In February work continued on the fixed furnishings and other details in the house, small details that you cannot really see but added together they make a difference. For example, all skirting boards have small marks where the nailheads are and all those need to be filled in and painted. You do not really see […]
In January work continued after the holidays. A bit slow at first but then the speed picked up. I enjoy having people from different countries around (with social distance and a mask on of course), listening to them talking in their various languages, and learning something from each of their cultures. 🙂 In the summer […]
In December the light was poor, the days were dark and short, but the weeks long. The work was focused on the top floor and we got some of the so-called surface layers in place such as wall paint, skirting boards, window sills, and electricity. In between the landing and snug area and the office […]
In November the work on the guest bathroom on the top floor started. Furthermore, more walls came up on the top floor, including around the load-bearing structures. Then the walls were plastered, sanded and prime painted. Doorway frames were installed for sliding doors. Windows got window sills. We managed to find wall paint colors and […]
In October all new windows and doors were installed. Though without spacebar since they needed to be painted white on the inside. The entrance got a tin sheet roof in red as well. On the inside, the opening between the outer entrance and the inner hallway was opened up and made bigger. The ceiling got […]
In August the build was put on hold as our builders went on vacation and I think we needed it as well. We went to the recycling station with our van crammed with stuff a few times but that is pretty much it. In September work resumed. First, the ceiling was insulated with what I […]
When the rest of the house was still a building site, but work paused for a month during the summer, we put in furniture. The living room and kitchen space were not done yet as you can see below. The reason why we did this was partly because we needed somewhere to live during the […]
In June we moved ahead with the kitchen and living room space as well as the bedroom (gym?) on the first floor. The floor was mended and given a new finish, which we redid twice. Striving for a top result made us do that. 😉 We met a wonderful man who made stone everythings and […]
In May we peeled the entire inside of the top floor; walls; ceiling and floor. We had previously discovered mold in the ceiling wood boards and in the insulation too. Also, the floor heating was laid out wrong and the floor boards did not have enough support. So we had to throw all that out […]
In April we discovered we had mold in the house all across the ceiling facing north. From our previous learnings of the first floor we had to redo the outer walls because they did not have the proper insulation. Moreover, the ventilation system was wrongly installed. This meant we would need to peel off pretty […]