Cyprus Property Investment News
The Grove Spa Resort - Monthly Progress Meeting 9th March 2010
The long run of wet weather has finally broken and spring has arrived with consistent sunshine and daily temperatures in the low 20s but warming up fast. However, sandstorms in Egypt caused murky conditions and reduced visibility across the island. There’s never a dull moment with Cyprus weather in the spring.
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Main entrance of the reception building |
Now the basement has dried out and the forecast is fair, work began on laying out the electrical installations on the floor of the Spa building. Claire Chrysostomou, the interior architect, supervised the work personally, ensuring close attention to detail. Installations also continued in the ground floor gym, the first floor dance studio and in the roof-top café bar.
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| Claire & Christos check the plans for the electrical installations at the Spa |
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Laying the electrical cables |
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| Floor layout in the Spa |
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Electromechanical installations in the dance studio |
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| The beginnings of the cold plunge pool |
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Inside the gym space |
The LED lighting above the feature ceiling has been installed in the apartments providing a subtle level of mood lighting. Having checked all the electrical switches in the sample apartments we have changed many of these for either ergonomic or aesthetic reasons and those changes will now be rolled out across the rest of the development. We have also installed key card controllers which makes managing energy bills much easier for clients renting out apartments on short-term lets.
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| Mood lighting in the living room |
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Key card energy controller |
The bathrooms in the sample apartments are now all but completed
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| Bathroom in C-block in beige tiles |
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Bathroom in Townhouse in light grey tiles |
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| En-Suite Shower Room in Townhouse |
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En-Suite Shower Room in Townhouse |
Delivery of the residential units is still on track but the Spa building is currently showing an over-run due to the bad weather. But we remain confident of catching up this time for a November opening. Most of the work on the site is now internal. All joinery work (kitchens, internal doors and wardrobes) is progressing well with 1 block being finished every 2 weeks. Then follows the installation of the granite worktops, splash-backs and additional tiling. Fitting of the windows also continues with 1 block per week being handed over from the aluminium supplier.
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| B-block kitchen in Ash |
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Kitchen in White |
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| Kitchen sink |
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D-block under stairs wardrobes in White |
A & B Blocks from the western side |
Children’s pool between Blocks E & D with supermarket in background |
Main pool between Blocks B & G |
Temporary access to H Block |
Externally, the site boundary walls at the back of C and D-blocks have been completed and work on the outdoor pools will begin shortly.
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| Pouring concrete for the boundary walls |
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Giorgos & Lellos pouring concrete |
Sewage treatment plants
As the village of Mazotos is not yet connected to the sewage mains, we are constructing two sewage treatment plants on site which will function until we are connected to the mains, currently scheduled for 5 years time.
Most of you know Jemma Watchman from the Liverpool office and she visited the site to fully familiarise herself with each client’s apartment ahead of the handover process that will begin on construction completion from August. Dominic was also on site and again remarked on the speed and quality of the delivery from GCC.
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| Jemma orientates herself onsite |
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| Dominic and Nicos Zachariou enjoy the somewhat misty view from A block |
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Constantinos Constanti (the architect) and Tatiana Zachariou (the clerk of works) |
Work will cease on site for a week from 31st March to 7th April to celebrate Greek Orthodox Easter which is slightly extended this year with an extra bank holiday on 1st April. The next site meeting will be 4th May.
We wish all our clients, consultants, contractors and suppliers a very Happy Easter! |
