The house on the hill is almost finished.  Here is the downstairs (boys´) bathroom - a tribute to petroleum in all sorts of ways.

We have a staircase!!!

Like the boy himself, Terry´s room is a spot of color.

Any Peter is in a sea of white!

It has been shamefully long since I have updated this blog.  Here are some pictures of the house as it stands today.

It is a little hard to photograph inside because of the dark but here are some pictures.  The living room.

  The part of the kitchen that sticks out.

Living room to kitchen.

Stephen, painting the last rooms downstairs.

Light in August

House-building has gone slowly this summer.  There have been summer vacations and the concrete man who was supposed to do the chimney stopped taking phone calls.  Still, some progress has been made.

The deck so far.

But the view from the back is a little different.  The carpenter promises to have the outside done by the weekend.  We will post more pictures then!

Windows!

There have been more changes to the house on the hill.  Most of the windows are in place.

The balcony is under construction.

And some siding is going up on the Iulia and Lluis side of the house.

Keeping Out the Rain

The roof is now 'tight' and awaiting the tiles.  The windows have arrived and we be placed in the walls soon.

I guess it is time to think seriously about what to put on the floor. 

Raising the Roof

 Big changes are happening at the lot.

 We can now see the general outline of the house - a modified Lyngheim from Boligpartner.

Our hard-working carpenter, there on a Saturday.

Looking out the windows

The second story is starting to take form.  The ladder will not be a permanent feature - although some of us think it would be nice if it was.

We get to look out of the windows for the first time.

 The view from the alcove.

 This, however, will not be possible once the walls are in place.

Hitting the Ceiling

One week later, a bit of the ceiling is on the house.

 The camera person was crooked, not the house.

 The children begin fighting over who gets which room.

Snekkering

Today we went up to the lot and could, for the first time, get a sense of the first floor layout.

 Solflekken is almost ready to welcome its family!!!!!!

Despite the overcast, it was tangibly summer on Bratteberg.  Here are some pictures from the 'hood.

 More houses under construction.

Woodwork!

Things are moving quickly.  Today, we found some woodwork completed.

Two

Two videos today.  The first a building update and the second a 'long view' film from Driveklepp.  Enjoy!

May Day!

We went up to the tomt today and found more evidence of progress.  The large water pipes have been laid and the back of the house has been filled in with rocks and dirt.

There was also a very large piece of equipment and very silly boy.

The Long View

No building over the Easter Holidays but here we have the long view.  You can see the concrete walls of the house next door to the almost finished Solflekken on the top street.

Concrete

By the next week, concrete walls had appeared.

It was all very mysterious.  We were never there while anyone was working.

Groundbreaking

One day, things started happening.  We went up to the tomt and found this large hole where the trees had been.
We stared, realizing that we will one day live in this hole.

The lot in winter

And then we waited through the long winter...

The Cut-Down

We chose the lot because we liked the trees and the view.  Then we realized that we had to cut down the trees.  Luckily Hans and Robert knew what they were doing.  Klaus and Kjetil showed up to help us move all the logs. 

Once there was a lot for sale

We wanted a house but couldn't really find anything we liked.  Iulia and Luis bought a tomt (lot) at the top of the hill.  We took a look at their lot and bought the one next door.