Tag Archives: Renovation

A double celebration

Posted on April 14, 2011 by Paul

Last night saw a double celebration in our house, not because we’d finally found a cat food which our increasingly grumpy and tempramental tom cat would eat, but because of quantum advances in Galicia. So much so that we cracked open a … Continue reading →

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Let the real waiting begin

Posted on April 11, 2011 by Paul

We’ve had some paperwork through, yes…more paperwork. The good news is that this one bears an official stamp of the local council, the ‘Ayuntamiento de A Pontenova’. According to the architect who cannot be named, what this signifies is that our planning … Continue reading →

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What a lot, for not a lot

Posted on April 1, 2011 by Paul

While we sit idly, twiddling our thumbs and growing ever more impatient (in a not very Spanish way), awaiting news from Galicia about; the establishment of our company ownership documents our minor works license applications the submission of our planning … Continue reading →

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We seem to be breeding washing machines

Posted on March 4, 2011 by Paul

The architect who can’t be named e-mailed through the ‘final’ (fingers crossed) papers for us to sign and send back via snail mail to enable the submission of the planning application for the small barn. These were; a three page document in gallego (licenza … Continue reading →

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Meet the neighbours

Posted on February 25, 2011 by Paul

We’ve said a lot about our house in Liñeiras without really mentioning the rest of the village, although village is possibly a rather grand description of the disjointed and disparate collection of houses which makes up our immediate community. Casa … Continue reading →

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