Dirty Old Town

Nothing to do with the house, just snapshop of our new neighbourhood.  

Meet Taram and Vouzier, the two carthorses who do the daily round of the Schaerbeek streets to collect the rubbish.  They only collect the street bins - but that alone replaces a truck, and are cheaper to run too.  

Rear Window

More progress this week on the plastering and insulation front.  Notably, the rear facade is being coated with blocks of what resembles blocks of polystyrene, and then a layer of 'roughcast'  (what google tells me is the English for 'crépis' - who knew...).  

From above - the rear wall

From the flat roof to the main bedroom

The same, seen from the inside

But, excitement of excitements, we now have glass in our windows! Here you can see the kitchen window in all its glory.  The lower left one slides open (pictured here), and there is a little glass balcony, which makes the perfect place for pots of herbs.

With the blocks of insulation