Tuesday, January 30, 2007

Snow does not slow down the builders

Govert has returned last Friday from a short week in Kisbajom. He checked the contractor, spoke with responsible builders on the site and made pictures.

It goes well. Ofcourse things has to beimprovised, but most goes well. The windows are finally in, inside it is not freezing anymore. The floors are getting finished. The workers even started to put down the antique bricks on the floor. As you can see we will have state of the art floor heating and sanitairy equipment.

In March most will be finished. We will start on the finishing touches. Probably tiles, paint, paneling, stairs(!) and plastering. Hajni invited everybody for a first test gathering on her 30th birthday. This means making some beds as well!

More about the building and/or Hajni’s birthday will follow soon…

Monday, January 1, 2007

It will be finished in 2007…

I hope it will anyway. After we said we will not come to Kisbajom (and pay of course) around Xmas the contractor stopt building for a while. Govert will go the 22nd of January to check what has been finished and what will be paid. We expect the work on the studio will be finished by then.

The work on the barn will maybe take some more time. It turned out the big doors which were made, were not the correct size. Thiscame out of miscommunication between the carpenter and the contractor. Both told us to solve it, but when? It’s often freezing now in Hungary so the developments will go slow.

Anyway; the plumber is, dispite everything, still making progress. The water was frozen once, but it does not seems to be a big problem. The floor heating is getting installed now, but connecting to the gas heater will take some more time. In Hungary installing gas stuff is subject to special rules and can only be done by specialists. The gas man is quite an amature. He improvises all the time without us knowing his choices. Now he has installed some tubes at the wrong place and he will have to do it again next week.

Well, we will keep you posted. Just return to this blog at the end of January. For now; all best wishes for 2007 and maybe we will meet in Kisbajom!