Today the house is really sold. In the morning we drive from Dordrecht to Tilburg, first to the notary in Rijen to sign a power of attorney. Due to corona we are not allowed to be at the signing this afternoon. Hence the...
From 450m2 back to 67m2
This weekend we go from 450m2 in our house down to 67m2 (45m2 on the boat and 12m2 in storage). It's a good thing we've already sold, given away or taken to the dump quite a bit of stuff. Is it going to...
Unpacking - part 2
It is the whole month of January a real trade on marketplace. We don't keep count anymore but the total number of advertisements is at least over 150, the total number of packages sent is at least over 70 and the total number of...
Dismantling - part 1
Moving from a big house to a boat ... 'what do you do with all your stuff', we are regularly asked. The boat is already nicely furnished, so there's not much more we can go there. We'll take some of it with us...
The SeaQuest is located in Dordrecht
Since yesterday we are at our winter berth in the Knolhaven in Dordrecht. A very nice spot! The coming time we will partly live on the boat in Dordrecht and partly in our house in Tilburg. How we spend the time...
Planned rebuilding of beds
As we get closer to living on the boat this makes us think about the layout of our bed at the back and the bunk bed in Marinthe's room. We now have the model with two beds...
Winter berth in Dordrecht?
This weekend we visit some marinas to get an idea of a suitable place for a berth in the winter. We already know the Veerhaven in Rotterdam, definitely a beautiful place for a winter berth. We...
Our house is for sale
Our house is for sale! For 2 weeks now. The day the pictures and film were made feels like a special milestone. We are there all day. Toine compares it to the feeling of the wedding day...
Metamorphosis of the artificial grass
We won't sit still this weekend either. On Saturday the plasterer (top guy π) comes to clean the window frames in the storeroom and the door of the 'behind the TV' room. Toine cleans up the storeroom and I make the...
Metamorphosis of the room 'behind the TV'
Also the room 'behind the TV', as we call this room, is undergoing an enormous metamorphosis in a few weeks time. From a room impossible to walk because of all the stuff, to a reasonably empty room, to...
Metamorphosis of the garage
The garage is undergoing a major metamorphosis in just a few weeks time. From a place where a lot of rubbish has been collected, to a place where we collect stuff for recycling and dumping, to a completely empty place, to a nicely painted place and again ...
10 times with the trailer to the dump
We borrow Pieter's car (with tow bar, our cars don't have one) and drive 10 times with a full trailer and full car to the dump and recycle. We start cleaning up the mess behind the...
Cleaning the storage room and attic upstairs
After picking up a first load through the circuit and bringing it to the dump ourselves, we will go upstairs this weekend to clean up the attic and storage. In the attic there is still a lot of...
Appointment with the Realtor
The first appointment with the real estate agent teaches us that we still have something to do before we can put the house up for sale. Because we have a lot of space we have collected a lot of junk over the years...
Moving to our boat
The plan to sell our house and live on the boat has been in our minds for a while. We think living on the boat is going to be great for us. Life is so easy there and...