This is the series where I tell you about the new house in a self-development area in the Netherlands. Initially, I talked about the house project in between other posts. Not until 2020 the project got so intense that complete blogs were about the new house.
Post Published On Preparations for the growing season Tuesday, 20-May-25 20:36:16 CEST Fetched planks Monday, 12-May-25 21:24:55 CEST Finished the new garden beds Sunday, 27-Apr-25 21:16:38 CEST Preparing for upcoming garden season Wednesday, 23-Apr-25 21:13:39 CEST Permanent fencing Sunday, 13-Apr-25 21:08:39 CEST Preparations for the electrician Sunday, 06-Apr-25 21:48:16 CEST Week 13 of 2025, 24 March until 30 March Sunday, 30-Mar-25 21:24:34 CEST The southeast field sowed with grass Sunday, 23-Mar-25 20:21:02 CET Started insulating the barn Sunday, 16-Mar-25 21:18:02 CET Barn floor finished Sunday, 09-Mar-25 06:57:18 CET Covering the foundation of the barn Monday, 03-Mar-25 21:23:49 CET The builders finished their part of the barn Sunday, 09-Feb-25 22:38:38 CET Electricity in the barn Sunday, 02-Feb-25 21:10:04 CET Roadplates returned Sunday, 26-Jan-25 21:30:35 CET Concrete floor Sunday, 19-Jan-25 21:17:30 CET The floor of the barn was prepared Sunday, 12-Jan-25 18:44:12 CET Molds for concrete cubes Sunday, 05-Jan-25 19:54:31 CET Electric plan of the barn Sunday, 29-Dec-24 21:51:09 CET The barn build Sunday, 22-Dec-24 19:44:47 CET The sheds foundation finished Sunday, 15-Dec-24 21:14:32 CET The poles were put in place Sunday, 08-Dec-24 20:55:54 CET Surveyor set out the shed Sunday, 01-Dec-24 22:16:43 CET Finished the two south grazing fields Sunday, 24-Nov-24 20:43:20 CET Almost finished the fence of the southwest field Sunday, 17-Nov-24 20:41:04 CET Finished construct the rigid fence around the garden Sunday, 10-Nov-24 21:11:04 CET Finished the shed preparations Sunday, 03-Nov-24 21:14:29 CET Finished the compost Sunday, 27-Oct-24 19:52:55 CET Finished the rain roof Sunday, 20-Oct-24 21:44:34 CEST Moved the rain roof Sunday, 13-Oct-24 22:21:42 CEST Cleared the area behind the sea container Sunday, 06-Oct-24 22:07:19 CEST Moved the hay shed Sunday, 29-Sep-24 21:50:25 CEST Continued on the board project Sunday, 22-Sep-24 20:35:59 CEST Worked on the board project as much as possible Sunday, 01-Sep-24 20:06:46 CEST Continued on the boards of the tiny house Sunday, 25-Aug-24 20:23:55 CEST Started mounting boards below the tiny house Sunday, 18-Aug-24 22:35:36 CEST Insulated the pipes of the tiny house Sunday, 11-Aug-24 22:11:27 CEST Finished the boards project Sunday, 04-Aug-24 21:27:58 CEST Gravel under the boards Sunday, 28-Jul-24 21:06:11 CEST Finished mounting the cement boards Sunday, 21-Jul-24 23:22:41 CEST South side done Monday, 15-Jul-24 22:03:16 CEST I started to hang up plates on the south wall Sunday, 07-Jul-24 22:11:53 CEST DD got her degree Sunday, 30-Jun-24 20:08:40 CEST Removing polystyrene Sunday, 23-Jun-24 20:06:09 CEST Let it grow! Sunday, 19-May-24 22:02:39 CEST Prepared the garden besides the driveway Sunday, 12-May-24 22:17:01 CEST Visit to a building company Sunday, 05-May-24 21:48:22 CEST Finished the stair case hall Sunday, 28-Apr-24 22:03:23 CEST First layer done in staircase hall Sunday, 21-Apr-24 20:59:07 CEST Ceiling above the staircase is painted Sunday, 14-Apr-24 20:33:40 CEST Merida sterilised Sunday, 07-Apr-24 22:07:26 CEST Worked on the building plan of the shed Sunday, 31-Mar-24 21:52:42 CEST Started preparing for plastering the workshop Sunday, 24-Mar-24 21:09:06 CET Finished plastering the staircase hall Sunday, 17-Mar-24 20:26:24 CET Almost finished the TopFinish layer in the stair case hall Sunday, 03-Mar-24 19:33:12 CET Good progress Monday, 26-Feb-24 18:23:37 CET Next phase of the plastering project in the staircase hall Sunday, 18-Feb-24 19:26:56 CET Almost finished plastering the first phase of the ceiling of the staircase hall Sunday, 11-Feb-24 21:47:32 CET Plastered the staircase hall with TopFinish Sunday, 04-Feb-24 19:39:49 CET Started on the TopFinish layer in the staircase hall. Sunday, 28-Jan-24 21:09:08 CET Plastered the staircase hall and worked on spotlight effects Sunday, 21-Jan-24 18:24:09 CET Third bucket of plaster in the staircase hall Sunday, 14-Jan-24 18:59:03 CET Finished the door to the hatch above the bathroom Sunday, 07-Jan-24 21:24:01 CET Borrowed a scaffold Sunday, 31-Dec-23 23:59:59 CET Replaced the rain-roof Monday, 25-Dec-23 08:54:40 CET The road was finished! Sunday, 17-Dec-23 20:03:13 CET Started on the staircase hall Sunday, 10-Dec-23 07:18:57 CET Planted hawthorn Sunday, 03-Dec-23 22:12:01 CET Construction of the road started Sunday, 26-Nov-23 20:07:55 CET Prepared for the road construction Sunday, 19-Nov-23 20:02:44 CET Next phase of the bluetongue crisis Monday, 23-Oct-23 17:36:56 CEST Bluetongue Sunday, 08-Oct-23 19:47:36 CEST Finished the outdoor decluttering project Sunday, 01-Oct-23 17:52:40 CEST I finished the hay shed Sunday, 24-Sep-23 20:59:27 CEST Rebuilt the hay shed Sunday, 17-Sep-23 20:52:53 CEST Worked on the microphone project Sunday, 10-Sep-23 21:35:57 CEST We worked on the decluttering project Sunday, 03-Sep-23 20:57:39 CEST We finished the cupboard Sunday, 27-Aug-23 20:20:20 CEST Decluttering started Sunday, 20-Aug-23 20:03:09 CEST Cupboard backpanels finished Sunday, 30-Jul-23 22:42:39 CEST Cupboard preparations Sunday, 23-Jul-23 21:54:07 CEST The heating/cooling system is finished Sunday, 16-Jul-23 16:38:50 CEST Tiny house installation was finished Sunday, 25-Jun-23 18:16:28 CEST We got the tiny house Sunday, 11-Jun-23 22:07:18 CEST Finished painting the north hall Sunday, 04-Jun-23 22:00:48 CEST Watering system for the garden Sunday, 28-May-23 21:05:35 CEST South hall painted Sunday, 21-May-23 21:20:39 CEST Started preparing for the tiny house Sunday, 14-May-23 21:37:37 CEST Worked from the cottage Sunday, 07-May-23 22:17:15 CEST Garden season started Sunday, 23-Apr-23 21:19:22 CEST Half of the permanent fence is set up Sunday, 16-Apr-23 19:11:16 CEST Continued on the permanent fence Sunday, 09-Apr-23 21:02:22 CEST Continued to put up the permanent fence Sunday, 02-Apr-23 21:29:27 CEST Finished plastering the bedroom hall Sunday, 26-Mar-23 21:41:16 CEST Plastering TopFinish in the bedroom hall Sunday, 19-Mar-23 20:48:46 CET Intense week Sunday, 12-Mar-23 20:40:03 CET Regular work vs DIY week, holiday from the weekend Sunday, 26-Feb-23 21:13:16 CET Started plastering the bedroom hall Sunday, 19-Feb-23 19:58:36 CET Finished plastering the hall Sunday, 12-Feb-23 19:45:45 CET Eight buckets of TopFinish in the hall Sunday, 29-Jan-23 21:28:30 CET Finished the MP75 layer in the hall on the ground Sunday, 22-Jan-23 20:40:23 CET Eleven buckets of course mud Sunday, 15-Jan-23 20:20:07 CET Last preparations for plastering the hall Sunday, 08-Jan-23 20:36:49 CET Last week of 2022 Saturday, 31-Dec-22 22:32:46 CET Repaired the stove Wednesday, 28-Dec-22 15:59:23 CET Started preparing to plaster the hall Sunday, 18-Dec-22 21:52:21 CET Finished the kitchen stove ventilation Sunday, 11-Dec-22 22:14:46 CET Appliances installed Monday, 05-Dec-22 20:32:28 CET New kitchen Sunday, 27-Nov-22 21:39:32 CET Kitchenpreparations from Monday 14 until 20 November Sunday, 20-Nov-22 21:23:06 CET Kitchen bench top Sunday, 30-Oct-22 22:16:13 CET Kitchen appliances Sunday, 23-Oct-22 21:50:09 CEST Sheep week Sunday, 16-Oct-22 20:41:14 CEST Our ventilation got balanced Sunday, 09-Oct-22 19:26:54 CEST Ventilation caps were installed Monday, 03-Oct-22 20:09:43 CEST Hedgehog housing Sunday, 25-Sep-22 21:33:22 CEST Took down the scaffold Sunday, 18-Sep-22 20:32:19 CEST Leakage at the chimney is fixed Sunday, 11-Sep-22 19:50:59 CEST Fruit harvest with surprise Sunday, 04-Sep-22 22:44:19 CEST Started plastering the kitchen Sunday, 28-Aug-22 20:49:51 CEST Southwest fence Sunday, 21-Aug-22 21:00:08 CEST The heat recovery ventilation system got installed Sunday, 14-Aug-22 20:58:25 CEST First holiday in three years Sunday, 07-Aug-22 22:03:06 CEST We got the staircase fence and reeling Sunday, 31-Jul-22 23:00:00 CEST Worked on the permanent fence Sunday, 24-Jul-22 22:18:44 CEST Started on the second vegetable bed. Sunday, 17-Jul-22 21:23:07 CEST Officially finished Sunday, 10-Jul-22 22:36:03 CEST We received the stairs Monday, 04-Jul-22 21:11:59 CEST Final preparations for the stairs Sunday, 26-Jun-22 21:11:27 CEST Finished moving out Monday, 20-Jun-22 21:44:56 CEST Sheep got cut Saturday, 11-Jun-22 22:26:45 CEST Staircase was measured Tuesday, 07-Jun-22 22:17:12 CEST The old house is sold Sunday, 29-May-22 20:40:01 CEST Finished plastering the living room Monday, 23-May-22 07:08:36 CEST Hobby room finished Sunday, 15-May-22 21:43:31 CEST Started working on the living room Sunday, 08-May-22 20:49:01 CEST Accepted a bid for the old house Sunday, 01-May-22 21:24:50 CEST House tours Sunday, 24-Apr-22 21:17:10 CEST Ready for selling the old house Sunday, 17-Apr-22 21:34:00 CEST Photos of the old house Monday, 11-Apr-22 20:36:57 CEST Tidying up the old house Sunday, 03-Apr-22 20:42:37 CEST Plaster holiday Sunday, 27-Mar-22 20:53:34 CEST South wall finished Sunday, 20-Mar-22 22:06:45 CET Called a real estate agent Sunday, 13-Mar-22 20:53:41 CET Continued fixing the old house Sunday, 27-Feb-22 19:15:08 CET Prepared for painting a wall in the old house Sunday, 20-Feb-22 22:08:03 CET Southeast bedroom finished Sunday, 13-Feb-22 19:16:44 CET Plastered the southeast bedroom Sunday, 06-Feb-22 19:53:48 CET The second week of working from the new house Sunday, 30-Jan-22 18:42:01 CET Finished the northeast bedroom and the bathroom Sunday, 23-Jan-22 20:12:35 CET PVC on the first floor Sunday, 16-Jan-22 20:33:46 CET Main bedroom painted Monday, 03-Jan-22 21:31:37 CET Defective floortiles Sunday, 02-Jan-22 22:10:23 CET We reached two significant milestones this week Sunday, 26-Dec-21 18:44:08 CET The first floor equalized Sunday, 19-Dec-21 21:58:09 CET The heating system project stalled Sunday, 12-Dec-21 19:56:32 CET Installation of the heating system has started Sunday, 05-Dec-21 21:29:47 CET Finished the foundation of the heat pump Sunday, 28-Nov-21 21:31:48 CET We received the rest of the tiles Sunday, 21-Nov-21 21:19:10 CET This week wet room floors were cast in cement Sunday, 14-Nov-21 21:08:02 CET The anhydrite floor Sunday, 07-Nov-21 22:27:48 CET Ready for the floors Sunday, 31-Oct-21 20:52:04 CET Started the last gypsum project Sunday, 24-Oct-21 18:53:23 CEST Finished ventilation in the washing room Monday, 18-Oct-21 21:52:09 CEST Finished the window sills Monday, 11-Oct-21 21:14:44 CEST Removed the temporary stairs Sunday, 03-Oct-21 21:33:15 CEST Finished the first floor Sunday, 26-Sep-21 21:38:17 CEST Finished the ceiling of the ground floor Sunday, 19-Sep-21 20:59:41 CEST Gypsum from living room to hall Sunday, 12-Sep-21 20:45:22 CEST Gypsum in the ceiling on the ground floor Sunday, 05-Sep-21 20:47:43 CEST Finished the first floor Sunday, 29-Aug-21 21:24:07 CEST Finished the ceiling of the hobby room Sunday, 22-Aug-21 17:23:25 CEST The gypsum plate swap Monday, 16-Aug-21 21:42:31 CEST Worked on the ceiling Sunday, 08-Aug-21 21:18:43 CEST Started working on the ceiling Monday, 02-Aug-21 22:05:40 CEST Another gypsum week Monday, 26-Jul-21 21:56:52 CEST One stack of gypsum removed from the living room Sunday, 18-Jul-21 22:00:15 CEST The gypsum plates swap Monday, 12-Jul-21 21:39:13 CEST Started on a new pile of gypsum plates Sunday, 04-Jul-21 22:04:30 CEST Our doorposts were mounted Monday, 28-Jun-21 22:23:54 CEST Finished the ceiling of our bedroom Sunday, 20-Jun-21 21:28:22 CEST The north wall of the staircase Sunday, 13-Jun-21 22:22:38 CEST Our sheep arrived Sunday, 06-Jun-21 20:41:48 CEST Three sisters Sunday, 30-May-21 21:48:44 CEST This week it rained a lot Sunday, 23-May-21 21:53:22 CEST We finished the planks Sunday, 16-May-21 22:10:00 CEST Eleven planks to go Sunday, 09-May-21 21:34:59 CEST Good progress putting up red planks Monday, 03-May-21 21:24:58 CEST Finished mounting the horizontal support beams Monday, 26-Apr-21 21:08:54 CEST Mounted all fascia boards except the two last Sunday, 18-Apr-21 21:05:14 CEST Painting fascia boards Sunday, 11-Apr-21 22:23:59 CEST Fascia boards for the south wall Monday, 05-Apr-21 08:58:15 CEST Started working on the south wall Sunday, 28-Mar-21 21:20:26 CEST The small details to finish the north and west wall Sunday, 21-Mar-21 20:31:05 CET Created our mini dyke Sunday, 14-Mar-21 22:38:18 CET Finished the west wall Sunday, 28-Feb-21 21:25:03 CET Tangible progress on the west wall Sunday, 21-Feb-21 22:38:45 CET The fiber modem was mounted Sunday, 14-Feb-21 20:01:04 CET Started working on the west wall Sunday, 07-Feb-21 21:15:08 CET Finished the vertical planks on the north wall Sunday, 31-Jan-21 20:00:00 CET Finished half of the north wall Sunday, 24-Jan-21 21:14:02 CET Snow for the first time at the new house Tuesday, 19-Jan-21 22:58:10 CET Replaced downpipes for the fourth time Sunday, 10-Jan-21 16:59:41 CET Started putting up planks on the north wall Sunday, 03-Jan-21 21:44:39 CET Tried to get Internet Sunday, 27-Dec-20 22:00:09 CET Wastewater and Rainwater Sunday, 20-Dec-20 21:35:35 CET Working on the exterior this week Sunday, 13-Dec-20 22:25:54 CET We planted our apple trees Sunday, 06-Dec-20 23:16:46 CET Moved a pile of floorboards Monday, 23-Nov-20 21:36:26 CET We are getting better at the gypsum plates Sunday, 15-Nov-20 20:17:18 CET Electricity and water Monday, 09-Nov-20 22:23:48 CET Pipes and powerlines Monday, 02-Nov-20 20:37:43 CET Everything worked this week Sunday, 25-Oct-20 20:55:23 CET Electrician started Sunday, 18-Oct-20 21:56:04 CEST Roof tiles and gutter finished Sunday, 11-Oct-20 20:45:21 CEST We got our temporary woodstove Sunday, 04-Oct-20 17:30:39 CEST Finished horizontal support beams on the east side Sunday, 27-Sep-20 06:38:54 CEST Rooftiles, Chimney, and examination of our utility cupboard. Sunday, 20-Sep-20 20:25:14 CEST Finished building the scaffold. Preparing for the roof tiles. Monday, 14-Sep-20 21:37:47 CEST Finished the utility cupboard Monday, 31-Aug-20 21:11:02 CEST Moving stuff Wednesday, 26-Aug-20 22:03:54 CEST Working on the CAD drawing Sunday, 16-Aug-20 17:34:05 CEST We got our water well Sunday, 09-Aug-20 17:55:51 CEST This week, the temporary stairs arrived. We worked on the isolation and moving planks. Monday, 03-Aug-20 21:11:13 CEST We finished a task from our house todo list! Sunday, 19-Jul-20 21:42:51 CEST Our house is delivered! Sunday, 28-Jun-20 21:25:16 CEST We received the container Sunday, 21-Jun-20 21:12:22 CEST Foundation finished, Prepared for the container. Sunday, 14-Jun-20 21:01:09 CEST The foundation frame finished, and we got the driveway. Sunday, 07-Jun-20 20:42:51 CEST Started on the foundation Sunday, 31-May-20 19:27:46 CEST The poles were delivered to the plot Tuesday, 19-May-20 20:58:19 CEST The final paperwork is in place for starting the building Monday, 11-May-20 20:12:44 CEST The tiller machine fluffed the surface Sunday, 03-May-20 21:36:20 CEST We received the planning Thursday, 30-Apr-20 20:56:40 CEST Waiting for the planning Monday, 20-Apr-20 20:57:35 CEST Restoring the barrier tape Saturday, 04-Apr-20 12:56:12 CEST April 1 of 2020 - The fool’s day Wednesday, 01-Apr-20 23:55:07 CEST Redesigning the utility room Tuesday, 31-Mar-20 20:24:06 CEST More flags along the road Thursday, 26-Mar-20 22:23:34 CET Started gardening at the plot Saturday, 21-Mar-20 21:58:07 CET A visit to the heat pump specialist Tuesday, 17-Mar-20 22:30:42 CET Geo-Data marked up our plot Monday, 16-Mar-20 22:25:15 CET We are now owners of the plot Saturday, 14-Mar-20 20:05:31 CET At the plot last day of February 2020 Saturday, 29-Feb-20 22:40:38 CET Our future house Sunday, 26-Jan-20 20:44:58 CET Marije in the Shop Thursday, 24-Oct-19 21:55:44 CEST An Aquarelle Portrait of Tasha Thursday, 19-Sep-19 21:30:36 CEST Learning Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence, Part 2 Saturday, 14-Sep-19 06:50:34 CEST Learning Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence, Part 1 Tuesday, 03-Sep-19 21:13:56 CEST Received the construction drawings today Friday, 16-Aug-19 21:29:21 CEST Old garden, 18 May 2019 Saturday, 18-May-19 20:36:01 CEST March 17 2019 Sunday, 17-Mar-19 21:02:46 CET Our plan for the new house Saturday, 02-Feb-19 20:36:04 CET Alyssa 28 December 2018 Friday, 28-Dec-18 22:30:12 CET Maya 11 November 2018 Sunday, 11-Nov-18 21:14:33 CET
I moved from Sweden to The Netherlands in 1995.