Monday 26 August 2019

Big News!


It has been quiet on our blog, as our life has been hectic these past few weeks! We bought a house!
This has been going on for 4 weeks now but as of Friday the house is officially ours. It is not in he town we live in now but 40km away. The sea is a bit further away but because of that the house was affordable and it is HUGE! It is 375 square meter (4000 square feet). It has a huge basement which is perfect for our work, much more convenient than we now have. The house we live in now is 140 square meters plus my little house of 40 square meters. So this is double the size which is really what we needed with the number of materials we have, and stock of items.



It is brand new we are the first to move in. It does mean that it needs cleaning and as we are now completely broke we are slowly doing it ourselves.


All windows etc still have their stickers but they have been on it for way too long, it has been torture getting them off. The tiles wouldn't be our choice much too crowded, planning something about those!


There is so much stuff we need to buy but we have to wait a few months as we just can't afford it right now, if you were planning to buy something from one of our shops, please buy now :D We need money ha ha! :)


The garden also needs a lot of work. No grass, but trees, giving shade, oxygen and will be a water-efficient garden.


One part of the huge basement, can't wait to move our workspaces in here. At home we now have two workspaces, here it will all be in one which will make things much easier and efficient.


Every time we go to the house we fill up the car, as we can't pay for movers right now we are moving as much as we can ourselves for the moment. Eventually we will need a big truck.


I've been steaming off the window stickers, still a lot of windows to do but I finally found the best way to do it. Good thing we have a steam cleaner.


It says max. 3 months everywhere but it has been a year :/


Can't wait to show the fun part like decorating but things will progress very slowly, I'll show the progress. The house we live in now we will fix up for both Airbnb and to put up for sale. Selling might take a while so we will make sure the house brings money to finance all the work for both houses. It is going to be a hectic year or so, but we are very excited!

15 comments:

  1. Congratulations. Will there be enough space for all the dogs too? This looks huge to me so maybe you can rent the upper floor too as air b&b. Once again. Good luck with all your efforts. AriadnefromGreece!

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    1. We already planned all the rooms :) Just a spare bedroom for guests :)

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  2. It looks so Greek ;)
    It seems to have a lot of potential! And I think it's pretty awesome that it's brand new! Better to remove stickers (ok, it's a pain) then to remove old plaster and dust and bad energy.... isn't it? Nice landscape, would be nice to see more of it, are you a mountain girl now too?
    Ute (stabouna)

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    1. Yes, I feel the same, it is nice to have a new house (first time for us) indeed no old mess to clean up :) I'm going to show more, also the progress of decorating and the new workspaces!

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  3. Oh, Estella! I'm so happy for your! What a fantastic house to live it! Not having the see that near you is not the end of the world. That is what cars were invented for. :)

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    1. Yes indeed :) And the distance makes it less crowded which is perfect for us :)

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  4. Congratulations! Look at tile paint for the kitchen. You can just put it straight on, so the tiles can be any colour you want (and much cheaper than re-tiling).

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    1. Yes, I already bought tile paint a few days ago, no way that we are going to re-tile :)

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  5. Wow Estella!! Super happy for you.. The area has a Greek vibe to it.. Which is awesome. I can't wait to see what you will do to your new home. Lots if starfurniture and decoration for sure :)

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  6. wooot! congrats!! And yes, that is huuuge! 375m2!! wow!

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  7. Congrats! The house looks stunning. But I admit it fills me with anxiety too due to my personal experience...I so wish I had never moved LOL

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  8. It look very nice house with lot of sun. Beautiful kitchen. Good luck with moving to new house!

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  9. I congratulate you! The house is very beautiful
    Does it have a place for your pets?

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