Custom Build Bungalow at Arodes

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7 March 2008

Basement walls have been back-filled and compressed ready for shuttering for the ground floor slab. The ground floor slab will cover the basement area plus the ground shown levelled in the photo. The internal shuttering for the basement walls has also been removed.

7 March 2008

Same day as above, photo taken from the edge of the ground slab area. The in-fill was rock hard core which was then compressed / rollered.

10 March 2008

Constructing the shuttering for the
ground floor slab

13 March 2008

Progress on the shuttering for the
ground floor slab.
The boards over the basement are held up by scaffolding and concrete will be poured onto the boards

22 March 2008

Starting on the steel reinforcing work

23 March 2008

Inspection by two "experts"

30 March 2008

Iron work finished.
Ready for pouring concrete to make
the ground floor slab.

30 March 2008

Showing steel reinforcing detail

30 March 2008

Showing waste pipes within the base

Picture below shows room layouts

1 April 2008

Concrete poured for the ground floor slab on 30th March.

1 April 2008

Another view

1 April 2008

Stairs down to the basement from
the Kitchen.

1 April 2008

Stairs up from the basement.

1 April 2008

Part of the basement showing ceiling
(lounge floor) supports.

11 April 2008

Ironwork completed for the pillars.
Shuttering will now be constructed round the ironwork and then concrete poured in.
Should be completed next week.

20 April 2008

Finishing off the shuttering for the pillars.

Update: Concrete was poured for the pillars on 21 April.

25 April 2008

Shuttering removed. It is now Easter in Cyprus. Work will not resume untill around 5 May.

25 April 2008

View of basement space from veranda.
In this space is the 'self contained' studio and the utility room. Mostly out of site to the left is the storage / workshop space.

25 April 2008

View from inside the basement studio looking towards the studio veranda.

25 April 2008

Beyond the pillar is workshop / storage space with access from the veranda and from inside.