When the electricians and plumbers have finished their ‘first fit’, a screed of aerated concrete is pumped providing further insulation for my custom property.

In my custom property, I chose to have underfloor heating. This is installed on top of a layer of aerated concrete screed and the pipe is fixed into a series of interlocking styrofoam insulated panels that look like blocks of Lego.

A final screed of concrete is poured over the underfloor heating. This provides a radiant panel for my heating system and a fixing surface for the floor finishes.

This is where all of my heating and water treatment systems are kept. The red box is the boiler with the LPG gas-burner at its base. The red sphere is the system’s expansion tank. Apartments and smaller houses in Cyprus may have wall-mounted CH boilers.

The two vertical beige columns on the right are the water softener and its water pressuring system; both of which are widely available in Cyprus. Apart from drinking water and a supply to the garden, all my property's water is softened. The blue/green object on the wall is the water filter that removes iron and particles from all the incoming water.

Seen on the roof of virtually all Cyprus properties is a solar water heater. This one gives me free hot water for most of the year.