It was a very productive week here in Kradolf. It's amazing how long it takes to build a house and how quickly it is destroyed. The excavator came early Monday morning, and I mean around 6:30 am on Monday, the sun was just coming out. Monday was focused on tearing down the addition. This is when Paul and I helped the most. Paul made a deal to lower the cost that we help with the work. Paul helped most days (Monday to Thursday - Friday being a holiday), and I help...

Demo Day #1 Almost exactly a year after submitting for a building permit we are able to start with the demo, and amazingly we will actually be starting earlier than planned!! Paul organized a fantastic and efficient team of 3 guys, 2 who already helped with the initial clear out that happened in 2018. In one day, Saturday April 4th, the entire attic, roof and windows have all been taken out. The guys that helped were: Christof, he learned his trade as a carpen...

Hello and thanks for stopping by! I am very happy to announce that we finally received the building permit to start building our house at the end of February. It took us a long time, 10 months to be exact, and some back and forth negotiations but we finally have the stamped document with the go ahead! Some back ground so everyone is on the same page: I met Paul in April 2018, he was already in the planning stages to purchase hie grandmothers old house and farm...