Continuing,
What Di meant was Stuart bet us the place would not be complete when we arrived! But it was a great opportunity for us to interact directly with the contractor Angelo. They were at a point where some very specific decisions about tile in all rooms were needed, and translations back and forth across 7000 miles would have been tough. We can only dump so much responsibility on Tony's back
They are working now on two more exterior walls. We expanded the amount of outside wall repair after purchasing the lower apartment. The kitchen and bath installations will likely not occur until after the August holiday when the suppliers at Sarrubi Casa Si and others are closed. Angelo's crew does not take the holiday, so the wall painting and exterior walls should be completed and ready for the final installs in September. Maybe the windows and doors will show in August too as they come from a woodshop in Papasidero...not clear if this is owned by Angelo, or if it's his brother.
Bottom line, we are very pleased with the looks and quality of work we are getting from the Santa Domenica crew. I confess that the homemade salami that Angelo gave us got seized by customs agents in Newark after a contraband beagle sniffed-out the baggage and trapped us smugglers.
