More details of the house

For those of you who are interested, here are som details of the house we are currently staying at Pissos. It is an old converted barn. The walls are load bearing, construced of a type of brickwork I have never seen before, but seems to common throughout the area, as we have seen it in other buildings. The bricks are solid, very flat and only about 2 inches high, and they are laid on thick mortar, then rendered over. The render eventualy starts to fall off, but no one seems to worry about it, and the bricks remain exposed to weather. The photo on the left is the chimney, which is built in the same method, but has been left unrendered. The roof is clad with ceramic tiles, supported by massive beams which apear to be recently refinished. I am guessing the original tiles were removed, the original beams refinished, the ceiling lined with pine, insulation intalled then the tiles replaced. Despite its open plan, the building is not drafty as it is well sealed with double glazed windows, built into tightly fitting window frames, very well constructed. Heat in the winter comes from a massive hot water boiler, that feeds large wall mounted radiators in every room. Also there are two fire places. I am guessing this is a warm house. The kitchen is suprisingly small, but very well apointed, and obviously used a lot.