Bolivar 800

The boys in action

The second bedroom door - needs carpinters attention to close properly 

the kitchen contra-piso takes shape / the door to the toilet 

 looking into the toilet room, and out from the bathroom

having removed the kitchen window / looking into the bathroom with door resting against wall

more of the contra-piso before laying the “carpeta”on which the reclaimed parquet will sit.

Some exterior walls are of a concrete mix, not brick, as seen above.

Plumbing using Aquasistem for the shower and bathroom sink.

Bathroom and kitchen replumbing amidst the excavated floors

New kitchen water pipes, and gas pipes navigating obtsacles in the form of important water pipes integral to the building.

Gas pipe connections now meet satery standards.

The future kitchen island, awaiting the mastery of the carpinters work to transform this into the central feature of the kitchen.

Top down view of bathroom design (with the exception that now the washing machine will be located in the kitchen island)

Revised design (left) for the kitchen bar - the challenge for the carpinters

The facing side of the kitchen

The design for the iron framed windows of the enclosed porch/balcony 

A new wall goes up, to create the main bathroom and define the kitchen

looking towards the new bathroom entrance, and within the bathroom looking to the window 

removing the old pine floors from the once passageway and the bricked up passage entrance 

removing the “moulduras” from the walls and the kitchen floor before preparation

As walls are removed, owner Leigh, during her visit to Buenos Aires at the onset of the demolition, gets an idea of the space that will be created for her new apartment.

This apartment’s Australian owners spent many years coming to Buenos Aires for pleasure and business, before finally buying a quiet 2 bedroom apartment in a beautiful french style building located the heart of San Telmo.

Redevelopers modified this apartment by removing many dividing walls and passageways to create an open plan apartment with an american style kitchen, large bathroom, and expansive living room with larger windows and classic parquet floors.

Inside the apartment, as it was in 2006