This project stretched over a couple of months, as there was always ‘something’ missing to continue. Originally I planned to only use leftover timber from…

The section In January 2014, ten months before we actually arrived in New Zealand, we found an interesting piece of land that was for sale online.…

In the German-speaking area, the title of this blog post is a well-known Confucius quote, but since I couldn’t find any references in the English part…

Ok, so we move in now. Just another 500 boxes to unpack into a horde not yet reassembled cupboards and dressers. A situation in which…

After 6 months of busy works with a builders’ sprint until the very last minute (the paint on the walls is still wet!), we’re moving in,…

…asked the neighbors when they called us today at 7 pm while we stayed at the motel in town. Hell, no, there shouldn’t be a…

Only two days until move in! It certainly looks not finished yet, with the floor being oiled right now, but there has been no further…

To keep the power bills low, we decided to go for 6 kW grid-connected photovoltaic system from Solar Electric that should produce around 80% of…

Hundreds of details to work on during the very last week before we can finally move in.