House status

[karu_chan]

This is a wonderful and colourful display to show, how much has been done right now - and how much we'll still have to do

Comments

[mit_souko]

I am impressed by your colorful chart! But I think we are all eager to see some photos.

You seem to have done a lot in a short time. Having renovated several houses, I am impressed. Of course, I must say that in our case, we did as much as possible ourselves, so it naturally took more time. When we had "professionals" do the work, it went faster. However, I found one has to watch them very closely!

[karu_chan]

The pictures will have to wait until we removed all boxes from all over the place ^^;;;

I think, apart from the electricity (of course!), the attaching of the drywalls (would have been a near impossible task over the staircase) and the plumbing + tiles, we did everything ourselves.

It saves quite some money if you can put the wallpapers up yourself :-) (even if it was a difficult task on/over the staircase ^^;;;
Same goes for all the parquet/laminate floors.

[mit_souko]

Electric wiring is of course best done by a professional. Compliments on doing the parquet in particular: while not difficult per se, it is a great deal of tiring labor. I am sure you could do tiling if you wanted. I just got a manual and went on from there. Never attempt glass tiles, though, they're a bitch! Of course, doing floors is tough on your back and knees...

I stopped putting up wallpaper, because I dislike doing it. It certainly saves money to put it up yourself, but even more [and work] to just paint. Of course, when you have to deal with old plaster walls, wallpaper can be useful in hiding defects. [I think American workmen were not as skilled or careful as European ones]

Congratulations again!

[solo]

Oh wow, that is a lot of stuff. No wonder you and Carsten have been mostly absent. But well done! ^^

Photos?

[karu_chan]

Photos will show only boxes right now (or newly laid floor hidden under boxes). As soon as we have a bit finished, we keep shuffeling things there.

I could share some "WIP" pics though?

[dragon_soda]

That looks very colorful, and like a lot of work done and a lot of work ahead O.O 頑張って！

looking forward to some pics :D

[karu_chan]

It's getting better though. We'll work on the bathroom and balcony room this weekend, so more green. Then the doors.

And then the staircase -.-;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;

[lovespiral]

wow! it's a pretty big house with lots of rooms then :D/ what a fun project :}}}}