Internal & external tile and wall work

We have now reached early May 2008 and construction is progressing well!

The next pictures show, in part, the tile work inside and out.

The first picture shows the main lounge area with the newly built steps and dividing wall separating the 'floors'. After much consideration we decided on a glass block panel as feature to finish the 'hole' in the wall.


The external tiling shown is to the rear of the house and with the tiling done this area was pretty much complete. Note downpipe is copper!

Internal ducting

Interesting photo showing the routing of ducting for cables, pipes and drains across the upper level of the villa. The hole in the farthest corner was left to accomodate the sunken bath!

The next photo is of the same area of the villa but taken from the opposite end. At this point in the construction a screed has been laid over the ducting and pipe work and tiling has begun.

No walls yet!

Construction - roof completed

This next photo shows the roof tiled and copper guttering fixed. Tradition in Italy dictates that once a roof is complete the national flag is attached and a bottle of the local vino opened!

The Southern facing aspect benefits from an overhang providing shade when hot and cover when raining whilst still allowing 'alfresco' dining.

Still a considerable amount of work to be done but with the structure weathertight the internal work can move on without interruption.

Construction - roof cladding and other features

This next photo shows the end of the rafters - we chose to have this carved feature.


Before the roof is tiled it is first clad and then insulated. The next photo shows the cladding.

Here we have a view of the inside and the exposed beams. No internal walls dividing the space into rooms have yet been built. The brickwork shown is split the villa into two levels to give the space added character and to differentiate between 'night' and 'day' use.