Tag Archives: Lineiras

Grand designs, and no Kevin in sight

Posted on November 2, 2010 by Paul

With our next trip planned, and schedule coming nicely together, it is time that we brought you right up to date with where we currently are with the house (at the beginning of November 2010). Consider this article a kind of mental house-keeping, a way … Continue reading →

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No horror in hórreo

Posted on October 7, 2010 by admin

Something which sets Galicia, and for that matter neigbouring Asturias, apart from the rest of  Spain is the proliferation of strange looking square or rectangular vented buildings raised up on stilts, often with no visible means of access. The are the … Continue reading →

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We’ve got squatters

Posted on October 1, 2010 by Paul

We revisited the house at the beginning of September, our sixth trip in ten months. This time Mother was in tow, keen to see the pile of rubble that we’d acquired prior to our starting work on it. The main … Continue reading →

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A ‘bewilderment’ of architects

Posted on September 21, 2010 by Paul

On the internet I’ve found a number of suggestions for the collective noun for architects. These include; ‘charge’, ‘confusion’, ‘glass house’, ‘jealousy’, ‘bewilderment’ and ‘arrogance’. There seems to be no consensus. We’d been collecting architects as we’d gone along, a bit … Continue reading →

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The eve of the big day

Posted on September 2, 2010 by Paul

We arrived in Galicia on the evening of the 20th June, cutting it fine as it was one day before we could lose our 10% deposit. But with the completion scheduled to happen on the 21st, the longest day, and with our feet on Galician … Continue reading →

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