Progress, at last

Hi everyone,
finally an update as promised.
this is a second part to the following post:
https://ecency.com/hive-114308/@bigorna1/building-my-house-on-the

It has been way too long, but life sometimes gets in the way.

2023 was a very bad year for me (and for many others, I suspect).
had my last paid job pruning some 200 Olive trees in early February.
then, my car broke down and this saga went on for over 5 months and left me completely broke.
a new injection pump and many €-roes later, I finally got my wheels back.
only to have the battery die on me the next day.

as I was trying to go back to a relative normal, I broke my ankle. like I said, not a good year at all.

so the house, for lack of budget, time and labor was left wrapped in a plastic sheet, protected from the elements, waiting.

things are finally turning positive and this year has been way better. I have my car, I have my legs and plenty of work coming in.
in between projects, I find some time to work and progress with the house.

The external wooden shell is now complete.
in the above photo, a hole left to allow hot air to escape at the highest point in summer. it will get a metal cover over it once painting is done.

Next step is sealing all unions and cracks as preparation for primer.

The interior looks like the workshop I always dreamed of. it smells of wood and saw dust.
the internal walls will be installed over a layer of 8 cm. of sheep wool insulation.
used some old recycled windows that I happened to have lying around that happened to be of the right size. they will be later replaced with something more permanent.

The view out of the kitchen window, looking south over the caravan, where I still live, is priceless.

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