We have made progress; there is light at the end of the wine-cave. Ladders and tool boxes can now be easily removed when friends come over for dinner; unfinished doorways clad with fabric to hide the unplastered surfaces.... the fun we are having. Now to get the rest of the groundfloor job done: the garden, the courtyard, the kitchenette, the small WC. The resident plumber has done the invisible work inside the walls: we have plumbing, electrical sockets, vacuum and ventilation pipes.