Jakubowizna - progress on the działka

To Jakubowizna to see how the work's coming on - the doors arrived yesterday. The big sticking point remains the windows - these are now due in mid-September. Once in, the external walls will be clad in 20cm-thick expanded polystyrene, plastered and painted white. Below: front elevation.

Below: the foundations have been properly damp-proofed and insulated to prevent the heat dissipating into frozen soil in winter.

Left: the new entrance lobby (sień) from inside. Protected from the elements, shoes and overcoats can be removed here. Previously, the front door opened right into the kitchen. A new window will be installed in the space in the wall. The old front door (visible to the right) remains in place until the windows are all installed. Only then will I have access (currently the builders have the key to the old front door).

Below: the front downstairs room. Yellow line shows where the new window will go - it will be 40cm wider and 20cm taller. More useful light. Rest's all done - just need skirting boards, electrical fittings and lights. Furniture, wardrobe space and a fitted bookcase to be added.

Below: up on the upstairs patio at the back, the new door in place.

Below: a peek inside (the parquet flooring has just been varnished).

Left: the foundations on the western side of the house are also being damp-proofed and insulated against the cold. Down there somewhere is the little cellar window - this also needs replacing. The houses in the distance accentuate how long the plot is - the street lies beyond the farther house. And turn the other way - the back of the plot is a similar distance.

Below: a lot of rubbish is being cleared; sheds and an outhouse being demolished.

To my surprise, the green grapes are turning dark pink. There are tens of thousands - wine making beckons!

Patience. It is all coming together; a lot longer than anticipated (but within budget).

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Changes to Poland's traffic regulations

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Teasers in the Polish-English linguistic space

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Summer slipping away

This time nine years ago:
To the airport by bike

This time ten years ago:
My translation of Tuwim's Lokomotywa