Now I have painted the first piece with the new colour! The houseboat will be light grey (a shade called sea mist) and all the linings will be white. While I was painting the lining and walls, Peter demolished the old deck and continued to sand and paint the deck.

Today the weather has been fantastic. Perfect to take the opportunity to work on the outside of the boat! I have painted the linings of the small windows on the lower deck, on one side of the boat.

Finally, we have the building permit in our hands! We submitted the application last summer, and it said that the waiting time for a decision was about 10 weeks. It took 40 weeks ...

Now it was all over for us! Today we have changed our bathroom window. A small old window has become a large modern one. Now we have a fantastic view from the bathroom and out over the water.

Today we have changed the three small windows facing the lake, on the lower deck. It was a bit more tricky, as it is quite narrow ... But we were lucky too. Firstly, we had shelter, as the wind was blowing from the other side. And the windows were the right size this time, so we didn't have to saw.

Today we have been busy replacing our kitchen window with a new one. All the windows in the houseboat will be replaced. We want triple-glazed windows everywhere and in several places there will be much larger windows than today. We have also bought windows where the wood is protected by aluminium, so that they are more resistant to the weather.

Now it's time for new windows! We are going to change all the windows in the houseboat. The old windows are single or double glazed. In addition, the frames are worn and ugly. On the lower deck there are not even real windows. Someone has just bought sheets of glass and put them in frames. In addition to being ugly, this means that not a single window on the lower deck can be opened ... So it's time for a window replacement operation!