our house

This is our house. We build it in 1996/1997. It was a lot of work, but worth the sweat !

We started buying some land in what was to become a new neighbourhood in Vlissingen. .By accident we were the first starters, so the first months it looked as if we were the only builders. We bought the wooden do-it-yourself kit from Finnhouse They did a wonderfull job (altough we had to pay a lot). The first 5 weeks we had help from friends and family. They used their own tools and after 2 months our house was “wind and water proof”.

We have installed heating pipe in our floor so we don’t need any ugly heating radiators. It gives a pleasant warmth, but the only drawback is its slow regulation time. So we have a woodstove for the events we want a quick rise of temperature (and for a cosy atmosphere during long winterevenings).

On our flat roof we’ve done some soil and mould held together under a small layer of turf. In the soil we planted some succulents.

Before doing it on our house, we tested it on the roof of our shed. And it worked out just fine !

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This is how it looks in 2018 :