Category Archives: Barn Renovation

Measure twice, cut once

Posted on September 7, 2011 by Paul

Our builder has given us a start date of the 25th October, strangely a tuesday, and after some discussion it has been decided that I will make the personal sacrifice and take a couple of months off work (major contracts allowing) … Continue reading →

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Time for an eviction

Posted on August 23, 2011 by Paul

Those of you who are following this blog will be aware of our sadness at learning of the demise of Carlos’ aged and motheaten donkey, and the subsequent frenzied hunt over our two acres to see whether he’d taken the … Continue reading →

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Licensed to build…well, renovate

Posted on June 28, 2011 by Paul

With the sudden arrival of a Galician heatwave (it touched 35°C at one point this week) and the impending onslaught of tourists escaping the oppressive heat of central Spain, you would expect that the building contractors of A Pontenova are looking for a … Continue reading →

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