Glyn Thomas
I'm the author of the blog and the book "Telling Tales". I spent a happy decade in Ukraine working and living and am now settled in the UK with my Ukrainian wife and our three children. The book is based loosely on tales from Anya's past most notably the period of the Holodomor.
Telling Tales
This is the working cover and title of my new project
Category Archives: A house in Ukraine
Underfloor heating
.. has begun to the lower floor. We have large windows so we will have floor rads as well. Top floor will have traditional radiators.
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Tagged building, concrete, costs, house, house in ukraine, kiev
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The peasants are revolting
The electricity connection was not without difficulty yesterday. KyivEnergo turned up with 3 guys and a connection order (stamped) plus an instruction (also stamped) to remove and replace a dangerous leaning pole. First of course, they had to turn off … Continue reading
Electricity update…good news!
This actually developed better than I thought it would as instead of rolling over and paying up we decided to exploit the chink the armour of Ukraine’s systems – “The need to solve matters in an administrative way.” For whatever … Continue reading
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Tagged building house ukraine corruption costs, costs, electricity Ukraine, Energy, Kyivenergo
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