August 27, 2011 end week 8 - Some of the walls are done!

end of week from my X spot

from right front

circular window in bathroom

from back corner by future yoga room

End of week 7

The shot from the progress X spot



From the front showing the scaffolding

Another angle from the front.
More to come next week. Heavy rains Sunday and Wed this week.

week 6 on the house

Hi all here is the results for week 6 starting with the progress photo from my X spot. (from where i take at least one photo each week)

Then we have a fledgling fireplace in the living room complete with under hearth wood storage space

the complexity of the floorplan seems to create a maze!!

and or final addition for today is a full frontal from the street side.

More next week.

second post

here are some more photos from our site and the surrounding area:

View from front of lot looking at Vulcan Imbabura to the east

the top of Cotacachi volcano on a rare clear day.

Vulcan Cotacachi as seen from the east side of our lot.

I walk past this stack of corn stalks almost daily walking to town (we walk a lot here). They do have tractors here but I was surprised to find this fellow making rows to plant crops with a team of steers.
He stopped and waved as most of the natives do. They are very friendly.

The News from Ecuador

Hi everyone, we are creating this Blog to keep everyone up to date without having to send out multipule emails and still be in touch. Hope you all enjoy it. This is our new house looking at the circular front entrance we have just finished week 5 of construction.

Here is a closeup of the adobe construction. the walls will be about 14 inches thick providing good insulation for sound and creating mass for even temperatures inside. The house is situated on one of ten half acre lots in a brand new development. We already have one neighbor directly across from us and we both are in corner lots at the far end of the development. Juilo's costruction is only a week behind ours. (see below)

Below are the floor plans for our house:

As I said I will endevor to keep this updated and post to you all, if you wish not to recieve the posts just let me know and I will remove you from the distribution list.

Best wishes to all.

Bob and Ane