This is what we are up against

I am not here merely to eat kebabs read books drink beer and lie down. It falls to me to undertake the maintenance work on the existing flat. As you will see from these pictures we are plagued with cracks in the walls which are caused by settlement but made worse than they might  be because of the nature of the construction. Most buildings here are built using reinforced concrete pillars with the spaces between filled in with somewhat cursory brickwork. A couple of layers of plaster are then applied. So when the building moves, the plaster cracks along the line where the brickwork meets the concrete pillar or beam. And buildings in this part of Larnanca inevitably move because it is close to the sea and water is less than a metre below. So filling up these cracks is an ongoing task. Fortunately, Cypriot builders have now discovered gypsum board. Meanwhile it's down to me, t'palette knife and t'Tetrion.