{"id":94395,"date":"2018-07-21T17:00:36","date_gmt":"2018-07-21T10:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/bringing-a-derelict-greek-home-back-to-life\/"},"modified":"2018-07-21T17:03:24","modified_gmt":"2018-07-21T10:03:24","slug":"bringing-a-derelict-greek-home-back-to-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/bringing-a-derelict-greek-home-back-to-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Bringing a derelict Greek home back to life"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nOn the Greek island of Nisyros, one architect has turned a derelict building into a bold summer houseThe blue and white of the Greek flag could have been inspired by Mandraki, the tiny capital of Nisyros, an island in the Dodecanese, where whitewashed homes run up the hillside from the harbour, framed by the vivid blue of the sky and the sea. But one house in the village stands out: the two-storey home of the architect George Koukourakis, with its ochre facade and brightly coloured interior. Constructed in the 1890s, the house originally belonged to Koukourakis\u2019s great-grandparents, who left Nisyros for Athens with his grandmother in 1929. A priest lived there until the outbreak of the second world war, and it was almost destroyed by an earthquake in the 1940s. It remained empty and in serious disrepair until Koukourakis started renovating it a decade ago \u2013 empty, that is, except for generations of illicit meetings between lovers. \u201cThere were dozens of names and hearts carved on furniture and stairs, dating back to the 40s,\u201d says Koukourakis. Continue reading…
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