søndag 20. desember 2015

LAST VISIT AND UPDATE FOR 2015

 
Yes it was time to visit our home in refurbishment for the last time this year. Wondering if the house looked like the last pictures we received.
 
With 14 degree C during the day and down to almost 0 at night made the weather a bit strange for the season in Lucca Province and in our commune Montecarlo. It should be Christmas, and Christmas it was. More in Montecarlo and in Antica Dimora Patrizia  than in Lucca, the way I remember it in Lucca 15 years ago with real Christmas feeling was a bit gone. They have still a week to make the extra touch, as streets were almost empty at lunch time and no tourist to see.
Back to the house both in sunshine and morning mist. Work ongoing with plaster on the outside walls, roof on our office / hobby part of the house and fire in the fire place, it was the way it should be along with Christmas present from the construction company.
 

Upstairs in first floor agreement needed on what type of floor we wanted, wood or “cotto”. A decision that had to wait until I was back in Moscow, now I know it will be “cotto”, hope to find some extra special stuff that make the “cotto” easy to clean, but it would give the family visiting the extra touch of remembering that they are in Tuscany and Italy.
 

The refurbishing goes fast, keep spare time to ensure that there could be other delay later for unknown reasons they need some extra time later on. One of the reasons Galileo (the architect) and I went to the shop to look at tiles for the bathrooms as well the floors.



When meeting up with Limpresa (Pasqual and Gianluca) as well Galileo at the house I had organized a meeting with an alarm company (Verisure) as family uses in Norway. With offices in 14 countries in Europe and special for years in Norway I knew what they could assist me on securing the house from burglars. For only 2 years in Italy, but leaning on to the many years’ experience from other countries I am sure they will do the job, ok remain to be seen. However my friends from Limpresa and Galileo listened with interest, and learned something new this day, and were happy with information they got.

Now I am waiting for the bid from Lorenzo at Verisure to see some cost savings to our budget.
Another learning I hope that the architect would look into is the Microsoft Project or similar. He is good looking at details and progress, but our architect would benefit of looking into a project management system. A lot easier to keep track and give advises of where in the process they are.


 

Looking at the house this time was to see a milestone. How it was finished upstairs and ready to get some new walls and installation in the bathroom along with “cotto” on the floor.

 

Downstairs it is ready for water proofing and another layer of concrete, electrical lines to be laid and the heating in the rooms we need it. The bathroom and wardrobe and plaster on the walls along with injection into the walls to secure against moist coming up from the lower earth levels. We do not want to see the walls in the years to come, either outside, nor inside moist damages that needs to be fixed.


 
 

So at last in the sunshine Thursday afternoon it was some last pictures of the house for this time. With the workers having a coffee and make the house look good from the north towards our neighbors with plaster on the walls we could see the changes from a year ago and so can they.
 
 
 

 
 
Other than visiting the house and have time with the architect there was time to have walk in Lucca and Montecarlo. Eat at my favorite restaurants in Lucca like ParisBohem at Pizza Citadelle and Gli Orti via Elise. Visiting Trattoria Montecarlo and La Fortezza, also popped into Hotel Ilaria to see the newly wed Mauro and hand him and his wife a small present along with see our dear friend Claudia and give her a little design present from us to her beautiful daughter Emma.




 
We are soon becoming real Luccese, embracing the area with all it can give us.



 

Now it is time to fixe all the outstanding details and “minor” changes along with prepare for the garden. It will take time, but time is what we have plenty of and best to be, prepared for changes, who know what next year will bring?



 
Sunflowers or potatoes, or whatever the garden will be full of. Follow and see and have a wonderful Christmas all and a Happy New Year.

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