Construction pictures 

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Our home
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The concrete poles are in the ground and you can see iron bars sticking out.
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Wooden supports are in place.
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They have placed shelves on which they will build a wooden mold for the concrete foundation.
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These two patches form the basis of our house.
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They placed iron constructs which will support the concrete foundation
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The plastic pipes allow easy wiring (electricity, cable and glass fiber)
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A wooden mold is created to be filled with concrete..
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Ready to be filled up...
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Done !
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Concrete foundation is ready
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Drainage pipes are being installed
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They placed rubber strips to improve noise isolation between houses
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The concrete, isolated plates are in place so we now have a floor to walk on!
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Here you can see the tubes that will be used for electricity, gas, cable and glassfiber cables
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On the concrete foundation, supports are created on places where the walls will be set.
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The walls and ceiling of the first floor are in place! You can see the next level being created for our neighbors.
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The front panels (prefab concrete, with windows and doors already fitted) are being attached to the frame.
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Here you can see a  rearview of our new home. (Where there are no panels in place yet)
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The panels on the front are in place. Our house is 2 panels wide, indicated by the yellow packages :-)
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On the rear, the concrete panels with window frames are in place also.
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A rear view of the skeleton.
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The next step is adding insulation and bricks.
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..and scaffolding for the second floor.
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Same thing for the back of the house.
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A lovely day for a picture of our backyard.
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Ready to start laying bricks on the second floor.
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Making preparations for the roof.

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The walls of our attic are made of special bricks

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Now that looks more like it ! But it still isn't water-tight yet

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Same goes for the back of our house.

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Adding a roof-chapel...

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... and roof-tiles make quite a difference

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Our future bedroom...

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Now who is that boy in our garden ?

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Scaffolding is now gone. The work will continue on the inside

The neighborhood
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Construction on the other side of the canal.
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Houses that were first built are beginning
to reach their final state...
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Street view of the first houses.
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This is a house of the same type as our new home.
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It progresses nicely.The bricks on the ground floor just need finishing.


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