[Final update: 28th July 2014]
Projekt Haus 21 has come to its end and this is my final update (as it happens - also number 21) on this thread about where we are and what comes next.
The end of this month was the milestone as we had to empty the old apartment we were renting for the past two years by then, which meant turning the new leaf at the new address - something ours, permanent and finally a place we can call home.
It was a long journey I have tried to capture here as well, so I can some day look back at the time that's past and everything significant that has happened.
It was a stressful journey to say the least - never would I think I'd embark on something like building a house in the country where I spoke no language at the beginning of the process, and where the whole process was as new and complicated as it could be. Still, we are here - at the other end. Tired, worn out, but happy. And proud.
It was a massive learning curve not just in all things construction related. Those learnings will serve me well. For that I am grateful.
There are so many things that are heartwarming - we live on no.5, which is also the very first address number we lived on, my mum's name appears on the house purchase contract because of my cousin who assisted us at the time of the signing and who is mentioned in the contract too; but most of all, I am grateful for people - those who were with us, by us, before this whole thing and even started; those who helped us along the way and whose contribution to our sanity remaining intact can hardly be captured with words; those who helped us move, and finally, those who are with us - right now - creating a new neighbourhood, a new community.
It only feels right to finish this thread with the photos of that community - everyone working together this weekend to prepare our gardens for planting the grass and plants. Tools and toys, boots and bare feet, gloves and hands, all working to prepare the soil for the plants that we'll hopefully all enjoy for yard to come.
Thank you again to everyone who commented on this thread.
I hope some say, some of you will be my guests. Our hope is that this house is not just a home, but a place of gathering of the people we love and respect.
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