Our Ethos

• Faithful copies (replicas) of existing old houses, built with due deference to local architecture and house size.
• We will not build to the whim of any Tom, Dick or Harry. Our aim is to recreate houses that blend in unobtrusively with the style of the traditional village environment.
• We feel keenly our immense responsibility to the local community and our customers, we trust, will share our concern.
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• A stone house when soundly built can be far more resistant to earth tremors than concrete frame houses.
• Our architect-engineer Mr. Bikakis specializes in the design and construction of such houses and follows all specifications to the letter.
• Step-by-step photographs of every stage of construction provide proof positive of our constant supervision.
• Read more information on earthquake-resistance here.

• We avoid cutting down mature trees. Our timber (pine) is imported from controlled-cutting forest areas in Austria.
• We space each of our houses in such a way as to retain the maximum land area around it.
• The stone used is extracted from licensed quarries.

We encourage owners to plant local plants: trees and shrubs which blend in with the local environment. Water in Melidoni is plentiful: this however, has not always been the case. Careful conservation is always advisable.

We do not install any garden lights, and our outdoor (veranda) lights are discreetly dim. We urge customers not ot place strong lighting outdoors after they buy the porperty for the following reasons. They:

• disturb animals such as owls when houses are set in a natural setting such as the edge of Melidoni village.
• alter the character fo a traditional settlement.
• are as disturbing as loud noise in a tranquil place.

Stone houses can be cooled naturally and do not need air conditioning even during hot summer days with no wind. All you have to do is open windows at night and keep them closed in the mornings. The outside air is hotter than the inside, until late in the afternoon.

Natural cool air conditioning cuts down on energy consumption.

• Location: Panoramic views that will never be obstructed by adjacent construction in the future
• Quality: Selection of first-class materials from the outset guarantees that our houses will retain – and increase their value
• Design: Each house is built to a unique design with subtle differences in layout, stone colour and other features ensuring that your house will truly be the only one of its kind.
• As the cost of quality stone building rises the price of the houses will also rise in the future.