Author: Claudia

Did I tell you there is a pandemic? Something about some virus? That there are still people that think they are invincible? And that they do not show up at work because in the end the virus crept in? Nobody seems to escape, but what can you do about it? Some workers are in quarantine…

And another new year into our project. January weather is super dry, and provides blue skies only. Great for building a house! In our temporary house it is stone cold and a challenge to stay warm. The captain of the project rises very very early every morning. He kicks of hot water bottles and blankets.…

After all the excitement with the fluid floor stuff, we are forced to make create some distance between us and our project. Literally because it needs to dry and harden. Emotionally because of all the pressure. Luckily there are also chores in the Netherlands waiting for us, so we travel up and down. Just imagine…

Next, there is a week full of utter frustration and tension. In the end all problems are solved. But if the master of the house could change this silo into a spaceship and transport himself into the future, he would immediately do so! We spend hours and endless meters of tape and foam tape to…

So much has happened, that I don’t know where to start telling. I guess I’ll have to upload several stories this time. Our stress levels have been challenged to the max. The end result is a lock on a door that can be closed. And the alarm system is switched ‘on’! Now let’s see whether…

November has begun, and brings a strange change in weather: the weather is absolutely beautiful! Nothing new of course. Except that we now have short days with a temperature of around 20 degrees. But in the night, temperature falls down drastically. During the day the sun does not reach our apartment anymore, the atmosphere inhouse…

It does not appear to be super exciting. But they are working really really hard. Just in time before the first autumn storms hit the mountain, work is finished. And then it is exciting to go to the building site and take a look. Will the house still be there? Is the roof leaking? Did…

It is hard to accept that so much of our financial investment ends up underground. Or covered by so many layers of other materials. That it is really really necessary to have al these layers on top of each other to reach a qualitative result. Layers you will never see again (although we heard some…

You have to be very very careful where you walk now. Both veranda’s are covered with a super smooth and somewhat descending layer of cement, as a preparation for a layer of insulation. (It is so perfectly smooth that you crave to write your name… no, don’t do that, the men are working so hard…

Now there’s this bloke with a spray can, and he makes all kinds of indications on our walls, in blue and red. Next thing, another guy starts milling grooves and holes at these indicated spots. Suddenly there is a lot of rubble on the floors, they are tearing our beautiful newly built walls into pieces!…