Nearly completed

Apart from the weekend in Antwerp (which was, btw, as always wonderful, with a great concert as special treat) we spent the rest of the autumn break at the coast. Our main goal was to empty the flat of the stuff that needs to be removed for the new owner.

We worked hard. All the clothing was sorted out - one heap for taking along to Dendermonde, the other for throwing away. We filled quite a few sacks for the clothing containers. Some household items were taken to the recycle shop which is not far away from where our flat is situated. People there are thankful for nearly unused stuff, like saws, drilling machine, new bedlinen, etc. What needs to come to Dendermonde was put in boxes: some clothes, towels, our dvd collection and our bunch of cd's. Plus all the little items we bring along from our trips abroad.

We did not work all the time, though. We took time to go and have a Brussels waffle with whipped cream in a tearoom  once and on Friday night we went dining at @Sea.

Next weekend we go again to to the last things. Then we'll have to load all the boxes and transport them to our house here. At the end of the month our cousin William is going to help us bringing bigger objects to the container park. We have booked a B&B for that weekend.

We'll be glad when all is done! 

In the meantime I'm waiting for the estimate for putting in new windows and doors in the house. We have already ordered work in the kitchen. Next will be an estimate for isolation of walls and roof and then for renovation of the bathroom. We'd like to make our nearly century-old house ready for the new times. Nowadays new built houses and blocks of flat need to have an energy label A (there is a grade from A: totally in order  to F: not isolated). Our house fetches E in the best case. With what we intend we'd like to go to at least C. More won't be possible in an house that old.