Construction and Turtles

There is a turtle sanctuary two places on the beach.  I don't know when they released the turtles.  I'll have to find out who to asks so I can watch.  Since the holding tank was overturned I guess I missed it for this year.









Labels to establish when the turtles should hatch.
















They are putting in the castillos (columns) in the wall surrounding the casa.
 





The top of the dala has a protective coating so that water doesn't wick into the bricks of the wall.
 

















The first bricks laid for the wall. 

        The wall is going up FAST.



 
                 

Tom and Raul watching the proceedings.













A plumb bob to make sure things are straight.  Nothing fancy on the construction jobs here.
  























The start of the house, footings and castillos.


 The castillos are being anchored to rebar, then concrete poured to keep them in place.

 Moving right along!  

These men work very hard in the heat and sun, no slouches in this group of workers!












The gate and the door in the front wall starting to be assembled.

Sewer Fittings and Wall Foundations

There was supposedly a sewer connection to the lot.  We couldn't find it, and so a new line was installed from septic tank down the road and then a connection to the property.

 The wall between the properties was started.  The footings were done in a day.  Very hard work.  All the rock was moved by hand, as seen in this photo and the cement was mixed in an old fashioned mixer and hauled by wheelbarrow to the men in the trenches.

                                                 
                                                  Adding water to get the right mix.
 

 Footings being cemented.

 Sandals being worn.  No regulations for attire.



Pretty straight forms without  any levels, and these footings are for the wall.  Imagine what they will be for the house!

Rebar being formed to anchor the column.
                                                                                          The trenches for the house were dug.

Slowly advancing

Woke up one moring to this beautiful skyline.  Thought we might get a storm, but the day turned out beautiful.

Yesterday we had a storm with thunder and lightening and then the rain came down in buckets.  The wind was VERY strong and Tom and I were trying to hold down the shade cloth which was blowing and billowing.  We had to get it anchored down or the awning would have been toast.  Don't know how strong the wind was, but it sure made a mess in town.  It was a big storm.  The streets were flooded in some places and the electricity was out, as well as the internet.

Late in the morning there were people on the beach and people swimming.  The dark skies and cooler weather didn't seem to bother them.  Even if it did threaten rain.



The power pole for the  property has been installed and you can see Tom wiring in the power line. 

We had to go to Cihuatlan, about an hour away, to the power company to fill out the paperwork for the electric meter.  We were told it would be 1-3 days, but they had the meter and the power line to the main line installed the very next day!  Our timing must have been right.





This is the church in Cihuatlan and the power company is on the street behind the church.














 

We also have water to the property.

We now need a sewer connection, there is a holding tank, and there was suppose to be a connection on the property.  Apparently the connection was never installed,  So on Tues a backhoe will dig up the street and Raul will installed the pipes and fittings.  Once the sewer is installed on the property we can move the motor home over.

The plans for the house were completed, but we had to make many changes so hopefully they will be ready on Tues and then we can apply for our building permit, in La Huerta.  Again
1 to 1 1/2 hours away.  We put bids out to 3 builders and one builder had an  outrageous one.  One has not returned with a bid and the other we are thinking about. 
  

Progress

We now have an address in Perula, Cancun 5.  Yippee.  That means we can begin developing the property.  The house plans have been approved so we can send them out to bid to decide on a Maestro (contractor).  We have contracted with Raul to build our gate and door that will be in the wall surrounding the property.  He is also going to build the Mufa (this is the post where all the electric is attached).  We have begun. 

 A thunderstorm cloud.  The weather has been hot and humid and many days the water has been choppy.  No swimming or kayaking.








That spec is me kayaking on one of the good days.  This was the first time I'd been able to try out my new sit-on-top kayak.  It's perfect for this weather, I can cool off by splashing water on me and not worry about it.  The water will flow back out.