Mi Pullman is a Mexican art nouveau home and a famous landmark in Chapala. Built in 1906 by architect Guillermo de Alba and restored by the author, it is seen here in it's ghastly shade of mustard! © Ros Chenery, 2010

Mi Pullman: remodeling a Mexican Art Nouveau townhouse III

To Part One:  Agreement to purchase Part Two:  Buying the house Now that the house was legally mine, I had to make some important decisions about how I would go about restoring the property. Alberto and I spent two exhausting weekends cleaning the house with the help of some hardworking guys who took the rubbish away, cleaned […]

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Rosalind Chenery and her beautiful art nouveau town house in Chapala, Mexico. © Arden Murphy, 2009

Mi Pullman: remodeling a Mexican Art Nouveau townhouse II

To Part One:  Agreement to purchase Part Three: Restoration, time to make decisions The first step on my journey to buy the Mi Pullman house had been achieved — the family had agreed to sell. However, the distance between agreeing to sell me the house and making the escritura was vast — I had no idea that the […]

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