Saskava’s Second Stage #5
Recapping on what sort of renovation work has been done so far. Let’s get back to the important task of salvaging main building. Actually the exterior and interior portion of the main building was quite at dilapidating condition to extend of occupying it was hazardous. Yet fortunately the structural integrity was still sound.
As the photo depicts view from Northern side from top left going clockwise; from prior to multiple angled views of post renovation works. Most of original gutters were practically gone, and reviving it required lots of patients. All new materials are fabricated to match by hands, yet the new material does not have the same thickness. Apparently no tin plate manufacturer has ever produced in such thickness dimension any more; luckily we manage to revive around 70% of the original. The surrounding ceiling material also gets attention, as the worst part was where the gutter was badly corroded. This included some overhung wood beams; on one particular corner some beams were all replaced. It is exactly the corner being shown on photo.
Now the building looks handsome and as elegant as it did, notice the front side door to the porch has disappeared for new bathroom inclusion. Individual bathroom for each room was not a trend in the 1930s, and for the purpose of a guesthouse function today it is a necessity. However we would still have no idea what to do with that porch, eliminating it is the last thing we could ever do. Saskava house would simply lose its charm without such characteristic porch.
Meeting Room Bandung… a Necessity!
How we are doing to manage our sunken cost as of today remains an optimistic spirit, it is still manageable proposition. In fact it is the very reasoning to expand our capacity to make a more viable and scalable return. Bandung is known for a desirable destiny to many local and urban tourists, mostly the Jakartan people. It is competing head on to Bogor and Puncak Pass area for convention purposes. And preparing Saskava for a meeting place requires further room expansion.
So how are we doing so far on Saskava’s second stage? Exactly on the rear Southern part of Saskava we are doing well renovating that part, part which has been suffered the most. Either all wall or roofing parts were not structurally sound, they really had to go. Mind you salvaging them was not fun at all, yet they offer a window of opportunity to build a more potential structure to perhaps possible future expansion. For now it hurts badly on my stingy sunken cost management style, but future opportunity sounds like an optimistic enlightened after thought. Just sufficient enough to entertain us as a temporary measurement for now!
Left picture depicts the gone unsalvageable building, whilst on the right wall erection is on the progress….
