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Day 2. Tomorrow is the topping out ceremony.

Dear friends of homebuilding,

following posts #1121, #1241, #1290, and #1292, progress is finally continuing. Today, the crane was installed.

I hope to report steady progress next week.

Best regards

Axel

The shell of the building is complete.
Next week, the roof tiles and windows will be delivered. After that, we will focus on installing the ventilation system and electrical wiring.

On Monday, we will pour the concrete ring beam, and then unfortunately have to wait three weeks for the roof structure.

Otherwise, everything is fine in terms of workmanship, but there is zero proactive thinking or similar initiative.

Unfortunately, our house ended up being 3cm (1 inch) too large on each side because the surveyor used the finished dimensions including plaster for the site staking. The worst part is that after plastering, the distance to the boundary is 2.97m (9 ft 9 in) instead of 3.00m (9 ft 10 in).

I happened to measure this today and honestly doubt the common sense of some people. But now I have almost 2 sqm (22 sq ft) more house [emoji45].

The last few days were focused on assembling the kitchen... I also created a very makeshift walkway made of concrete paving slabs to keep mud and clay out of the house.

The mailbox was quickly installed into the ground as well.

In spring, everything will be done properly.