And Then There Was A Pool (Hole)

Yet another week has gone by since my last update.  There has been some very positive movements by Casa Yucatan Construction.  They’ve continued on the perimeter walls and they’ve dug the “hole” for the big pool.  There was a little bit of work getting through all the limestone but it helped to have a jackhammer attached to the tractor in order to get through the tough parts.

Looking east towards the Master Suites. The pool exists sort of.

Looking West towards the front of the casa.

The first level block is in place, just one more story at the same height (12’)

A view of the pool (hole).

Our “green” neighbor to the north. Hopefully this will be blocked by the second story walkway..

Looking west from the pool breezeway.

Looking west to the street from Jean’s Master Suite.

Frolicking in the pool.

Another shot towards the east side of the property from the street.

Looking to the rear of the property.

All Gone Except For The Tail

When I was a young boy, my Dad would always say after a big job involving lots of manual labor “It’s only the tail of the beast left”.  In just 7 short days the crew of Casa Yucatan Construction have managed to tear down both of the old structures with the help of some heavy machinery.  Now that most of it’s gone, you get a good sense of just how enormous our new casa is going to be.

The Rear Master Suites are starting to take shape

 

Jean’s Shower is Now Complete

Looking from back to front.

Flip Flop’s – C’mon.

This week I received an email out of the blue.  It seems than we have neighbors that shortly will be developing the property on the other side of our south wall.  Here we thought that this was an old abandoned property, only to find out that this American family (Texas) have owned this property for seven long years, just waiting for the opportunity to bring this property back to life as well.

We’ve finalized arrangements for our next trip down, we’ll be heading down midway through November and coming back before Christmas.  In Merida they have their big Black Friday Sales on at that time so it wii be good to get in on the savings.  It will be especially nice to be there just before Christmas as they decorate the whole city with lights, particularly the huge main drag on Paseo de Montejo.  Kudos to the whole Casa Yucatan Construction gang – great job, we hope you remembered to save those front doors from Unit B.

Machinery does Help !

Still some edging to cut out.

Where’s WSIB when you need them ?

The Front Wall Is Close To Down

The demolition continues.  We’re in the 2nd week of demolition and they’re taking out unit A first so that they can get a big machine in to take down the balance of A and then start to tear down Unit B.

 

 

Looking East to the Master Suites

Looking East

Stairway to the 2nd floor

View from the street

 

Push the Wall

And down comes the wall