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HOUSE RENOVATION PROJECT – PART 8, PORTICO.

The last part of the stucture of the house is complete! The main portico. This was finished a little while ago.The portico measures eleven by two and a half metres and stretches along one side of the house. A door from the dining room, and a door from the boy’s room open out onto the […]

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HOUSE RENOVATION PROJECT – PART 7, ROOF AND RAME!

This last two weeks has been crazy. Trying to finalize the bathrooms, as there are three, there is a lot to think about. Also I have been finalizing floor tiles for the whole house. I love doing all this but how many more nights can I dream of tiles and loo’s! I need to get […]

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HOUSE RENOVATION PROJECT – PART 6, KITCHEN, DINING ROOM (‘WINDOWGATE’).

The next stage of the build was to knock a wall down between the kitchen and the dining room to make a large L shaped room. A concrete girder had to be installed above this opening for strength. In the kitchen we will have to brick up two old doorways and open up one of […]

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HOUSE RENOVATION PROJECT – PART 5, BOYS ROOM

This room will become the boys room! Here they will have all the boys stuff, snooker table (for Rick)!, x-box, Wii etc., No access for girls (apart from cleaning and bringing in snacks no doubt)!! Suits me! I will have my own room! This area was two bedrooms, a small single and a double […]

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HOUSE RENOVATION PROJECT – FIRST FLOOR AND ROOF, PART 3,

After the external walls were built, the main supporting internal walls were added, and then the builders prepared to build the roof. Our roof is a mansard roof, which is very popular here in Italy. This is where the wooden roof is your ceiling. So instead of a flat ceiling you end up with a […]

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HOUSE RENOVATION PROJECT – THE BEGINNING, PART 1.

Three years ago I moved to Italy to follow my dream lifestyle. We moved to a beautiful quaint mountain town in northern Italy called Borgo Val Di Taro, famous for it’s porcini mushrooms and an area where Parmigiano-Reggiano (Parmesan cheese) is produced. We have just started building our dream house, finally after waiting for two […]

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