Our adventures in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus continue....

After 3 days of unpacking carton after carton, making decisions about what should go where, we had finally stocked up with food, made the bed and stayed for the first night in our new home. Heaven! A big juicy steak, a bottle of wine and a few malt whiskies later, we slept in our own bed for the first time in five months.Whilst we had been busy each day, Cyprus Pools had also been busy, the terrace work around the pool had not been completed and we had agreed that 5th November was a reasonable end date. Today, the 4th, they will still "../../photos/enlargements/grout%20pouring.htm">pouring grout around the tiles, so there is no way they are going to finish. The grouting process is quite different, they make a very wet cement solution and pour out of a watering can and then hand finish, I suppose that it is very effective but very primitive also.There have been a few minor teething problems and I suppose that's only reasonable. When the problem needed addressing quickly, like the leak from the water tank valve, then these have been dealt with promptly. The connection of the electric to our house seems to be something else. The technician from the Electric Authority has inspected and passed the work, but getting us connected is another problem. At the moment we get our electric from next door via a cable over the ground.Providing we don't have the water heater, the cooker etc. all running at the same time, everything works o.k.. The major advantage is that the builder is paying the electricity bill at this time, so lets not rush with the connection right now.