Having run out of time and money at the same time, the house has now been closed up with shutters and doors. We have returned to Hastings and a full schedule of birthday celebrations and visits with grandchildren. After six months of building the new house with a fantastic crew of six neighbors who spoke no English I have gained a vocabulary of construction terminology, a tenuous grasp of metric measurements, and an appreciation of techniques used where labor is not expensive.
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Thanks. Since the sun sets at about 6:30 every night it would be nice to go online and learn things until I doze off.
My cheap option is to save stuff for later reading when I visit the city.
The library at CoopaPueblo in Coopa Buena has many interesting books that English visitors have donated, also.
el Grillo: Your tree top home in CR looks very interesting..... just a little curious though about getting from one level to another. I presume you use stairs or perhaps a ladder. Would you have any use for wind or solar power? What about water?
In Oaxaca MX they have a fairly good sized library of English books. It was fun sorting through their collection. These were mostly donated by ex-pats. Living in a different culture is very interesting and great fun. It also rearranges your perspective on life and your value system. I envy you.
Colibri,
In the photo, the left-hand roof that appears to be lower covers an exterior stairway with four landings. The architectural style might be described as "Industrial". The hand
railings are welded of chain-link fence 2" pipe. The areas beneath the rails is my own design of rerod and chain-link fabric (painted red and yellow, very happy). Perhaps you can click on the photo for a closer look.
There is still much finish work to be done, and eventually I would like to include solar across the southern edge of the balcony. Water and electricity are so cheap that other things have a higher priority.
Very interesting stuff.
Living the dream, indeed!
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