Here we are again

It has a been a long time since our last post. Life continued to happen, as in, sickness and exhaustion started to kick in, as well as the winter. As much as we are enjoying the much milder winter then we are used to, to camp in winter is just a bit more work than in summer. It would not be too big a deal if we wouldn't have all the house building on our plate ;). However, this is part of the adventure and the learning curve, and it is a big privilege to be able to have this experience.

There has been an improvement in our living situation. We aren't anymore in the caravan, but in the house. We still call it camping because we still have our facilities such as cooking and toilets outside, and there is nothing really yet except the insulated walls, which is already pretty good! We made some progress, but given the sickness, exhaustion, and holidays, things where a bit slow. In February we are planning to leave for a couple of weeks and take a break. We are looking forward to it; meanwhile, here's a photographic summary of some highlights since the last time. There was also a lot of detail work which doesn't look like much but takes lots of time. 

Here the pics from November-January. Mostly chronologically, we lost a bit track of the exact order: 

The big triangular windows upstairs!

and from the outside...

The big sliding doors, there is still a gap at this point...

...gap closed and siliconed,  around this time we started to sleep in the house.

all front windows from the outside

The dry wall came some time in November, it is dark, because we
had to carry it all in the house and by the time we finished we 
were sore and exhausted and it was dark. It took us several hours
to carry in the literally 5 tonnes of material,  that we had
to bring in asap to protect it from the wet weather.

We laid out the porch slates. They are not yet screwed in but we can use it.

We hang our clothes and the kids enjoy their hummocks on sunny days.

Brackets for the second layer of insulation and the dry wall. This is in the

second floor, but we did them on the ceilings of both floors. To the right

the christmas tree we made with the window transportation protection.

Start of the second layer of insulation upstairs.

The wood for the outside cladding arrived...

...and we decided to put it in a more protected place, under
the house, since it will be a while until we are going to use it.

And back inside in the attic: the second layer of insulation of the
roof is in and the tubes for the electricity cables are in.
Exciting!!!

The vapor barrier is in and taped everywhere. We did that everywhere in the house.
And there is still taping to do in other places, it will never end ;). 

And ta-da!! The drywall of the ceiling in the attic is in!!!!