This is our lounge today, the log burning stove was the best buy we have ever made, although very greedy for fuel it warms the whole house.
The floor was originally old flag stones very large and uneven and in the doorway was an old stone sink turned up side down, we had to hire a small JCB to remove the stones.
After moving the tiles around the house from place to place Sandra eventually persuaded me to lay them, after all I was a coach driver, you soon learn.


Water storage was a problem in the early days, we needed some thing near enough to the house and large enough to keep us in water for at least six months, we knew delivery wouldn't be a problem as we had sauced it in advance.
The only problem was we wanted it underground but that was impossible as we hit bedrock two feet down, still at least it had a good base.




Helped by our two friends Joe and Steve it took us almost three weeks to build, with reinforced concrete one mixer and buckets during temperatures reaching 46c, that was one hot summer.
18.000 litres later, at last we can have a bath.
The water is delivered by a local tanker driver (Jordy) from the next village, he even brings us cakes baked by his mum.
The top is then covered by a tarpaulin to keep it cool.






Money was running out, most of the building work on the house had been completed by now, we decided we needed an income, so the idea of the kennels was born, no way could I take on this job my self, so with the help of Phil, another friend of ours, we had some plans drawn up and started the build.















By the end of September 2004 we were ready for opening and within a few days we had our first bookings, five dogs.
Later we added a 5th kennel with its own compound and then in 2007 we added the small cattery.















Here we are today, five years on, we have been fully booked for Christmas and New Year 2008 since the beginning of September for dogs and cats.
We have had many new clients this year and even had two of our old dogs back with us when their owners visited the area from France, where they moved to two years ago.
Next year we must do some work on the kennels, we hope to extend kennel four with its own compound and have a larger sleeping area, the same with kennel one, kennels two and three will share a compound, and kennel fives compound will be fully covered.
All the sleeping quarters are fully tiled and each kennel is entered via a metal security gate and along the back of the kennels is a corridor with a food preparation area, water and electricity are connected.
Apart from the kennels and cattery we offer another service to those clients returning to the UK to live and that is a courier service, we find that so many people come over here with their pets and let their Pets Passport laps, so cannot take their pets with them untill they have been re-vacinated, that initially means a further six month stay in Spain, thats where we come in, we have had a lot of pets staying awaiting their new Pets Passport and then couriered them back to the UK via either a UK or Spanish Pet Courier.
This also works the other way where pets have been couriered over prior to their owners arival.