My husband bought us a house, well , sort of. It is missing a few key elements, like a roof, indoor plumbing or electricity. I think there might be an outhouse out back. There is, however, plenty of potential. Potential for what, you might ask? Good question. Potential for a great house, yes, potential for a mental breakdown or divorce...we shall see, but lets hope not.
Obstacles, well one big one is that said house is in a village on the island of Crete in Greece. If you have had the pleasure of traveling to Greece you will know just how well organized and punctual a place it is. Yes , it is beautiful. Yes the people are warm, friendly and hospitable (that is until you have a construction crew working by 8 am next to their house.) Other obstacles include intermittent strikes, permit issues and architects and engineers that go out of town every week or so.
Our first delay was an engineer who left for4 months to build on another island. We found someone else. Our latest potential delay was the electric company striking for a day. Luckily, Alex made it to both offices before the strike officially began and was able to get the papers processed. Yes, you read correctly, both offices....often you have to go to several public offices in varying locations to get multiple rubber stamps stamped onto insane amounts of forms.
I am Jenn, and Alex will also be updating these pages periodically. But, I will refer to my previous comment about "punctuality". Sianna, our cutie pie will drop in from time to time. You can list her under another obstacle, as starting this endeavor with an 18 month old is just pure insanity....but doable, right???
On to some before photos.
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