Around 1pm yesterday our yard started to fill with vehicles and an army of workers waiting to start concreting the pool. An hour or so later the first concrete was being poured. 9th August 2010 – 1 9th August 2010 – 2 9th August 2010 – 3 A bulldozer was used to compact the driveway [...]

I haven’t posted a blog for a few days as we’ve spent quite a lot of time out at the site with the contractor. They have made steady progress with the finishing and should have done all the substantial things by this weekend, however, actual occupancy is most likely to be the end of the [...]

Over half the roof of the Hyner house is now metal tiled. Great sheets of the stuff have been pulled up on the roof for the past three days. Inside a variety of work continues. Ceiling panels are going up in most rooms as well as windows. Those in each bathroom are frosted for greater [...]

We made the 2nd progress payment to Northcon today and also made the drive over to Quirino province to visit Gina’s aunt to find out what the situation was with the front doors we ordered before Christmas. Later in the day we met up with Gina’s brother, Resty, at the construction site to view progress. [...]

As the team continued with the wall footings in the background we could see the the first window installed in the front wall of the master bedroom. The first insulation and roofing also appeared on the parking/garage. Inside the Hyner house the welders were constructing the first security grille, bending the steel into curling shapes. [...]

When we arrived at the site a couple of days ago, from a distance, it looked as if they had already installed insect screens in two windows of the Mangligot house. On closer inspection we realized that it was large dimension steel wire security netting to protect the materials they will store temporarily in the [...]

The Northcon crew were steaming ahead today. Lots of activity in every area of the house and many skills/craftsmanship in evidence. I feel a certain buzz of excitemen as I wander through the rooms of the house and see all these skills coming together to create a lovely home. I have always been fascinated by [...]

The first walls are constructed for the parking/garage/storeroom using the box system of construction. The window openings in the front wall are prepared using prefabricated curved shapes. Despite its intended use, we wanted it to look like just another part of the house, hence it will have windows to match those for the house. Check [...]

The first concrete floors of our house are made. So far the floors of the garage, lanai, laundry and dirty kitchen have been completed. Waving around are all the colored pipes carrying the different services to each room. Check out this video: Hyner House Construction 23 December 2009 Well it’s now Day Two of concrete [...]

Things are beginning to take shape and in the absence of the release of the building permits the site is being prepared in every other way short of pouring concrete. So in a sense concreteless progress is being made! This is probably the first time the box construction system has been used in Santiago City. [...]