Update up to March 2016

Well I have been busy at the house - Roy has decorated most of the rooms but still more to do - Utility, open area of loft. I still need to decide what I am going to do with this big area?



My bedroom during decoration and finished - also put up new curtains.

Martin Bird came round and fitted a water heater in the kitchen and the plumbing extensions for the dishwasher and the hose in the Utility room. So now we have hot water in the kitchen and a working dishwasher. :-)

I am gradually moving the logs from behind one of the oil tanks into the bay next to it. I am also emptying this oil tank to remove it and create another parking area in this garage. The fire wall of the oil tank will be the hardcore for the parking area and then I have some of the parquet paving stones to be laid on top of this - spare ones left over from the courtyard.

I have painted the garage doors and most of the gate in a dark BRG - I think it looks good. Also a visitor from the farm next door :-)

the second bedroom now complete - it also has new curtains. The World pictures were a bargain on facebay for £10.

the road down into Boos on a sunny day - beautiful - the eifel tower is off to the left and up the hill.


You can see Nurburg Castle from there and the whole village of Boos, my house is behind the church.

 This is the new Kamine I fitted to replace the oil one which was there when I bought the house. As a new owner I was not allowed to use it as it was too old? the old owners could have continued to use it? weird German law.

The feature staircase - every step is unique - all hand built with a feature window :-)

The sanded and sealed parquet flooring in the lounge.

the local hotel/bar/restaurant and very good it is too. It has a large beer garden and puts on a lot of events over the summer 

I replaced the old leaking cistern with a new one - me!!!! and it worked first time and doesn't leak :-)

I removed the old "lean to" greenhouse from the courtyard and I need to remove the bricks which encroach onto the courtyard parking area - they will go into the hardcore also.

In the bathroom Roy fitted a new shower screen and shower head. I built a new unit for storage and removed some of the multitude of hooks that adorned the walls.