ᐅ Your Projects for 2020 – What Are You Working on?

Created on: 13 Nov 2019 07:25

Good morning everyone,

As the year is coming to an end, hopefully most projects for 2019 are completed. What are your plans for 2020? Any major projects in the garden or upgrades inside the house? What will you be working on next year?

We want to finally finish and move in by January/February, so gardening and the terrace will be on the agenda for next year.

My personal passion project is the hot tub. I just haven't decided yet whether to buy one or build it myself. I definitely don’t want one of those plastic ones...

A concrete one would be amazing:

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Yosan13 Nov 2019 19:37

#49

Pinkiponk schrieb:

We haven’t signed a house purchase contract yet, but our favorite seller has at least verbally assured us that we can move in by December 2020 at the latest.

I don’t find that very reliable. After all, there isn’t even a building permit / planning permission yet, is there? How long that takes depends a lot on where and how you want to build. Is there a development plan for your plot? If not, then expedited procedures are off the table, and such a permit can easily take several months.

hampshire13 Nov 2019 22:46

#50

haydee schrieb:

@hampshire
You still have a lot ahead of you.
Are you switching to self-sufficiency?

Being fully self-sufficient is not the goal. We have no inclination toward ideological persistence. We started growing some vegetables on a few square meters years ago – it’s enjoyable and tastes good. Chickens are more of my wife’s wish – I’m looking forward to fresh eggs. We finally have enough space on the property.

hampshire13 Nov 2019 22:51

#51

guckuck2 schrieb:

You simply don’t give notice to your current apartment just because someone promises to have a house finished in 9 months.

Who exactly is “you”? Anyone willing to take the risk with a smile and possibly live “alternatively” for a few months can just do that. The experiences from that time can provide entertaining stories for years to come.

haydee13 Nov 2019 23:16

#52

hampshire schrieb:

Self-sufficiency is not our goal. We have no talent for ideological stubbornness. We started growing vegetables a few years ago on a small patch of a few square meters (a few square feet) – it’s fun and tastes great. Chickens are more my wife's wish – I’m looking forward to fresh eggs. We finally have enough space on the property.

Chickens appeal to me as well. My husband thinks I’m crazy, and my parents say, “Don’t do it, there’s a reason those animals had to be kept away from the cows.”

hampshire13 Nov 2019 23:31

#53

There won’t be many chickens, maybe four or five and no rooster. My only concern is that they might not live very long, as there are many predators around here. I will have to do a lot of building and crafting.

Hausbau201914 Nov 2019 04:30

#54

At night, the raccoon sits next to my chicken coop. I installed wire mesh fences with double layers of chain-link fencing. Nothing can get through. There should be no opening larger than a chicken egg. The back wall is partly built with masonry or screwed with triple layers of OSB boards. Since I breed and sell chickens, I often have visitors whose coops have been raided by martens and similar animals. Raccoons can, for example, bite through wood and open unsecured enclosures if there is only a flimsy latch or hook. My coop door is now secured with four locks. Additionally, I placed concrete slabs all around the outside of the coop to prevent any digging underneath. Except for one hen taken by a bird of prey during the day, everything is fine.

ᐅ Your Projects for 2020 – What Are You Working on?

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