dismantling the house

Now that I am writing this, the month of February is long gone. And so is Timorstraat 41. New (very nice) people own it, and we wish them happiness and all else.

But before we could actually deliver the house so many things had to be taken out of it first. John disposed of loads of old stuff, exams and tests from his work at school as a teacher. A desk, old music instruments and books. Lots and lots. Lights and all things that were mounted to walls and ceilings were removed, which took longer than expected. I started feeling that we were actually moving when our bed was removed (see to the right).

The other thing with major impact (and an investment in time) was the removal of the elevated wooden floor in the living room. I think we estimated it would take a day, but seeing that it was actually demolishing a floor rather than with great accuracy installing it, it took only 4 hours.

A complete frame of underlying beams were supporting the planks that can be seen as a surface which were painted white. The new owners did not want this floor. They are actually going to remove the tiles as well and replace them with a parquet floor. Long and short is that we had to remove all the wood and take it to the tip. Quite a shame, because the wood is not bad at all. It had been lying there for a good 8 years, because we found old newspapers which we put there on purpose. Joanna pointed out that that floor was the nicest feature of the house. Thanks, Jo.

On March 1 the house was actually delivered, for which you need a solicitor. Well, you don't actually need them but they make themselves indispensable and costly, because all they do is compare names, numbers and signatures. When you leave their offices you feel cheated and a house has changed owner, so here John is posing in front of their premises. Not bad, hey?

A new period starts now and we live in Leiderdorp.