Category Archives: 2014

June Update

Posted on June 30, 2014 by Ian

Well there’s not been a tremendous amount of progress this month, which is a tad disappointing. You will have read in our last blog we had a amazing visit earlier in the month, but not a lot has happened since … Continue reading →

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Long weekend or a short week?

Posted on June 20, 2014 by Ian

Was it a long week end or a short week, there is the question? Either way it doesn’t matter we just had one. There was no way we could wait until August time to get back to Portugal to see … Continue reading →

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May Update

Posted on May 31, 2014 by Ian

02.05.14 – Our friends Jules and Andy paid a last visit to our site before heading off home; from the photos they sent we could see that the concrete has now been poured into the foundation beams.         … Continue reading →

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Updates going forward

Posted on May 9, 2014 by Ian

Now that we are hopefully into the construction, we are going to change the format for the blog very slightly. Whilst we are excited at every update we see, I am sure if you are following this or reviewing it … Continue reading →

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End of April Update

Posted on April 29, 2014 by Ian

Well it’s almost the end of April and we have just had the latest update from the Project Management team. The news is good, they are advising that progress is good and the pictures show that even more progress has … Continue reading →

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Quick Update

Posted on April 27, 2014 by Ian

Our good friends Jules and Andy , not forgetting Oscar the dog, are in Portugal the two weeks after we us, and they managed to visit our site durning their stay and sent us a few pictures. We can see … Continue reading →

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Back Home – Back to work – Building continues

Posted on April 22, 2014 by Ian

We left Portugal on the Saturday and made our way back home. We tried a slightly different schedule this time to see if it was any better, instead of getting up and getting on the road by 5:00am each day … Continue reading →

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Builders – What builders?

Posted on April 19, 2014 by Ian

Well we have had a great week, the weather has just been incredible, continued through the week with blue skies and wonderful temperatures, shirts sleeves the order of the day, maybe not quite shorts though, although pretty close.   We … Continue reading →

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End of the first week

Posted on April 12, 2014 by Ian

We met the Architect/Project Manager and the builder on the Wednesday and had a productive hour or so, just going over the minor changes that were necessary and looking / deciding on the alternatives. The main issue was that due … Continue reading →

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Will there be any workmen?

Posted on April 8, 2014 by Ian

We were up bright and early, the sun was already shinning and there wasn’t a cloud in the sky, so a good breakfast was in order, a brew of, yes, coffee and into the car and set off to our … Continue reading →

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