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31 August 2014 / 11 Comments

New arrivals in the houseboat

Then we have moved back into the houseboat, after ten weeks in the motorhome. There were 12 (!) moving boxes from the motorhome. Completely incomprehensible considering that we don't even move household goods with us ...

30 August 2014 / 24 Comments

The houseboat before and after

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We've shown pictures of what our houseboat looks like now, and we know it's a bit hard to remember what it looked like before. Even we have trouble remembering! So here are two before and after pictures ...

26 August 2014 / 21 Comments

The houseboat back in the water

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Today the houseboat has been lifted back into the water. I (Helena) thought it was so nervous that I couldn't even be at home, but luckily Peter was. Now it is back in its usual place at the jetty.

25 August 2014 / 6 Comments

Boat stability test

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Now we are almost done with the renovation of the houseboat and the launching into the water is fast approaching. One last step, which we wanted to do before launching, is to test the stability of the houseboat. We simply have to do a stability test on the boat!

25 August 2014 / 9 Comments

Stairs in the houseboat

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When you enter the houseboat, you enter the kitchen almost immediately. Then there are stairs down to the bedroom, and stairs up to the living room. Both staircases were previously very narrow, and the ceilings were low. In other words, you had to try to fold yourself double and pull your stomach in - at the same time. Not super practical!

20 August 2014 / 18 Comments

The new living room

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Now the new living room in the houseboat is ready! It has been a lot of work with all the details, but now it is also ready. Lamps, mouldings and ventilation are in place. Peter has also fixed a small computer table and put up roller blinds. And the stove is in place, but I think you have seen it before.

20 August 2014 / 10 Comments

New work trousers

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My old work trousers were really well used and needed really be replaced. I don't think I need to describe so much, but just look at the bottom picture ... Therefore, it was great that I got the chance to test a pair of new work trousers from Prowear. They have a very large range of work trousers from lots of different brands, and also other workwear such as gloves, tool belts and so on.

12 August 2014 / 10 Comments

Roofing the houseboat

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As you may recall, we had planned for a sheet metal company to put the roof on the houseboat. But that didn't happen ... The company, which also supplied the scaffolding and welded the railing, suddenly pulled out.

09 August 2014 / 21 Comments

A small workplace accident

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Getting a PET bottle in the head doesn't sound so bad. But when it is full of water, comes from the roof of our houseboat and lands in my head with the cork first, it is a different matter, apparently. Peter and his brother Dennis were laying the roof, and Dennis got the water bottle with his foot at the same time as I happened to walk past. exactly where the water bottle fell ...

06 August 2014 / 12 Comments

Various setbacks during construction

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When you start a huge project like rebuilding an old houseboat, the road ahead is not straightforward. Every time we take a few steps forward, there are also a few steps back...