External transformation

The plan for the exterior was to:

  • Insulate the roof
  • Add photovoltaics to the roof
  • Replace windows with double glazed wood windows to match
  • Add mosquito screens
  • Replace old brown wooden shutters with new aluminium ones in green
  • Paint doors green to match
  • Render the rear facade
  • Repoint the other facades
  • Close the old kitchen door and create a new arched door (see kitchen transformation)

For all this work we didn’t just need approval from the comune, but also the Soprintendeza Archeologica, Belle Arti e Paesaggio.

As bought

View limiting magnolia removed

Scaffolding up

Roof tiles lifted

Insulated, photovolaics installed, tiles reinstated

Rear rendered and painted

Front repointing

Some disagreements / discussions over washing the facade

South facade properly washed

Scaffolding down

Windows installed

External lights

Window bars installed

Shutters and mosquito screens installed. Doors painted.

Up next

Security gate for kitchen door