Demolition continues

It's official: the bats have received their eviction notice.

Demolition work is in full swing. The kitchen floor is gone, and so is the roof. Below are some rather dramatic photos from the latest site update. 

Plunging, 2-storey view from the kitchen into the "cave" (cellar), resulting from the removal of the kitchen floor. The old wine press vat is now fully exposed, as is the dividing line between the kitchen's plaster-and-paint wall and the cellar's bare stone below, that will be visible until the new floor is installed.

In the living-room area, the ground has been dug down to achieve required ceiling height and floor depth, as can be seen in the two photos below.

Our future living room. The hillside contour, where stone meets rock, is clearly visible on the wall opposite. And the old stairs, awaiting removal at right, lay where the passage to the powder room and the new stairs will be located.



Judging from the light filtering through the boards of the second floor (soon to be rebuilt), the roof is gone indeed.

According to the architect's latest report, tarps cover the entire roof structure for the time being. The carpenter is working on the roof frame, combining existing and new beams, and the roofer is awaiting a shipment of new tiles we selected on our last visit.

Next, the ground floor is to be built up and the plumbing contractor will then lay the heated floor's network of pipes.