OUR HOUSE IN SAMOS
Renovating a neo-classical property in the Mediterranean
Can We Do It?
Ageing Diva or Hollywood Leading Lady
As soon as we stepped through the front door for the first time we both knew we would be buying this graceful but tired old pile. A neo classical house built in 1880 she had once perched on the edge of the hill dominating the view over the cultural and commercial centre of a thriving Samos town.
This Old Lady has an enduring noble elegance but with no maintenance of note in the past thirty or so years life has seen her fall from grace and become a shadow of her former self.
But armed with lofty ambitions and buckets of naive enthusiasm we are sure we can revive this star to former glory. But will we be thwarted by our only real impediment……………our laughably meagre budget?
Thirty Years of Neglect
With little maintenance for such a long time the inevitable consequences of weather damage revealed a way bigger task than we first realised.
Plenty of Original Architectural Features
Taking Our Project to the Next Level
The garden was an over grown chicken run where the local cats would deposit whatever cats deposit! Yuk!
But now its a two level area with defined living and eating ares.
See how we managed this.
The People Behind Us
Us
Our Supporters
There’s no way we could do a project like this in the furthest eastern part of Europe without the support and encouragement of the folks back home.
All Categories
- Hallway and Entrance
- Kitchen To Be
- Front Lounge
- The Bomb Shelter Within
- The Back Room
- The Upper Hallway
- Bedroom One
- Bedroom Two
- Bedroom Three
- The little Kitchenette
- Our Only Bathroom (at the moment)
- The Balcony
- The Front Garden
- The Views
- The Ceilings
- The Floors
- The Roof Restoration
- The Electrics
- The Plumbing
- The Structure
- The Neighbours
