House building - an eternal construction site?

If you mow the weeds short enough, you can convince yourself that it's lawn ;)

Moved in in March, the house was basically finished except for the terraces and the baseboards… The baseboards were my attempt at DIY, someone who knows what they're doing will have to do it again.

The garden will be roughly laid out this fall and finished in the spring.

A lot was already finished in the house for the move. In one room, the baseboards were still missing. They were quickly completed after the hardware store received delivery... Exterior facilities part 1 came about a month after moving in, I mowed the lawn three months later, and the front yard had already filled up well by then. After that, it was quite decent. If everything goes well, the remaining exterior facilities will come next month, so after about two years. Paving the terrace and parking spaces... That will really finish most of it. Slats are still missing on the fence, and the exterior lights have been here for a year... I am massively procrastinating on that. But I also don't feel pressured. The first ideas to rearrange or redesign are also coming up... It certainly won't be boring!

I just have a house burnout after half a year of moving in. :D My energy to quickly finish everything is completely gone. However, I also moved in when I still had to lay the floor and set up a kitchen. When I moved in, I also had mice in the house that drove me crazy.

I'm taking a house break now and will start again in the fall to take care of the remaining projects (level the terrace, set up the garden, varnish and reinforce the shed door, paint and furnish the bedroom comfortably, furnish the living room comfortably, set up the kitchen again (I had quickly put everything in the cabinets, unfortunately without any system). I find it insanely exhausting to get all this stuff done. And I have a prefabricated house from the developer (which really doesn't deserve the name "finished").

Fortunately, you are not renovating a 60-year-old property while living in it, with a lot of your own work. :D There really is no end to the work.

a house burnout.

Hehe, THAT’S what I had for 2 years after moving in ;)
Yes, that’s how it actually was inside. Many makeshift solutions had to wait because the garden demanded a lot. After that, I had to regain strength for another 2 years.

How long did it take you until you really felt at home?

When I swept the shell construction, it was (future) home!

When were you really “done”?

After 7 years there are still small “construction sites”: third terrace, storage room, ... 3 months ago I finished our cloakroom.

Or does the house remain an eternal construction site, where there is always something to do?

Neighbors still have no front garden, no parking space, and no trash area after three years... it doesn’t look nice, but it’s their business.
I’ve never understood why everything has to be finished immediately. Sure: what you don’t do right away, you “never” do - but honestly, who cares if an outdoor lamp is missing or the house number is just a cardboard leaning in the window? No one!

I enjoy constantly coming up with and implementing new things.

Me too :)

Don't stop! I give you my word and seal. There's always something to do (advertising fits)