Hello,
It would be really great if everyone here could just post one or a few pictures showing the current state of their house.
I'll start right away.
For renovations, it’s best to provide a comparison of before and after the remodeling.
Before March 2014:
After May 2015:
It would be really great if everyone here could just post one or a few pictures showing the current state of their house.
I'll start right away.
For renovations, it’s best to provide a comparison of before and after the remodeling.
Before March 2014:
After May 2015:
Zaba12 schrieb:
The average of all U-values (of all surfaces) is your Ht value.If I remember correctly, you multiply the U-value by the surface area and add up the results. Then you divide this value by the total exterior surface area and apply the thermal bridge correction to this result.
Lumpi_LE schrieb:
When you calculate it step by step, you get 0.3I get the same result: HT = 0.304
Are any coefficients that adjust individual values being omitted?
So, I’ve been buried in moving madness for three weeks...
It was a bit chaotic and very, very exhausting. I had three weeks off and now (my first day back at the office), I’m really in need of a proper vacation after working non-stop 10-14 hours every day for those three weeks.
I already said: Thank God I get to go back to the office, where I can finally sit down for a few minutes!
But: we’ve been living in our own house for almost 1.5 weeks now!
With a few downsides that the move brought along. Unfortunately, we couldn’t move as planned (leaving the living area in the apartment as long as possible while preparing everything in the house), so one of our cats has not been caught yet. When the living area was cleared out, he couldn’t be caught anymore. He visits our new tenants almost daily and complains at the patio door ("this isn’t the way I’m used to! Disgrace!"), but he won’t let himself be caught. We’re hoping for bad weather and eventually that he realizes he should come back to us. When we visit him, he just hisses at us and runs away. No chance to catch him.
Another cat went missing about a week before the move. I still hope he might be trapped somewhere and will turn up again (we’ve had that happen with one of our cats before), but then what? He’ll come back and we won’t be there anymore.
And finally, a third cat ran away from the house. Since nothing was finished yet, we still had contractors daily and at some point, we just had to move, cats included. I put this sign on all doors:
But when the blinds were installed last Thursday, apparently a door was left open longer, and since then, this cat has disappeared and hasn’t been seen again.
Out of originally 5 cats (well, 4 if you count the one already missing), we now have only 2 cats in the new house.
We’re at least hoping to catch the stubborn one eventually (we now live only about 800m (half a mile) from our old apartment, and former neighbors and tenants have been informed) and maybe even the runaway cat—though he has always been very shy.
That’s what you get when you take in troubled cats. They never get as trusting as those raised around people from the start. We rescued all our cats sick or got them from an animal welfare organization.
Only our one cat coped well with the move. She complains, but she’s very attached to us and is doing quite well. She also never moved far in the old apartment — probably because she only has three legs now.
The other cat who moved with us is depressed. Not because of the move, but the runaway cat was his best buddy, and he obviously misses him a lot.
So that’s our cat moving drama.
Besides that, nothing is really finished yet, and we still have contractors in the house every day (and this will continue for some time).
That’s really getting on my nerves. Especially since before I gave notice on our apartment, I explicitly asked our home builder whether it would be comfortable to move at the end of July.
Oh yes! was the answer.
I might as well have given notice until the end of August. In hindsight, that would have made more sense and might have protected us from the massive cat loss *crying*. But if you’re promised a finished house by the end of July, you give notice accordingly.
And now it’s just like this: the tiler is sitting in the guest bathroom because we complained about the silicone joints and he has to fix them. In the main bathroom, they’re struggling with electrical installation—while I just have to go to the bathroom sometime and can’t pee in my own house that has two toilets.
That sounds funny at first—but it’s not. At least my mom lives next door.
You can’t put stuff anywhere as originally planned because nothing is finished. Not the kitchen either (which I ordered in February and was promised to be finished MID-JULY). So you just move the essentials from A to B and then to C, and if you put them in D, you eventually don’t even know where they are anymore *grrrrr*.
Then I practically have to beg our electrician on my knees to give us power. For safety reasons, he prefers to keep the wiring dead. Which means the pantry still has no light and the new freezer can’t be used for now—because no power means no cooling function. On Thursday, I got him to finally supply power to the pantry under threat of death. We still don’t have light, but the freezer works *phew*.
At first, we could only shower in the guest bathroom—but that had to be done strictly before dark, because there was no light (still none to this day).
We even brushed our teeth by phone flashlight. Now the main bathroom has some light at least, and we can shower there.
Electricity is really the sore point—we’re way behind. Most of our switches still look like this:
Under “industrial design,” I personally had something else in mind...
It was a bit chaotic and very, very exhausting. I had three weeks off and now (my first day back at the office), I’m really in need of a proper vacation after working non-stop 10-14 hours every day for those three weeks.
I already said: Thank God I get to go back to the office, where I can finally sit down for a few minutes!
But: we’ve been living in our own house for almost 1.5 weeks now!
With a few downsides that the move brought along. Unfortunately, we couldn’t move as planned (leaving the living area in the apartment as long as possible while preparing everything in the house), so one of our cats has not been caught yet. When the living area was cleared out, he couldn’t be caught anymore. He visits our new tenants almost daily and complains at the patio door ("this isn’t the way I’m used to! Disgrace!"), but he won’t let himself be caught. We’re hoping for bad weather and eventually that he realizes he should come back to us. When we visit him, he just hisses at us and runs away. No chance to catch him.
Another cat went missing about a week before the move. I still hope he might be trapped somewhere and will turn up again (we’ve had that happen with one of our cats before), but then what? He’ll come back and we won’t be there anymore.
And finally, a third cat ran away from the house. Since nothing was finished yet, we still had contractors daily and at some point, we just had to move, cats included. I put this sign on all doors:
But when the blinds were installed last Thursday, apparently a door was left open longer, and since then, this cat has disappeared and hasn’t been seen again.
Out of originally 5 cats (well, 4 if you count the one already missing), we now have only 2 cats in the new house.
We’re at least hoping to catch the stubborn one eventually (we now live only about 800m (half a mile) from our old apartment, and former neighbors and tenants have been informed) and maybe even the runaway cat—though he has always been very shy.
That’s what you get when you take in troubled cats. They never get as trusting as those raised around people from the start. We rescued all our cats sick or got them from an animal welfare organization.
Only our one cat coped well with the move. She complains, but she’s very attached to us and is doing quite well. She also never moved far in the old apartment — probably because she only has three legs now.
The other cat who moved with us is depressed. Not because of the move, but the runaway cat was his best buddy, and he obviously misses him a lot.
So that’s our cat moving drama.
Besides that, nothing is really finished yet, and we still have contractors in the house every day (and this will continue for some time).
That’s really getting on my nerves. Especially since before I gave notice on our apartment, I explicitly asked our home builder whether it would be comfortable to move at the end of July.
Oh yes! was the answer.
I might as well have given notice until the end of August. In hindsight, that would have made more sense and might have protected us from the massive cat loss *crying*. But if you’re promised a finished house by the end of July, you give notice accordingly.
And now it’s just like this: the tiler is sitting in the guest bathroom because we complained about the silicone joints and he has to fix them. In the main bathroom, they’re struggling with electrical installation—while I just have to go to the bathroom sometime and can’t pee in my own house that has two toilets.
That sounds funny at first—but it’s not. At least my mom lives next door.
You can’t put stuff anywhere as originally planned because nothing is finished. Not the kitchen either (which I ordered in February and was promised to be finished MID-JULY). So you just move the essentials from A to B and then to C, and if you put them in D, you eventually don’t even know where they are anymore *grrrrr*.
Then I practically have to beg our electrician on my knees to give us power. For safety reasons, he prefers to keep the wiring dead. Which means the pantry still has no light and the new freezer can’t be used for now—because no power means no cooling function. On Thursday, I got him to finally supply power to the pantry under threat of death. We still don’t have light, but the freezer works *phew*.
At first, we could only shower in the guest bathroom—but that had to be done strictly before dark, because there was no light (still none to this day).
We even brushed our teeth by phone flashlight. Now the main bathroom has some light at least, and we can shower there.
Electricity is really the sore point—we’re way behind. Most of our switches still look like this:
Under “industrial design,” I personally had something else in mind...
M
Mottenhausen5 Aug 2019 14:57Congratulations on your move and stay strong!
This just confirms my advice to add at least 1 to 2 months of buffer time to the completion date given by the general contractor (GC), even if it means facing the risk of overlapping rent and mortgage payments. He says October, but we are planning to move at the end of December.
In residential areas, no one has actually finished on time so far, despite “binding” commitments.
This just confirms my advice to add at least 1 to 2 months of buffer time to the completion date given by the general contractor (GC), even if it means facing the risk of overlapping rent and mortgage payments. He says October, but we are planning to move at the end of December.
In residential areas, no one has actually finished on time so far, despite “binding” commitments.
Oh dear! That all sounds very hectic!
I completely understand the feeling of “I don’t want any contractors in my home right now.” But I can tell you: eventually, it has to happen!
We felt the same way last year. We worked like crazy for three weeks, and when I was back at the office, I felt like crying from exhaustion.
We’ve now been living in our own house for 11 months (INSANE how fast time flies!! oops 🙂 ) and all the effort is forgotten!
I’m keeping my fingers crossed that the rest will be more relaxed now! You’ll have it done soon!!
I completely understand the feeling of “I don’t want any contractors in my home right now.” But I can tell you: eventually, it has to happen!
We felt the same way last year. We worked like crazy for three weeks, and when I was back at the office, I felt like crying from exhaustion.
We’ve now been living in our own house for 11 months (INSANE how fast time flies!! oops 🙂 ) and all the effort is forgotten!
I’m keeping my fingers crossed that the rest will be more relaxed now! You’ll have it done soon!!
As mentioned before, the kitchen should have been finished a long time ago – but it still isn’t. However, it is at least functional now.
The Quooker (instant hot water tap) on the island is still not working, and the sink there will also take a bit longer. This is because the cutout wasn’t made as ordered – which we actually prefer in hindsight: the countertop is 10cm (4 inches) thick, and for the sink, it would have had to be routed out to about 2-3cm (1 inch) to allow for a proper undermount sink installation. Instead, just a simple cutout was made in the stone. If we were to install an undermount sink now, it would sit starting at 10cm (4 inches) depth – which is far too deep.
So we will simply have a piece of the same stone remade and attach it underneath (it can be glued seamlessly and will be watertight). This way, the sink will only be 10cm (4 inches) deep, but since the main sink is on the other section and the island sink will only be used for quick tasks like washing hands, draining pasta water, and rinsing vegetables, this is perfectly sufficient. Plus, it will look much better than an undermount sink.
Unfortunately, the kitchen is still not fully finished otherwise. Several drawers are still missing, the kickboard/baseboard isn’t installed yet, and the cutlery tray(s) hasn’t been organized – which means the cutlery gets mixed up every time a drawer is opened...
At least, we are now at a point where I can arrange almost all the drawers as planned, the main sink works (at first, we had no water, then water, but no drain, so we placed a plastic tub in the sink), the oven, steam oven, and warming drawer all function, as does the dishwasher – which now also has its panel installed. This not only looks nice but also keeps the door from closing by itself, as the weight of the decorative panel was missing before.
The stone for the island has finally arrived, and the Bora cooktop works.
Getting the stone there was quite an ordeal – I will report on that separately, as it definitely deserves its own story!
Current status of the kitchen in a few pictures:
The kickboards/baseboards are still completely missing:
Some drawers are still missing as well:
But the oven, steam oven, and warming drawer all work:
To the left of this is the refrigerator (cool, cool, cool! It’s so nice and big!!!), and to the right is the pantry.
The sink still needs the soap dispenser and a separate faucet for untreated water (we wanted water for drinking that is not softened). These will be installed on either side of the main faucet.
There is still a hole under the countertop because we’re waiting to see what the final sink setup will be. This will determine how deep the drawer underneath can be. Unfortunately, the Quooker is still not connected. So far, it’s just a stylish feature – without functionality...
Here’s also a view of the dining area – with our old table, which looks quite small here when fully extended.
The new table should, of course, have been ready a long time ago – but then it wouldn’t be typical if it was!
The two lamps above the table hang completely unevenly; the lighting technician is coming today to realign them. No one knows why they shifted so much.
The Quooker (instant hot water tap) on the island is still not working, and the sink there will also take a bit longer. This is because the cutout wasn’t made as ordered – which we actually prefer in hindsight: the countertop is 10cm (4 inches) thick, and for the sink, it would have had to be routed out to about 2-3cm (1 inch) to allow for a proper undermount sink installation. Instead, just a simple cutout was made in the stone. If we were to install an undermount sink now, it would sit starting at 10cm (4 inches) depth – which is far too deep.
So we will simply have a piece of the same stone remade and attach it underneath (it can be glued seamlessly and will be watertight). This way, the sink will only be 10cm (4 inches) deep, but since the main sink is on the other section and the island sink will only be used for quick tasks like washing hands, draining pasta water, and rinsing vegetables, this is perfectly sufficient. Plus, it will look much better than an undermount sink.
Unfortunately, the kitchen is still not fully finished otherwise. Several drawers are still missing, the kickboard/baseboard isn’t installed yet, and the cutlery tray(s) hasn’t been organized – which means the cutlery gets mixed up every time a drawer is opened...
At least, we are now at a point where I can arrange almost all the drawers as planned, the main sink works (at first, we had no water, then water, but no drain, so we placed a plastic tub in the sink), the oven, steam oven, and warming drawer all function, as does the dishwasher – which now also has its panel installed. This not only looks nice but also keeps the door from closing by itself, as the weight of the decorative panel was missing before.
The stone for the island has finally arrived, and the Bora cooktop works.
Getting the stone there was quite an ordeal – I will report on that separately, as it definitely deserves its own story!
Current status of the kitchen in a few pictures:
The kickboards/baseboards are still completely missing:
Some drawers are still missing as well:
But the oven, steam oven, and warming drawer all work:
To the left of this is the refrigerator (cool, cool, cool! It’s so nice and big!!!), and to the right is the pantry.
The sink still needs the soap dispenser and a separate faucet for untreated water (we wanted water for drinking that is not softened). These will be installed on either side of the main faucet.
There is still a hole under the countertop because we’re waiting to see what the final sink setup will be. This will determine how deep the drawer underneath can be. Unfortunately, the Quooker is still not connected. So far, it’s just a stylish feature – without functionality...
Here’s also a view of the dining area – with our old table, which looks quite small here when fully extended.
The new table should, of course, have been ready a long time ago – but then it wouldn’t be typical if it was!
The two lamps above the table hang completely unevenly; the lighting technician is coming today to realign them. No one knows why they shifted so much.
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