Today it's exactly a year ago that we first entered our current house with our own key. From that day we were working 3 weeks to get everything ready.
A detailed description of the moving you can find in the look back at 2002. My father sent me a few pictures of the day we moved.
This picture is from beginning of February. We just moved all the smaller stuff from Amstelveen. Notice the carpet... it looks fine on this picture but would take many weeks to be completely finished.
The big things had to be carried up using our very small stairs. Here's Joost, doing a hell of a job.
Some isolation; I think it's the weekend this article mentions. I regret it that I didn't write more often in my logbook those months.
A part of the crew; these were the people who helped moving. Ettie and Gerben were also there (I think Ettie took the picture. Steven wasn't there this exact day but also helped a lot the days before.
I've found some really cool pictures of our house on the website of the Haarlem Picture Archive (Archiefdienst Kennemerland).
As I wrote a few weeks ago our landlord told us that he and his brother bought the building after it was severely damaged by a fire. On this site there are many pictures of the fire of June 25th, 1980. There is a number of pictures of the inside of the building after the fire, even of our apartment!
I've found some really cool pictures of our house on the website of the Haarlem Picture Archive (Archiefdienst Kennemerland).
To see all the pictures of our house online click here and search on "Haarlem, Hooimarkt". Here is a selection of the most interesting pictures.
The window has been crooked since we moved here, but somebody came and fixed it really well. He's the owner of the house, and told us something on the history of it, quite interesting.
The house is from 1700-something. It burned down about 15 years ago, due to an old lady who left her pan boiling too long. The building has had many functions, among which... a pub!
They came to pick up the old radiator this morning. Especially those who helped us moving (thanks again!) will know that we have pretty difficult stairs. So I expected at least 3 or 4 guys to come and pick up this huge, heavy radiator. But only 2 came, the guy from the service company and another (strong!) man, and in five minutes they were ready. Gives us quite some extra space in the small hallway, it's nice.
Hammie almost bit me again but I've learned my lesson. I'll just basically drop his food from very high into his foodbasket, so it can't bite me. For the rest it's doing quite well, yesterday evening it was running around in his running-thing.
Today a new heating-element was installed in the living room, I think the last big thing in the new house to be done. Saturday my father will come; to fix some last small things.
Yesterday again painting in Haarlem. we're done with the walls & ceiling now, only the windows need to be done another time. Somebody installed a new toilet; a nice surprise. Tomorrow my father & I will prepare the sleeping room -- it should be ready then.
Today it's exactly a year ago that we first entered our current house with our own key. From that day we were working 3 weeks to get everything ready.
When I wanted to use the iron a big explosion occured.
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On Sunday Petra and Mark brought us two small tables.
I've found some really cool pictures of our house on the website of the Haarlem Picture Archive (
The window has been crooked since we moved here, but somebody came and fixed it really well. He's the owner of the house, and told us something on the history of it, quite interesting.