The first week in our new house

No, we did not yet move in.  :-) Before we can do that we still have a lot of work to do. The focus for us is now to do the finish in the first floor. I will try later to post a layout of the house so it is more clear what rooms we are writing about. In general we splitted up our fields of responsibility - Roger is concentrating on the bathrooms and I am concentrating on the plastering and painting of the rooms. So we started our work on Monday.

First of all we had to put up some heating to get the moisture out of the house. It has been standing now for 2 weeks without any heating so it was cold and moist inside. We started to plaster in the smallest bedroom to try a little bit out how to do it. I had never done it before so I wanted to start in a room that would not be as representative as the living room. The plastering went good. The only set back was that it needs under perfect conditions (23 degrees room temperature) already 24 hours to dry out. With a cold and moist house this meant it takes even longer. During the week I managed to plaster the small bedroom, the kitchen (to get fridge and freezer in place) and half the living room.

Friday we got help from Rogers parents and with their help we have now finished painting the small bedroom and parts of the kitchen. We could put fridge and freezer in place and started filling it up with meals for the next days, so we do not need to drive back and forth just for eating purposes. In the big bathroom nearly all tiles are on the wall. The kitchen and half the living room has been plastered two rounds and is ready for the final round before painting.

Status Friday evening: 

Bathroom - wall done where the shower is

Kitchen - Fridge and freezer in place

 Status Saturday evening:

Bedroom - priming on the walls done 

Bedroom

Bathroom - tiles around the window and around the place where the toilet goes

Bathroom 

Living room - 2nd round with plastering in the first half (the one without the windows)

Status now (Sunday evening):

Bathroom - nearly all tiles on the wall

Bathroom

Living room

Living room

Bedroom - 2 stokes of paint applied, we chose Chi which is whiter than the window frame so we might apply one more stroke with a little more off-white shade

We also got a drive way on Friday. It is a little steep but it works at least for now. We will see what the winter brings...

Driveway