Our New Home – Week 7

For those of you that have not followed from the start, every week we are posting the progress on a new home we are building just outside of Granada, Nicaragua. This is week 7 and supposedly our home will be completed in 16 weeks. The initial story can be read at https://expatguidenicaragua.com/building-home-granada/ along with the floor plans.

Well, here we are at week 7 already with nine weeks to go. Will we make it?

This week we saw the 2nd floor walls going up, the first of the electrical lines, completed septic system, arches on the front patio and the pool was being dug.  Let the pictures show the progress.

 

Week 7  (6)

The steel ceiling girders are completed and everything painted. We are looking at the guest bathroom entrance and the entrance to the first floor bedroom. Note the window on the bathroom wall.

Week 7  (7)

A closeup of the ceiling with the electrical lines being put in.

Week 7  (9)

The arches being formed on the front patio. This will be the main entrance.

Week 7  (2)

We are on the 2nd floor looking at the side patio facing the sunsets.

Week 7  (3)

We are in the 2nd floor bedroom looking at the hallway from the stairs. To the left is the bathroom and to the right is the closet.

Week 7  (4)

2nd floor closet. We have decided not to put doors on the closets though there will be a window for the air ventilation.

Week 7  (5)

View of the stairs from the upstairs. There will be several small windows along the stairs.

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View from the east side.

Week 7  (11)

View of the front porch or patio.

Week 7  (12)

Swimming pool being dug. The lines indicate the borders of the pool. It is a lap pool of 2 meters by 10 meters. Amy promises to do regular laps. Nothing to hide us from the road so no more nude swimming.

Week 7  (13)

View of home from where the septic system resides. The sewer pipe is already laid and covered.

Week 7  (14)

We fenced in approximately 1/3 of the lot for keeping animals. I was going to get goats or peliguay but some people say the fence won’t hold them and they will eat our trees and ornamental plants. May have to start with something bigger like a horse or burro.

Week 7  (1)

View of the downstairs from the 2nd floor.

Week 7  (8)

View of the living area with completed walls.

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