New views of house - from downhill looking up

Hey friends and followers!

Well in January we finally had cleared enough that I was able to take some never-before-seen photos of our casa.

From this perspective, downhill looking UP, you can really see the layer cake. Missing of course is the interesting roof detail, but this is more than enough of a new view.



This first photo kind of puts the whole building in perspective. You can see the connection to ground, and generally see the posts in the downhill side. There are more posts higher up hill supporting the middle (2nd) floor.



So if you count floors from top to bottom the way I do for this house, 1 is on top, 2 is middle and 3 is lowest (and technically below grade from the perspective other other side of the place).


Of course in this second photo, I backed up and thus there is more vegitation between my camera and the casa.

In this third photo we get a perspective that really shows how high up off of ground the first (top) floor veranda is.

You can see how the top of the stair is off to the left, and cantelievers over the second (middle) floor.

Current work is occuring on second floor, left with tile going into the bathroom. There are some subsequent blogs to post that will provide more on that.

There are only the two sliding door on the second floor with a narrower veranda, mostly for sitting out and enjoying cool night air, or rain storms, or ocean liners looking south to the Pacific.

In this view I wanted you to see the (perhaps) famed bodega. When you look above you can see a big area to the left. That is really a no-mans land. Not sure how that will evolve, but ideas are finally brewing.

Meanwhile, you can clearly see the cage on the right for equipment. That ensures no critters will get their mits on the generator (currently for sale), or the AC compressor units. The black door you see to the left of the cage the solid door entry into the dry bodega (one with a dehumidifier inside). And far left on that bit of wall you can see the water filter that keeps all the running water inside clean.

Painting of all the galvanized (silver) and primed (red) metal work will start next week, right after Easter. That'll take a couple of weeks, but when we next travel down (May) I'll take new photos of the completed project. I'm hoping on that trip I'll have some time to get some drawings which will set the new entry to the bodega level, and set the stage for future development of that level.

Finally, if you scroll up to the very first photo, look bottom right, below the third (lowest) floor. It is in that space that I need to add tank space for grey water, so that we can create a waste system that essentially keeps the bottom of all the posts moist.

I hope seeing the place from this vantage point gave all of you some perspective on how this structure looks when all seen together.

Thanks for reading!

Jim and Dick