Thursday, August 01, 2013

Sotto Le Stelle 12 - Floors, doors, windows

Cisternino, Puglia, Italy. Saturday 20-July-2013

Steady progress on the apartment:
  • all the walls have their final top coat of finishing plaster
  • tiling finished, not just the main floor but entrance and landings (first and second floor)
  • shelving in alcoves, niches, window, dividing stub wall and roof landing
  • electrical sockets installed
  • refurbished front door installed and looking good
  • roof terrace door fitted - toughed glass so the stairs act as a light well
  • zanzariera (mosquito screens) fitted to terrace door, balcony door, and valley window
  • bathroom prepped ready for cement and resin plastering to be followed by fitting of sanitary ware and shower screen 
  • stone bench on the roof

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Shopping done:
  • two 140 cm beds: one for Trullo Azzurro, one for Sotto le Stelle
  • arranged washing machine move from Trullo Azzurro to Sotto le Stelle while scaffolding and winch still in place
  • new washing machine ordered for Trullo Azzurro for our guests
  • up-lighters for Sotto le Stelle to illuminate the arches
  • internet and wi-fi installed at Trullo Azzurro
We even moved in our first piece of furniture - the day bed from Trullo Azzurro.

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We are not going out in August but we hope to be able to sleep in the apartment in September. There will be deliveries of a fitted kitchen, dining table, bed and washing machine.

More Photos on Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/markmclellan/sets/72157634879838164/

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