Friday, February 17, 2006

We bought it !!!

Well, today we did all formalities… and the paperwork could take some more months. We picked up the Bakter family in Nagyatad this morning on our way to Pecs. There we signed all papers necessary for the complete purchase of the land and the old farm house on it.

We have a great help from a lawyer, Mr. Zeli from Budapest, who does many preparations and helps us to avoid expensive, corruptive procedures. I can advise everybody a lawyer, or ‘makelaar-achtige’ person to assist you in these things. It saves so much time and irritation.

Anyway; until we have more news about rebuilding plans and work we will start to do, I great you.

Bye,
Aaike

Wednesday, August 10, 2005

The day it all started

In August 2005, just a few days before the wedding of our friends Ákos and Éva, Hajni and me went around to look at some villages and houses that were for sale. Hajni had been in Kisbajom in the 80s, staying at a garden of a friends grandmother. She had some great memories of this time and place…

Entering the village we already liked atmosphere. The grass was mowed and the roses were blooming every 10 meters. There were some houses for sale. But one, the most ugly and collapsed and the biggest, took all our attention. That big old farmhouse at the south side of the village. We did look some other villages and houses, but all the time we think back of the one in Kisbajom. It has to be IT!

We made some pictures and we are discussing everything with Govert and Pia. They are willing to participate and make this idea a 4-person project.