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 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 was born 1967 in Stockholm, Sweden.
I grew up in the small village Vågdalen in north Sweden. 1989 I moved to Umeå to
study Computer Science at University of Umeå. 1995 I moved to the Netherlands
where I live in Almere not far from Amsterdam.