We’ve now received all the quotes, and with a little to and from with our real estate agent, that makes all this possible from afar, we have made a plan of attack to get the bulk of phase 1 completed on our Umgebindehaus.
We’re only stuck with a question of, windows – restoration or rebuild?
A friend sent me a few links
http://www.umgebindeland.de/index.php?lg=de&whl=18000000
http://www.neue-kastenfenster.de/Glasnutfenster
http://www.fachring-umgebindehaus.eu/index.php?whl=10000000&lg=de
http://stiftung-umgebindehaus.de/
Umgebinde refers to the special wood structure of these houses, google translates it vice binding, however the website above, probably more technically correct translates it as
“The Upper Lusatian Half-timbered House”
We’re quite cool with Umgebindehaus, I think it translates, that is, it’s a word in it’s own right, beyond languages.
Ricco had a chat to the agent, and if we go with the older windows it will affect rental prices, since European people are majorly concerned with heating costs. So we will remove the beautiful “pitch pine” windows, and stack them in our attic, and replace them with double glazed ones that look near identical from the outside. If needed we can refit them at some point. But since the long term plan for now is rental, we’ll go with the agents recommendation.