Friday, December 30, 2005
Introduction
After a couple of months of preparation it’s now time to show the world what we are doing. We are going to rebuild a house. I consider it an honor to take on the responsibility over this house. The last decades the responsibility was in the hand of my great uncle who now has a good apartment in a retirement home, where he has all the attention and care he needs. Thank you “Ome Jan” for giving me the opportunity to carry on your responsibilities. I really consider it a great honor.
I also like to thank “Tante Bertha”. Unfortunately she is no longer with us but she really wanted us to take over the house after the found a new home. Sadly she passed away before that happened but I’m sure she will be happy about how all things worked out since then.
The last half-year we have been looking at the various options and possibilities we are about to face. We have been looking for the right mortgage. Out of this we created a budget plan and we made a list of things we want. Of course we have worked hard at getting these last two in line. And trust me it remains an ongoing struggle. Specially since it’s a good idea to keep a margin of about 10% for unforeseen costs. You always run into these when taking on a project like this.
It has been a great help that I was closely involved in the creation of a new computer network a few years ago. This computer network has been build at my company and it give me a close look at the budgeting process as well as the actual work involved. This project at OTS Group gave me the right foundation for taking on this project. This time the budget is a lot bigger but we need to take on bigger an bigger challenges in our live otherwise it would get boring, wouldn’t you agree?
So what is our goal for this blog? We surely can use our time better by working at the house, you might think. While this might be true, my brother already showed us that you could save a lot of time writing a blog by letting people read it instead of you having to tell the same story over and over again to all these different people. As a bonus we might help people who are taking on a similar project or thinking about starting one. Another reason for creating this is plain and simple: it’s fun!
And our neighbors have set a good example. They are keeping track of their progress on the website: http://kluskeshoeve.blogspot.com
We will show you what we are doing and what surprises we might run in to. You will find some product information also but we will try not to include any brand names. Unless our supplier is willing to sponsor our site. In one way or another. The keyword here is: Free mouth to mouth advertising is great but what’s in it for us.
We hope you will enjoy reading about our progress and if this information is of any use to you when you are taking on a project similar to this one, then we really have succeeded in our mission.
I also like to thank “Tante Bertha”. Unfortunately she is no longer with us but she really wanted us to take over the house after the found a new home. Sadly she passed away before that happened but I’m sure she will be happy about how all things worked out since then.
The last half-year we have been looking at the various options and possibilities we are about to face. We have been looking for the right mortgage. Out of this we created a budget plan and we made a list of things we want. Of course we have worked hard at getting these last two in line. And trust me it remains an ongoing struggle. Specially since it’s a good idea to keep a margin of about 10% for unforeseen costs. You always run into these when taking on a project like this.
It has been a great help that I was closely involved in the creation of a new computer network a few years ago. This computer network has been build at my company and it give me a close look at the budgeting process as well as the actual work involved. This project at OTS Group gave me the right foundation for taking on this project. This time the budget is a lot bigger but we need to take on bigger an bigger challenges in our live otherwise it would get boring, wouldn’t you agree?
So what is our goal for this blog? We surely can use our time better by working at the house, you might think. While this might be true, my brother already showed us that you could save a lot of time writing a blog by letting people read it instead of you having to tell the same story over and over again to all these different people. As a bonus we might help people who are taking on a similar project or thinking about starting one. Another reason for creating this is plain and simple: it’s fun!
And our neighbors have set a good example. They are keeping track of their progress on the website: http://kluskeshoeve.blogspot.com
We will show you what we are doing and what surprises we might run in to. You will find some product information also but we will try not to include any brand names. Unless our supplier is willing to sponsor our site. In one way or another. The keyword here is: Free mouth to mouth advertising is great but what’s in it for us.
We hope you will enjoy reading about our progress and if this information is of any use to you when you are taking on a project similar to this one, then we really have succeeded in our mission.
