Category Archives: Construction Update

Progress has continued well in December, but of course it’s a short month for us all, something to do with a holiday called Christmas. Work continued right up to the 18th of the month, we have been advised by the … Continue reading →

Well it’s been another busy month, progress has been good, although it seems a bit slower than last month. We think that has been because, as when the walls and roof go on, you see a lot of change quickly, now … Continue reading →

Well what a difference a month makes! After the last couple of months when you will have read that progress has been extremely slow, well this month has been the complete opposite. At the beginning of the month the Project … Continue reading →

After our site meetings in August we knew that nothing much would happen on the actual site until October, or until the fabricated steel roof structure arrived on site. Although there was some discussion about getting a bit more of … Continue reading →

As for most of mainland Europe, August is the main holiday month for the Portuguese, either they go away or family that work away, in places like France return to their families in Portugal, builders included. So it was no … Continue reading →

Well July was a month of very mixed emotions. At the start of the month things seemed to be progressing reasonably well, you will see from the photo that the builders started to put the reinforcing steels on the roof, … Continue reading →

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 →

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 →

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 →