{"id":1670,"date":"2012-02-07T11:50:48","date_gmt":"2012-02-07T11:50:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.visitgalicia.co.uk\/?p=1670"},"modified":"2012-02-07T11:51:03","modified_gmt":"2012-02-07T11:51:03","slug":"a-room-with-a-new-view","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.visitgalicia.co.uk\/?p=1670","title":{"rendered":"A room with a (new) view"},"content":{"rendered":"

Good news from Galicia. We’ve made a bit more progress on the barn, and we’re not even there to crack the whip.<\/p>\n

On our last visit the architect told us that there was no problem in commissioning the replacement\u00a0balcony under the planning permissions we already had. ‘Replacement balcony’ in that it would be a whole new balcony\u00a0in place of the three rotten beams that had previously supported\u00a0such a structure\u00a0the last time that the upper floor of the balcony was inhabited, over 100 years ago.<\/p>\n

This\u00a0was a great relief to our carpenter Jos\u00e9 who, months ago, had\u00a0prepared and installed the supporting beams, and was driving around with the chestnut planks, spindles, newels and handrails in the back of his van. Under the impression that we needed our ‘major works’ license we’d been stalling, and he’d been seriously out of pocket having bought and prepared all the timber without any cash up-front.<\/p>\n

We met up with Jos\u00e9 at his shop in Meira, Carpinter\u00eda Kot\u00e9<\/a>, to discuss getting a quotation for windows and doors, and you could see the look of relief on his face as we told him to go ahead and\u00a0install the balcony, take and send some photos of it finished, and then send us his bill.<\/p>\n

Here is what Jos\u00e9 sent over the weekend, and mighty pleased we are from the look of the photos. New, yet traditional. Small in keeping with the proportions of the barn, yet big enough to sit out on and drink a bottle of wine on a summers evening. He’s done a great job.<\/p>\n

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Almost a\u00a0month after our return we’ve\u00a0also started receiving quotes for other works, including; the completion of the barn, the conversion of bread oven house, and\u00a0for the windows and doors. All we need now is that major works license (eleven months and counting since the application).<\/p>\n

We’ve even been looking for wood burners for the barn\u00a0and incredibly\u00a0both agreed that we liked the same one that we saw in a showroom in Denby Dale, before we turned over the price tag and found it was the most expensive in the shop.<\/p>\n

‘Champagne tastes on a beer budget’, I think that sums us up nicely.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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