The New House Begins November 18, 2007
Posted by yucatanlife in Where we live..trackback
…with an ending. The old house came down today after first clearing the property of the jungle that had overtaken it. Our gardener Angel and his two sons spent one day with machetes and axes taking out the growth that had accumulated. While they were at work a gentleman name Miguel stopped by and told us he had a “Bobcat” and a truck, noticed the work going on and asked if we wanted it hauled away. We negotiated a price and about 30 minutes later he and a worker showed up. It took two days worth of trips because in addition to the plant-life, the far back of the property had also been used by some of the locals as a garbage dump.
Here are some before and after shots:
Here are some of the cleared pictures….
Angel and me…
By beach area standards this is a large lot. Most are 10 X 30 meters, this one is 12X 70. Miguel also informed us that he could demolish and haul away the old house which is beyond saving. Sooooo…more negotiations ensued and that project started today. We thought he’d show up with some piece of heavy equipment, but instead he showed up with 5 other hombres, a sledge hammer, pick-ax and crowbar. It took about 3 1/2 hours. Before they did their thing, Indra had them remove and save the windows for us as they are quite nice and might be used in the new house.
Our architects get back this week from vacation and hopefully they will have the plan ready soon for the new place. There is much left to do, but we are so excited to finally have started the project in earnest.
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Larry
Hi! Looks like a lot of low-tech work being done and (yesss!!) people rather than machines getting paid. I kind of liked all the green stuff you had to tear out, but in the warm weather, it’ll probably grow back quick-like once you start “landscaping”! Too bad the little house wasn’t salvageable, looked sorta like a cute pocket-sized Roman villa! Must be exciting for you guys,starting this project literally from the ground up.
Good luck!
Are you kidding?! I LOVE these posts.
Thanks for keeping us updated. I’m very, very glad you kept the two palm trees, I was in suspense as I was going through the pics and was relieved to see them still standing in the last one. Great drama, LOL. That old house looked like it had serious mold issues. I look forward to seeing you build the new one. Hugs to both of you!
Those two palm trees are going nowhere! We love them and some of the coconuts that have fallen have sprouted so we’ve planted those as well.
Larry,
I love these posts! I cant wait to take advantage of my flight benefits to come and visit someday. Everytime I check in someone heading to Merida I think of you. Good luck with the construction, it looks like quite a project.
I love these post. I was able to access this one today. Keep them coming. I want to see the house as it goes up.
Miss you. So glad you are having a great life in Mexico. How’s the job.
Mary
hey larry,
Doug Molner showed me this today and I can tell you that I will continue to read as you post so keep’im coming! I hope that your doing well. Looks like your living the life we all dream about!
Good to hear from you Laura!
I do! My new email is mosheskie@gmail.com
Larry and Indra
We love getting these. I can hardly wait to see the construction progress.
Love