Sriya’s parents have owned the property for about 25 years I believe, and it sits on the edge of the mountain with a spectacular view of the valley below. The front of the house faces southeast so the sun cascades into the house in the mornings particularly..
Syria’s mom loves to work on the house and has made many changes over the years. The downstairs, where my bedroom is has been remodeled and expanded in recent years. There are beautiful hardwood floors and a huge window in the lower living area and a very nice grassed outside area. It is a beautiful house to be at for the weekend.
There is some construction going on at the house. There is a retaining wall that is being rebuilt on one of the terraces and the crew was there today (Sat) and the project is getting close.
Team is 6 people. Two appear to be the masons and there is a lady who mixes and carries the mortar. She also helps another guy who is breaking up the rock (which must have been hand carried to the site) to move the rock to the wall for final trimming and placement.
World of Concrete India style
Two ladies who are moving the backfill from the lower level in sacks that they carry on their heads complete the crew. We estimate that there is 60 to 70 pounds of fill dirt in each bag.
It will take a lot more bags to complete the backfill. I do not know what they earn but a reasonable estimate would be between $2 and $4 per day per person with the masons making the top end of that scale and the laborers the bottom end.
Lead mason on his cell phone lining up the next job!
It is all very labor intensive, but there is plenty of labor who need jobs and money. For this particular job it would have been very difficult to use any machinery because of the access issues.
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