ᐅ House Photos Discussion Corner – Share Your Home Pictures!

tomtom79 schrieb:

Have fun, and here’s a tip: take photos of everything and every wall, it really helps a lot later on.

That’s true, but afterward, you still realize you didn’t take enough...

After not sharing any photos for a while, here is some information about what has happened in the past few weeks.

• Windows and front doors are installed
• We spontaneously decided to insulate the attic and install two roof windows. This has given us over 100sqm (over 1,076 sq ft) of storage space
• The electrician is happy about the composite wood panel because he doesn’t have to chase cables upward in the ground floor anymore

Now I’m speaking up again.

Unfortunately, like many others, my spruce trees didn’t survive the drought.

Fortunately, I have a helpful neighbor with a wheel loader, so we were able to transport all the logs without much trouble...

In the end, it turned into a really nice mailbox post.

The paving should have been done long ago. Unfortunately, my first exterior plasterer completely messed up the facade—both visually and technically. None of the window sills were properly sealed.

After much back and forth and almost 6,000 (USD) poorer, a master painter took care of the facade again.

The same person also botched the base sealing of the garage. During heavy rain, water leaked through the concrete block.

I then painstakingly chipped off and cleaned all the leftover plaster outside and applied 2,000 ml (about 67.6 fl oz) of sealing slurry.

Now everything looks great, and my stones are ready for installation.

280 sqm (3,011 sq ft) of 40/20 and 20/20 stones
48 sqm (517 sq ft) of 60/40 terrace pavers and
110 m (361 ft) of lawn edging

I have now affectionately nicknamed the house "Le Pappschachtél." We are still missing all the floor-to-ceiling windows (12 units), and the wooden walls don’t have any openings yet, so from the back, it really looks like a cardboard box.

From the front, with the windows installed, it already looks more like a house.

The guys really gave it their all today and even put up the roof truss sooner than planned — they were actually supposed to do it tomorrow. I guess it might be so they can finish earlier on Friday. They definitely earned that. It’s clear these people have been working together for a long time, and my motto for today was: As long as the site manager is still smiling, everything is fine.

The cathedral ceiling in the living room already looks amazing, even without the windows, though of course that doesn’t come across in photos.

Otherwise, we’ll probably both fall asleep on the couch since the alarm went off at 4:30 AM (4:30) to get the bread rolls ready and coffee brewing. Still, I was so cold that even a grandmother from the apartment building across the street noticed. I was pacing around trying to warm my legs when she showed up with a wicker basket filled with coffee and cookies and said, “It looks like the little snail is cold. Hopefully, this helps. You can leave the basket and dishes here or there.” XD

Tina, that sounds like a great neighborhood! How lovely

We are doing our best with the neighbors. It’s really a small village, and I think if you mess up somehow, it can become a serious problem. Everyone was a bit surprised when we went around to introduce ourselves and invite them to the topping-out ceremony. Judging by their reactions, I believe the two families who built houses before us didn’t do that.

My partner was even handed a gasoline chainsaw by another neighbor without being asked because we were having trouble with ours. I think we’re on a pretty good path. And, of course, always greet everyone politely and kindly.