Thursday, August 7, 2008

Here We Go !!! HOW IT ALL BEGAN!

Welcome! - What have we been up to these past three years?!


Welcome to our Project !
Satellite View
RED oval - house
BLUE circle - water tank
BLUE line - retaining wall
Green square - garage









CLICK ON PICTURE BELOW TO SEE BRIEF MOVIE




Laying the re-bar for the retaining wall

Now cinder blocks are placed on top of cement/re-bar foundation
Wall progresses
Wall - more progression

THIS WAS HOW IT ALL STARTED! BACK TO THE TOP FOR RECENT PHOTOS



11 comments:

Tom Frank said...

Looks like progress to me. Congrats!!

huarique said...

Alessandra how much work! That is really building a house from scratch! It looks great, it must be such wonderful project to build your house from the very beginning. Good luck! Hope the progress continue and you have a house soon. Milena

uncle micro said...

What a job... and still more to come... and do... and etc. let's smile thru it all...... happy happy

Anonymous said...

Wow!!! holy cow!!! Alessandra you ROCK!!! I cannot believe it.
that's great. All I can say is I can't wait to show G.
YEEEEEEEEEEEHaw!
Marcel.

uncle micro said...

Oh my goodness! BE PATIENT!!
and all will be.

Unknown said...

What a perfect spot!! I loved the little movie too, who is playing guitar???? And the Views!!!!! You lucky lucky people, I hope you have a wonderful time living in what looks like paradise from this side of the pond! CongratulationsXXXXX

uncle micro said...

Song is Country Home by Neil Young & Crazy Horse on 1990 album 'Ragged Glory':

I'm thankful for my country home
It gives me peace of mind
Somewhere I can walk alone
And leave myself behind.

Rebecca Dmytryk said...

Yay! You guys so deserve a beautiful home - and what views!!!! Bravo! Love to you both!

Char said...

How exxxciting!!! It won't be long now... beautiful windows with beautiful views - cant wait till you are both rockin on that porch

Unknown said...

Congratulations! It's about completed! The pictures and videos are great to see the PROGRESS of you new home!

I wish you both well!

Love

Norman

Anonymous said...

Dr. A, great job! Quite a lot of work is going into the whole septic system. Love this Web presentation. How is it done?

xoxo Marshall and Susan Tellem