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Making plans for the small house

You’ll hopefully remember both ‘the small house’ (the edifice that we used to call the barn) and the top secret architect  (the woman with no name)? These two have come together in exquisite harmony to produce a plan for stage one … Continue reading

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TOP SECRET – Our new architect

The main reason for our trip earlier this month, apart from stocking up on traditional Christmas turron, and feeding our faces with the best food and drink in the discovered world, was to meet with our potential new architect (the fifth … Continue reading

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When is a barn not a barn?

The answer is…of course…when it is a small house!   Our small house, view from the big house Let me explain. From earlier articles you’ll be aware that our ‘house’ actually comprises several buildings, one which we have consistently referred to … Continue reading

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Grand designs, and no Kevin in sight

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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We’ve got squatters

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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