - electrochrome now being a additional thermal barrier ]
 
Yeah. No cavity needed with these thermo clay bricks. Theyre pretty thick and the air gaps in help keep stuff insulated. Some insulation on the inside gives decent thermal ratings.

We’ve not specced that on the windows. It’s one of the many things we’re waiting on info for. A few houses do have a reflective coating. Unsure if we need it as the main room has the covered terrace so not much direct sunlight into the house.
 
Yeah the thing i don't like is the blue tint and the mirror effect. Especially when it's overlooking the pool, just feels a bit weird

On another note we have slightly higher walls.
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Still no fencing which means no delivery of my fancy bricks. Unless @fez has stolen them :mad:

Asked to the estate agent last night if he was free for a chat. Apparently he was with the builder yesterday who is confident the build is on track and will be completed ahead of schedule. I'm still hoping to get a meeting next week to set out some penalties/compensation written up. If he's so confident then he shouldn't have any concerns agreeing to them.
Ultimately since i was given the project plan there have been 2 task items which have both been missed. I've now got some excitement at getting walls, but we've been here before where i get excited only for nothing to happen for another 6 weeks. I'm losing confidence that this won't just be a pattern which repeats.
 
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Martynt74 said:
If he's so confident then he shouldn't have any concerns agreeing to them.
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conversely propose a bonus too .. if you can get out of your rent, providing they don't rush it, and it is dried out to move into;
is pool already tbd in parallel (multi-tasking!) with other tasks , or after you move in ?

overcast weather (poor you) must be helping progress too (for cycling too)

E:there used to be a french construction ruse - you don't quite finish the build because taxe foncier is only payable then.
 
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Yeah everything should be finished by the time we move in, so the pool is planned in parallel with other tasks.

Well my goal is to get him to cover rental costs so in theory his bonus is not covering those!
 
Looks like Friday saw a little more progress

Lintels installed for the window/patio doors
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Also had a guy with a tractor cut down the grass on the top section. We'd like to gravel a bit in the middle and build some steps up to that. Looks better now but he was struggling to turn over the top layer. He's going to speak to someone with a bigger tractor as it's very hard packed and with quite a few rocks.

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