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2020 – Drone Shot

2020 – Tiling around the pool

2020 Master Suite – Part 3

2020 Master Suite – part 2

2020 Sometimes it’s the little jobs……

2020 Pool opening – in July!

2020: What a year…. and it’s not over yet!

2020 Master Suite – Part 1b

2019 – Tiling around the pool

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Category: 2008

New doors – Part 5
2008 House

New doors – Part 5

Mark Johnson April 7, 2008

More pictures of the work progressing on the house. The 4 external pictures were taken yesterday (by Tony) on a cloudy day and show some more detail. The stone cladding … Read More

2008 – March – Peter & Felicity III
2008 Vistors

2008 – March – Peter & Felicity III

Mark Johnson April 6, 2008

Peter and Felicity came back for their third visit!  

Is anyone in there?
2008 General

Is anyone in there?

Mark Johnson April 5, 2008

Inquisitive little fellow(ess)…..    

New doors – Part 4
2008 House

New doors – Part 4

Mark Johnson April 4, 2008

As they say “a picture is worth a thousand words” and the latest image just received from Ben certainly is. After having seen the pictures of the holes in the … Read More

New doors – Part 3
2008 House

New doors – Part 3

Mark Johnson April 3, 2008

Day 6 and the first of the three doors has been installed according to our neighbour Ben! So should be 2 more days to install the other doors and then … Read More

New doors – Part 2
2008 House

New doors – Part 2

Mark Johnson April 2, 2008

We got an update on progress on the work today from our friends Tony and Barbara (thanks again!). The photos speak for themselves but given the mess outside the house … Read More

New doors – Part 1
2008 House

New doors – Part 1

Mark Johnson March 28, 2008

Most projects on the house I am more than happy to undertake, in fact I enjoy doing the work and prefer to keep the work ‘in-house’ where possible. There are … Read More

Winter lingers on….
2008 General

Winter lingers on….

Mark Johnson March 24, 2008

With work scheduled to start this week on the house (depending on the weather of course) Monday duly delivered a few snow showers clearly to remind us that winter hasn’t … Read More

February 2008
2008 Garden

February 2008

Mark Johnson March 9, 2008

We managed to get another week in France at the end of February some four months after our last visit. This trip was a treat for me mainly for two … Read More

February 2008 – Part deux
2008 Garden

February 2008 – Part deux

Mark Johnson March 9, 2008

While the garden was the main focus of the work activity on this visit we did manage to make progress on a few other items. The most significant was the … Read More

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