Timber floor
When I started researching on available flooring options in NZ about a year ago, we were surprised how expensive flooring in general is. Most interestingly,…
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Garden update – November 1st
We’ve been busy in the garden lately. A thick layer of bought hop compost helps us to speed up the process of improving our poor…
Ngatimoti Festival
Wow, that’s a big festival for such a tiny town! Must be thousands of visitors here in Ngatimoti, just a few kms away from Mot.
The deck
While the concrete slab was heated up to almost 30°C to dry before the timber floor can be glued down, nobody wanted to work inside.…
At the neighbor’s house
I think we can call ourselves incredibly lucky to have the opportunity to rent the house just opposite the fence to our building site. The…
Drainlayers
Quite opposite to European building practice, the rain- and wastewater pipes are laid once the house is almost finished and the scaffold is gone.
Way back home
We had an awesome week in Golden Bay and we managed to stay offline for a full 7 days! We didn’t even turn on the…
Tomatea point
Funny name for a bunch of houses along the road between Farewell spit and Collingwood. And a good spot to view all sorts of sea…
Pillar point
A short 30 min walk up to the lighthouse between Cape Farewell and the start of the Farewell sandspit.