Terracotta stove for sale - Vand soba teracota

Hello to you all,

As an update on the house I have started to work on it. I am going to put central heating in as the first job to do. In doing this I have dismantled the terracotta wood burning stove in what was to be the dining room. This is now sat in the annexe waiting for buyer.

I am going to move the wall that divides the kitchen and dining room at present. This will make the kitchen bigger by two metres and make a dining/kitchen. The resulting smaller room will house the new wood burning stove and boiler etc. for the central heating and hot water system.

If anyone does want to buy the old stove they will have to collect it, Bearing in mind it is in North East Romania. I am not an expert but I would say it is in fair condition.

For more updates on the house project you can go to www.paxo.me.uk.

We have signed up.....

Hello again and I wish you a happy new year.

With regards to the house situation, my last post on this was telling you we had decided not to go for the house in the small village attached to Radauţi and we were looking at another.

Well, there were no utilities like drainage and water with that house so we decided not to go ahead with it.

Showing some friends the pictures we had of the house in the village, we were wondering why we had not decided to buy it as it looked so good for the money. I have not said anything here for a while as I wanted to be sure it was right but today we have signed up and have bought the house.

It has stood empty for a few years and has no heating. We also want to put our mark on it and do some work that is needed so we are going to stay in the apartment we have as it is at present between -2 and -12 during the day. With no central heating it would be hard to live in at first and our apartment is so lovely and warm.

The pump for the water supply is broken so that is the first job I need to do so we will be able to use the facilities etc. (And make a cup of tea.)

To see more pictures and the work we want to do go to my site. This will also be updated as we go along with the renovations.

This has turned out not to be a house build but there is still plenty of work to do.

Thank you for reading.

Our new house

Hello and welcome to a new part of my blog.

In this section I am going to record the ups and downs of building a new house. This is new to me and I had never thought I would do anything like this.

Since our move to Romania in December 2006 we have been looking for a house. At present we live in a two room apartment which we have had for a few years and has been great to use on our many visits from the UK to Romania bringing aid and resources to a charity we have been working with. It is still a great place but if we want friends to visit and stay there is not much room for them. Also with my love of motorcycles I don't have anywhere to keep one other than on the street below.

We have seen a house half built and were interested in buying it but we did not like the position. We have decided to buy the bottom plot and have a similar house built on that plot. If you go to our web site there are some pictures of the house we first saw.

We are at the stage of drawing up contracts with the builder for the work he will do and to buy the land and house.

When the house is basically built, (foundations, walls, roof etc.) then I will take over putting in windows and finishing off the inside. Even though I am basically a practical person there will be some things I will not be able to do. One thing that springs to mind is the fact that every time I have tried to plaster large areas I get the plaster on and then it falls off.

I am sure there will be problems along the way but also there will be the satisfaction and knowledge that I have built the house.

I will post back at different stages along the way though I don't expect much will happen in the next month.

See you next time.