The Wine Cellar

One of the things Chris has been "obsessed" about is his wine cellar. As you know, some months back, we dug out +2m underneath bedroom 3. The only problem was that we never settled on an entrance/access point. Many ideas have been thrashed out over the months but with completion time creeping closer, action had to be taken. An important factor to consider is that at this particular part of the house we have 3 levels.

1. The wine cellar under ground

2. Bedroom 3 at ground level

3. Main bedroom upstairs

Foundations and retaining walls are not to be tampered with or we may have an "all fall down"

There is light at the end of this tunnel though - we have decided to access the cellar from the patio outside bedroom 2&3. There will be a trap-door in the corner of the patio with some stairs leading into the 3x3m room. We have built shelving and a bench in-situ and before the stairs went in we had to put Chris' old desk inside. (Our home PC is now on the dining room table). Thembe - who works for Errol - and his team finished the stairs and cast the patio slab on Thursday. We now need to source the trap-door and alls well that ends well.