It has been a while since I posted the latest updates from our Vilgāle apartment renovation, the active construction works have been paused since March, except some minor plastering was done by mid-June.
In the Summer months in Latvia, it is hard to find contractors. I was left with no other option than to wait for the fall/ winter season.
Without further ado, works have resumed with lightning speed and there is a hope we will finish this apt by the end of this year (2021), at least the major construction works.
![Construction for drywall at the hallway](/sites/default/files/inline-images/WhatsApp%20Image%202021-11-03%20at%205.58.48%20PM.jpg)
Rock wool, wiring. In the hallway there is going to be installed a wood pellet central heating stove.
![Drywall construction for kitchen wall](/sites/default/files/inline-images/WhatsApp%20Image%202021-11-03%20at%205.58.57%20PM.jpg)
We already started to look on Ikea store for some cabinets to install here
![Kitchen area](/sites/default/files/inline-images/WhatsApp%20Image%202021-11-03%20at%205.59.05%20PM.jpg)
The more I look, the more I like this place
![Drywall construction for bathroom/hallway](/sites/default/files/inline-images/WhatsApp%20Image%202021-11-03%20at%206.09.02%20PM.jpg)
Looks very decent already
![Sauna](/sites/default/files/inline-images/WhatsApp%20Image%202021-11-03%20at%206.13.51%20PM.jpg)
I hope to build here a little sauna with electric stove
Cost so far:
- Water plumbing: EUR 60
- Sadales Tīkls: EUR 60
- Electrician: EUR 155
- Architect: EUR 800
- Removing walls and floor: EUR 775
- Chalk removing, / wiring: EUR 500
- Wall plastering/frame for drywall ceiling (bedroom): EUR 875
- New windows: EUR 1,252
- Window replacement: EUR 200
- Estrich floor with an underfloor heating system and all plumbing: EUR 1,916
- Rock wool for the ceiling, drywall constructions, drywall, and some wiring: EUR 866
- Plasetring bedroom and living room: EUR 1,200
- Chimneysweep: EUR 30
- More drywall, rock wool, electric cables, plumbing and other: EUR 1094
TOTAL: EUR 9,783