New house - new projects

January 1st Maki and I bought a house together just a few kilometers outside of Randers, Denmark. A very big step for both of us, but it felt good.

We signed the papers in November 2006 and took ownership January 1st 2007. The house was build in 1974 and unfortunately no one felt like doing any renovations for 30-some years. In the 70ies the house was very modern and luxurious - it is 212 m2 and had a swimming pool and sauna in the basement and greenhouse and fruit trees in the garden. A few years after it was build it was sold to a farmers couple and their 3 kids. They lived here - not the kids - until we took over. Both of them was getting very old and didn't feel that they could manage this big house.

The project is quite a mouthful - everything has to be painted, renovated or replaced, so do not expect miracles! As we both are working more than full time we only have weekends to spend on the house. We have an allied in our friend, Carsten, a carpenter, and he is our motivating force. He spends nearly every free weekend he has in Spentrup and we appreciate that very very much.