Time for an update on how our Abruzzo property build is going – and if you’ve wondered what the views will be like from your Abruzzo villas for two – here’s the answer !

Since the last Abruzzo property blog just a month back, the structural work on our new Abruzzo home is now about 90% completed, with just the roof tiles; a bit of decorative brickwork; and a couple of internal walls to finish. 

This week, Domenico the plumber's on-site to start work on the heating systems and bathrooms in both our home and your villas. At some imminent point, a digger's going to lumber onto the site to excavate a hole for the swimming pool.

The phone keeps going with people asking when I want loos, sinks, bidets, tiles, kitchens and sunbeds delivered. Sunbeds ? In November ?? Sure. Why not ? We've already got the tables, chairs and umbrellas for the villas' sun-terrace  and - thanks to my new best friends Alfredo and Pepino - I'd met Alessandro the sunbed king, it seemed silly not to.

Anyway, you're going to need somewhere to lie back and luxuriate in the view. As I mentioned a couple of weeks ago, though Pauline and I are still pondering about a name for our new Abruzzo home, we've decided to name each villa after a mountain in the Majella: Martellese - the nearest mountain to Villasfor2 - Acquaviva (which you can also see from your villa terrace) and Pesco Falcone (which we still haven't quite worked out if you can see or not…)

So, on the right, with Martellese beguilingly-clad in scaffolding, here's what you'll see to the south-east.

Change the view to due south. In the distance are the Monte Pizzi at the furthest end of the Majella. Rather nearer is a corner of the big sun terrace fronting the three villas - and the one little remnant of the assorted ruins that we took on when we bought our Abruzzo property.

It just seemed right to keep this little reminder of what had been on the site - and it does nicely frame the olive grove that lies just beyond Villasfor2 at the other side of the swimming pool.

And talking of the pool - and the imminent arrival of Digger Domenico - not to be confused with Plumber Domenico - plus another big sun terrace, plus the sunbeds and yet more umbrellas, our 10m x 6m bean-shaped pool is rather prettily-place. Take a look.

Those three white rocks in the picture mark the spot where hopefully Domenico will stop digging. Your sunbed view from the pool terrace across the water will be of flowering oleander and olive trees. And blue skies.

Click on the pictures in the text for larger images. And think about your Abruzzo villa for two holiday next year… 

Abruzzo home, abruzzo property, abruzzo villas for two, Acquaviva, Martellese, Pesco Falcone, Villasfor2

This entry was posted on Tuesday, November 4th, 2008 at 4:01 am and is filed under About Villas for 2, Property, Daily Life, About Abruzzo. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.