We can stay there till the end of February 2010. Than we have to move...
Will the new house been finished that moment ??? We don't think so !!!
(Warning to our friends : we'll pocket your houses !!! We' ll stay over with you !!! ;)) )
But the contractor started the works : begin June they came with an enormous crane/drill to drill 24 holes into the earth (depth 7 m = about 23 ft). This 24 holes they've filled with concrete to stabilize the underground.
Do you see the workman ?
June the 19th they have finished the concrete floor. At first they did a great job to wave heavy iron for this floor. More's the pitty, but I didn't take pictures from this.
Last week, the weather was fine here in Belgium : no rain, a lot of sun,...
The bricklayers started their job and this is how far we are today : they already finished a part of the inside wall. After placing isolation against temperature and noise, they will make a second outside wall on the front with an old-looking brick.
(The yellow mats you can see on the picture is the isolation against noise).
We don't know how many time it takes in the USA to build a house, but here in Europe you have to count at least one year. Most of the houses here are stone houses. Exeptionally you can find here a wooden house, often used as a little weekend house.
We have decided to do the most of the finishing works ourselves. We would be nuts if we didn't ! Because of our Interior and Antique shop we can order/buy a lot of the finishing goods like floors, lighting, kitchen, bathroom furniture, etc. at cost price. or custom made by ourselves. ;)
But therefore I have to wait a little (?) bit longer, that's still the future. ;(
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