Vilgāle

Vilgāle apt update: Tiling Bathroom Wall

10 January, 2023 seen 26
It has been a while since our latest update from the Vilgāle apartment in Latvia. Back in the Summer, I did flooring work, by installing laminate and tiling the bathroom floor. From the large tasks left, a shower is among the priorities. …

Stargazing in Ječi, Boat Riding in Laidi, Stock Trading in Vilgāle

18 August, 2022 seen 34
Yesterday we traveled to Ječi to move the lawn, grill a fish and use it as a camp base before visiting a pebbled beach near Nida close to the Latvian/Lithuanian. Our new favorite shop - LIDL, fish is awesome and the rest is good too. We…

More Laminate flooring, Tiles for the Bathroom + some electricity works

11 August, 2022 seen 103
After the tile removal in the kitchen and hallway area, it was already agreed - I will re-install laminate there. Additionally, after hydro isolation works in the bathroom I decided I will tile again. I was very scared before the new tile…

Evening on the Vilgāle Lake

4 August, 2022 seen 18
It was already past 8 PM, I was just finished tiling the bathroom at our Vilgāle apartment when my fiancee and kiddo arrived to pick me up. My best part gave me the drone and said - it's a beautiful evening to fly a drone. I looked around…

Listing Vilgāle apartment for sale

21 July, 2022 seen 36
After some thinking, I decided to list for sale our Vilgāle apartment.  I bought this apartment about two years ago in an online auction, paying about EUR 4,000. During the past two years, we have done some serious renovation with a total…

Stocks, Concrete works and Drone Repair in Riga

18 July, 2022 seen 20
The day started with me waiting for the Euronext stock exchange to open. I had 300 shares with Dutch ING stock and was looking to write covered calls to generate some income. Unfortunately, my portfolio was dragged under EUR 2,000 balance…

How To Tile Kitchen / hallway floor

24 June, 2022 seen 80
The time had finally come and I was ready to tile the kitchen and hallway floors at our Vilgale apartment. A year ago I would say  - no way I'm going to do it myself, but here you go, I did it all on my own, with some research on Youtube…

Installing laminate flooring, painting walls

29 March, 2022 seen 236
During the weekend I did a lot at our Vilgāle apartment, fixed some electric plugs, painted walls, and installed the floor, but first things first - it was agreed to save huge on the floor by choosing laminate instead of parquet. We paid…

Polishing, Painting and some cable works

25 March, 2022 seen 72
I spent another day at our Vilgāle apt, today's plan was to polish the ceiling and wall (I yesterday plastered) and add the base layer of paint for the living room and hallway. In the morning we went to Majai un darzam store in Kuldīga,…

Wall Plastering, Ceiling Paint, Some Electricity works

23 March, 2022 seen 124
It has been a while since the latest update from the Vilgale apartment, in fact, it has been 3 months since I last visited it. Now, having a Spring break from QSI school in Tbilisi, we decided to visit Latvia for some 2 weeks and do some…