by John Flawith | Apr 17, 2026 | Blog, Folia Agapis
Framework of the North Block takes shape The next stage is to construct the frame for the North block, the living quarters with the kitchen & utility room, the living area, and our two studies. The whole building is going to be (we learn!) built in two...
by John Flawith | Mar 11, 2026 | Blog, Folia Agapis
It took most of the day, but the ground floor concrete is laid by floodlight! Its a great sight for us to see. But I get a bit ahead of ourselves! Walls cast, but the basement ceiling (top left of the shape) still not cast First of all we move on with the foundations...
by John Flawith | Jan 11, 2026 | Blog, Folia Agapis
As we come to the end of the year in which building has actually started, seemed like a good time to reflect on the process. Most of this comes down to interaction and communications with the builder and the architect, along with a few skirmishes with public...
by John Flawith | Dec 27, 2025 | Blog, Folia Agapis
Now its back to work! We’ve moved on since the basement, with a host of issues! Where the toilet soil pipes will go, finding out all the fittings we need to select and source, how to deal with surface water – the plot is on a slope, and part way down...
by John Flawith | Sep 6, 2025 | Blog, Folia Agapis
As a bit of a diversion from pouring concrete and thinking about our new house, we took a week away to chill out a bit. A week in the Amari valley – a Rough Guide “hidden gem”, is an undiscovered “away from it all” location which we love. Peaceful and...
by John Flawith | Aug 10, 2025 | Blog, Folia Agapis
The inspector finally visited! The first one turned down the opportunity, and the second didn’t have a car! Had to brought out by our engineer. But he came, he saw, he concurred! Here is the plot, ready for the basement foundation to be poured The...
