That old family dream about getting a shelter away from civilization is fulfilled!
At the beginning of August 2021 we found an advertisement on the web for the candidate to become the ideal house for our projects, away from mankind maelstrom, noise, commotion …
This little blog will be used to report all news related to the project.
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Two years and a half later…
It would take me more work to explain how we have spent the time than […]
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Simple Battens
Work commitments prevented us from witnessing the most spectacular part of the project: covering the […]
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The Temporary Door
It may seem like a silly thing — and it probably is — yet it […]
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It Is No Longer a Ruin
Our first impression upon seeing the house in person in September 2023 was one of […]
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Reset
Thanks to a couple of good friends, we found a builder who was willing to […]
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This is the end
The scarcity of gas and oil derivatives caused by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine at the […]
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The three builders
It was an unplanned trip, somewhat uncomfortable and rushed… but necessary. Through contacts, we had […]
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A phone call
Trying to speed things up a little, we wrote to the architect asking whether it […]
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The plans
On 8 April we were finally able to see the plans for what will become […]
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Crisis
Our plans are going to the dogs. We had expected to have the first version […]
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Second visit to the architect
Taking advantage of a family visit to Oviedo, we went to see how the project […]
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On plans and architects
The property consists of two houses. The original one, dating from 1890, is a two-storey […]
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And we bought it
It dawned raining in Asturias. It was Thursday, 4 November 2020, in the city of […]
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A Human Chronicle of a Place
It had to happen. I had hoped it would be later, but it was inevitable […]
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Just a project; just a beginning
After the visit to the notary, after learning what it would cost to rebuild the […]
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A dose of reality
Dreaming is easy. It was to be expected that turning those dreams into reality would […]
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Two days until the journey
This wall of days that kept us apart from that long-awaited encounter with another barely […]
