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Paliabelos Villas

Paliabelos Villas started life in 2020 as Kate’s dream to create three beautiful holiday villas in the gorgeous village of Kastellos. After three years of dedicated hard work, supported every step of the way by her Mum, Dill, her builder Dad, Mike, and Mikaili, the best Builders Mate to walk the earth, that dream finally became a reality when the villas opened to welcome their first guests in Summer 2023.

Outline architect pencil drawing of the three Paliabelos Villas from a raised perspective.
The sketch of our dream that we turned into a reality.
View over the site of Paliabelos Villas before building. Olive trees and shrubs in foreground, mountains in background, blue sky with some white clouds.
January 2022 – Paliabelos Villas before building work started
Mounds of red, dug earth, yellow earth mover in the middle, single tree on horizon.
January 2022 – The groundwork begins
Man in blue puffer jacket sat in the cab of a black and yellow digger.
January 2022 – Mike overseeing the groundwork for the foundations
The site of Paliabelos Villas covered in snow.
February 2022 – Snow stopped work for a couple of weeks!
Large dug area of red earth with wooden framework crossing it. Blue mechanical crane in background. Overlooking mountains and grey sky.
February 2022 – The framework for the foundations is installed.
Man in salmon pink jumper sat with a spade on a chair in front of a table, underneath a white and metal temporary rain shelter.
March 2022 – Mike enjoying a hard earned sit down in the temporary rain shelter.
Expanse of grey, concrete building foundations in the foreground, mountains and blue sky in the background.
April 2022 – The concrete foundations are complete.
Exterior view of part-built Paliabelos Villas, walls and roofs, no windows. Earth in foreground, mountains in the distance.
May 2022 – Walls and roofs in place of Paliabelos Villas
Man sat on workbench whilst building
March 2023 – Mike hand-building the decorative external walls.
Mike in white t-shirt leaning on half-finished handbuilt wooden staircase inside Paliabelos Villas.
August 2022 – Mike with his handbuilt staircase in Paliabelos Villas.
Woman with blonde hair sanding the top of a wooden bedside table.
February 2023 – Kate upcycling furniture for Paliabelos Villas
Two men in hats with concrete trowels building a supporting square pillar from concrete bricks
Three villas of Paliabelos Villa in a row, earth in front, blue sky behind
March 2023 – Almost finished – Ready for the outside landscaping.

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