Construction Update
sduford on Sep 05 2008 at 10:53 am | Filed under: Building in Panama, Miscellaneous, Software
We visited our construction site last Saturday and construction is going well although things have slowed down due to heavy afternoon rains and our builder has concentrated mostly on the swimming pool. He tells us he intends to deliver the guest house by the end of this month. I think he might miss by a few days, but close enough.
We found a couple of small errors that will be easily fixed. We also discussed with our architect the need for a retaining wall behind the bedroom module. Also, our builder warned us that he will submit a letter to us explaining the need for an unplanned retaining wall along the side of the driveway, which will increase our cost a bit. We won’t be too hard on him as we are aware that construction materials, mainly cement and steel re-bar, have nearly doubled in cost since he submitted a quote to us for building our house. There has been several small but unexpected changes due to the steepness of our lot, and so far he has not charged us for any of them.
Here are some pictures…
Getting ready to pour the rest of the pool floor:
Working on the pathway between the bedrooms and the living room:
Working on the roof structure for the guest house:
The view from the guest house:
