did exactly that. Observed the demolition, earthworks, and new construction in the residential container on the property.
Nothing happened without her approval
Yes, we moved into an office container on the property at the start of the demolition. However, we had already lived in the house on the property for many years. We had an office container (2.5 x 6 m, which we had previously placed elsewhere on the property) set up 1 meter away from an already standing garage. In front of it was a large party tent (4x4m), where we put the old kitchen furniture, the dining table, and some small pieces of furniture. The garage served as a cellar replacement and storage room. In the container, we had our double bed, couch, TV, a large office cabinet, and a shelf for the most important clothes. Between the garage and container was a space for a shower and chemical toilet, which we roofed over. We had basically built ourselves a small residential complex. However, the shower and toilet were only exposed to outside climate, and the kitchen only a little more, which in the summer last year really took its toll in the final weeks. We wouldn’t have managed much longer than 6 months. At first, the water in the coffee machine actually froze.
We stored the remaining furniture and items in 2 other garages on the property.
But we also had a tight schedule that had to be strictly adhered to because of the living situation. It worked out as well.
The screed arrived on 18.08, then dried for a week with lots of ventilation. After a week I set up a dehumidifier because the walls were still too wet. On 31.08 the corner for the heating was tiled, on 03.09 the heating was installed. Then 4 weeks of screed drying with the heating on, mid-September the drywall builder started and finished at the end of September. On 01.10 we started painting and laying floors. We moved in on 15.10. However, there were still no interior doors (delivery difficulties), no kitchen (Ikea also did not consider fixed delivery dates binding), and only the guest WC available. The bathroom was tiled and the fixtures installed in the following week; the doors and kitchen came mid-November. But none of that was a problem, we almost always keep doors open anyway, and for a kitchen a few tables with 2 hotplates on them worked just fine, and we still had those and the fridge. Lamps were installed gradually as I found them in the boxes. But finally being able to use the toilet again in the warmth was worth its weight in gold. The rest came over the following weeks, we still are not completely finished (tile backsplashes and kitchen windowsill are still missing, some walls will be painted colorfully in the fall), but first the outdoor facilities were important to us. We were able to remove the last construction fences 2 weeks ago when the fence was finally up, and you can hardly tell there was ever a construction site here.