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My house

08-31-2021 Carl Riis

My house

On the 19 of August, I bought a house with a small garden. The house
is what in English apparently is called an allotment. Basically, a
small slot meant for vegetable gardening which sometimes has a house
or shed. Not really meant for living in. But after nearly a year of
work, I moved into mine. It's legal as long as I don't live there all
year round (I skip out on the winters). Price for the slot was 5,500$
which for a 17-year old was a pretty big investment. The cost for all
the materials needed to make it livable was about the same.

[first] Picture I took of the house the day I bought it

[inside] What the inside looked like

The first thing to do was to clean out all the junk and give the
outside a paint job since the wood was slowly decaying in the
elements.

[front] A much needed paint job and clean out later

The first thing I started on was the electrical wiring. To actually
supply the house with power I had to dig a 0.5 meter deep trench from
the start of the garden to the house. I did it by hand with a shovel.

[dig]

Next thing to do was to insulate the walls. Here I used glass wool
Blanket insulation which gave all the walls a 10 cm layer of
insulation. After the insulation I put up two layers of drywall on
the walls and one layer in the ceiling.

[dry-wall]

After the walls and ceiling were painted I laid down the floor with
vinyl click flooring.

[floor]

I then bought a bunch of second hand furniture and a kitchen. I
realize I'm making it seem a lot easier than it was. It really was a
ton of work. I also can't take all the credit since my parents helped
me out a lot. But there you have it. The end result is a livable
(though slightly primitive) house which I absolutely love living in.

Here are some pictures of the end result.

[door]

[kitchen]

[bed]

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