Photos from the house(s) in Kali, Medveja, Croatia

The 24th of March 2010 we got a SMS from our good friend, Jack, that there were an old stonehouse for sale in Kali, Medveja, not so far from Konoba Punta, where we use to have so many nice parties for many years (and also very close to lovely Konoba Kali). We got very excited about it and started to check out different possibilites. Our good friends Jack and Zoran started to help us. We can not, by the way, manage this house-project without the help we gets from our very good friends Jack and Zoran. The 1st of May 2010 we went down to look at it and ended up with buying the house (which in fact are two houses, one house with two floors, each floor 41m2 and one nice stable, 29m2). Kali is a very small nice local place 700m walking distance up from Medveja beach (Medveja is 3km from the nice little town Lovran). You can read the history about Lovran here. Few tourists - mostly local people, nice neighbors. Konoba Kali is just 100m away from the houses and serves excellent food and drinks. You can read more about Konoba Kali here, and you can also see a little clip from Konoba Kali on YouTube. The house is down under the big mountain called Učka with its lovely nature. We went back to the houses again in July and also in September 2010. In September the work with the total renovation started. The plan is that the houses will be ready during March 2011. The history says that the houses are over 100years old and has existed through different times as houses of the countries of Austrian-Hungary, Italy, Jugoslavija and now Croatia. Very exciting! Our plan is to make the two houses in a kind of Italian, Mediterrian, Rustic style. We are really looking forward to work further with this project, see how it will end and ofcourse to spend a lot of lovely times there in the future. In the end of November 2010 we took an oval weekend and travelled down there again and followed up the house-project. We had a lovely time there. Next visit were the first weekend of March 2011 and then we were there in the Easter of 2011 where the houses were ready. Lovely. We are very happy! Next visits were in the last part of May, the summerholliday in July and in October. We had lovely times all visits.   

The main house seen from Konoba Kali :

    The two houses : 

The stable and the old toilet :         

Photo taken from Konoba Kali in april 2010 Photo of the two houses taken from the upper neighbor The Stable with the old toilet
The main house : The outdoor place behind - for relaxing outside :  Talking about what to do, close to 4 mandarin-trees : 
The Main House Here we will have the main outdoor place Walking between the two houses in May 2010
Lunch at Konoba Kali in July : The house is a bit up left from Medveja beach : The house is somewhere in the right part down:
Eating a lovely lunch at Konoba Kali in July with good friends

The houses are somewhere up in the left here (over the red mast)

 A photo taken from Hotel Draga di Lovrana (over the houses which are down right here)
Renovation work starts - September - roofs goes away: September - strip it all down : Up with the new roofs :
In september 2010 - renovation starts - they started with removing the roofs And they also opened it all up and throw things away And then the new roof comes up
The old toilet goes away : The main living room - it will be 3 stonewalls : The main living room - towards the kitchen-area :
The old toilet goes away The walls in the main room will be like this The workers are doing a real good job
October - new roof from inside: Two new windows is coming : Working with the stable :
The new inside roof in the main living room is coming up They made two new windows towards the outdoor relaxing-place - and closed the old one They are making the door here bigger so also tall people can walk in without hurting their head
The new roof on the stable : The stable towards the window : The living room towards the kitchen-area :
Nice new roof- here at the old stable

Place for a nice window in the stable

 The wall left here will be white in the end - the other three will be in stone
18. october - the work goes on : The suggestion of the kitchen here : The stable got a bigger space for door:
The Main House Kitchen - will be something like this Looking at the stable in October 2010
The sleeping-galleria in the stable will come here : The other side of the stable : The Stable from the outside :
Up here someone will sleep (in the stable) - probably Maria The other side in the stable - the main window The Stable - Photo taken from the neighbor
Working on the terrace : Grapes in the garden: Mandarins in the garden:
Working one nice day in October 2010 Black grapes are getting ready And the mandarins are getting ready
Last week of october - floor in the main house change 1 : Last week of october - floor in the main house change 2 : Last week of october - floor in the main house change 3 :
The floor in the main house goes away Looking down at the main sleeping room Hard work goes on downstairs
Work goes on in the Stable : Preparing for water in the Stable : Last week of october - the Stable looks nice :
Maria's sleeping place will be here - up here in the stable Water will come here - in the stable The stable will be like this from the outside
November 2010 : Door and windows in the main house November 2010 : Door in the groundfloor in the main house November 2010 : Windows all over
New door and windows are there in November 2010 Still work to be done in the ground floor in the main house Two of the new windows in the main house
November 2010 : Place for the stairs down under November 2010 : The Stable inisde November 2010 : The Stable inside
Here there will be stairs from the first floor to the ground floor The Stable - Inside walls are coming The Stable in November towards the main window
November 2010 : Downstairs - bathroom here November 2010 : The Stable - sleeping galleria November 2010 : The Stable
In front here will come bathroom and in the end one bedroom New window in the roof here Taking away some stone-parts here
November 2010 : Downstairs - bedroom here November 2010 : Downstairs - towards upstairs November 2010 : Stairs - to the entrance
Fixing the roof over the bedrooms From the ground floor lookin up to the light The stairs will have lights also - nice
19th. of Nov. 2010 : Downstairs - inside walls coming up 19th. of Nov. 2010 : Downstairs - one of the bedrooms 19th. of Nov. 2010 : Fireplace in the main floor
19th. of Nov. 2010 : Upstairs - electricity OK 19th. of Nov. 2010 : The place between the two houses 19th. of Nov. 2010 : Outside
December 2010 : On one bedroom dowstairs; Nisja December 2010 : On the main bedroom dowstairs; Nisja December 2010 : From the bathroom downstairs
December 2010 : The fireplace in the main living-room December 2010 : The place outside between the 2 houses December 2010 : The floot in the Stable/Appartement
December 28th 2010 : The fireplace and the stairs December 28th 2010 : The place outside the houses December 28th 2010 : The big outdoor place
December 28th 2010 : The backside of the stable December 28th 2010 : The inside of the stable December 28th 2010 : The frontpart to the main house
Januar 12th 2011 : The bedroom downstairs Januar 12th 2011 : The Stairs Januar 12th 2011 : The Fire-place
Januar 12th 2011 : The Stairs Januar 12th 2011 : The Stairs outside Januar 12th 2011 : The view
Januar 19th 2011 : The Outdoor-place Januar 19th 2011 : The Main bath-room Januar 19th 2011 : The Fire-place

 
Januar 25th 2011 : The Outdoor-place Januar 25th 2011 : The Main bath-room Januar 25th 2011 : The Pipe
Januar 25th 2011 : From the front of the main-house Januar 25th 2011 : Windows in The Main living-room Januar 25th 2011 : Air-condition
February 02th 2011 : The new floor in the main-house February 02th 2011 : The new floor in the main-house February 02th 2011 : The fire-place
February 02th 2011 : The outdoor-place February 02th 2011 : The barbeque is coming up February 02th 2011 : And Medveja-beach down under
February 18th 2011 : The outdoor-place February 18th 2011 : The outdoor-place February 18th 2011 : The two houses
February 18th 2011 : The fire-place February 18th 2011 : The outdoor-place February 18th 2011 : The work goes on
March 2011 : The outdoor place seen from the mainhouse March 2011 : The mainroom in the mainhouse I March 2011 : The mainroom in the mainhouse II
March 2011 : The back side of the mainhouse March 2011 : Ready for planting flowers in Easter March 2011 : Ready for music (guitar in the mainroom)
March 26th 2011 : The main bedroom - furniture are there March 26th 2011 : The main room - furniture are there March 26th 2011 : The appartment- furniture are there
March 26th 2011 : The housenumber is OK March 26th 2011 : The main entrance March 26th 2011 : The Kitchen
The Easter 2011 : THE HOUSES ARE FINISHED The Easter 2011 : THE HOUSES ARE FINISHED The Easter 2011 : THE HOUSES ARE FINISHED
The Easter 2011 : WE ARE HAPPY The Easter 2011 : WE ARE HAPPY The Easter 2011 : WE ARE HAPPY
May 2011 : A nice mini-vacation May 2011 : A nice mini-vacation May 2011 : A nice mini-vacation
May 2011 : A nice mini-vacation May 2011 : A nice mini-vacation May 2011 : A nice mini-vacation