Summer, sun, sunshine

makes everything so much easier –

Summer is finally here and most people are very happy about it. We feel the same way. Terrace business is booming, the barbecue evenings are sold out and there’s live music in the brewery. What more could you want?

A finished building. And everything is running at full speed.
Anyone who has followed us for a while and read our adverts on Instagram, Facebook and in the newspapers will have noticed a change in the last few weeks. Initially, we always advertised an opening and completion date of summer 2024, and we were already referring to September as late summer. Now, however, we have to talk about autumn, even late autumn 2024.

Let’s be honest: summer 2024 was an ambitious target. Nevertheless, we always had a glimmer of hope that we would be able to start at the end of September. We gave it our all, but we now know that this target is simply not achievable and have already adjusted our advertising. With such a large project, delays are not uncommon, on the contrary. Those of you who are lucky enough to own a house that you have built yourself will certainly have had the same experience.

But that won’t affect the new building. On the contrary: just in time for the cold, grey weather, the relaxation lights will come on and sweating in the sauna will warm everyone’s spirits. The start of the winter wellness season couldn’t be more perfect.

And just because the opening is delayed a little, the tasks don’t get any less:

Three to-dos ticked off, five new ones are added. We have finally chosen the tiles for the wellness area. The loungers for the massage rooms have also been finalised and the wellness offer has been written. Why don’t you take a look inside? The rooms are already being built and the saunas have all been commissioned and planned. The cranes have all been removed and you have a beautiful view of the clouds again. At first you can’t wait for the cranes to arrive and now they’ve already gone and the joy is huge.

The underfloor heating has been laid on the ground floor and the screed has been poured. The walls have also been plastered and are smooth and bright. Lamps for the washrooms are currently being selected and hung on the ceiling in the evening over a beer. I tell you, you think you’ve found the perfect lamp, then you screw on a board, quickly mill in the lamp, lay 40 metres of cable, only to discover that it casts a totally stupid beam of light. So it’s all back to square one. But hey, we usually take it with a sense of humour.

However, other things happen that you can’t just laugh about and that make your stomach hurt. Anyone who knows us knows that we don’t like long discussions. Always solution-orientated, we act quickly. Very quickly. A friend of the family once described us as “mops on ecstasy”. Well, that fits. Well, but sometimes things go wrong when you do things quickly.

Anyone who has been on the building site in the last four weeks will have heard our monstrous heating system humming from the old festival hall. Unfortunately, it is no longer humming as it has not survived its use. It dried everything reliably until it was to be loaded back into the festival hall yesterday and unfortunately tipped over from the wheel loader. I don’t think we need to tell you how annoyed we were. At least she was able to complete all the relevant work beforehand. Let’s look on the bright side.

Well, so much for the last four weeks, which felt like four days. Everyone, put some good cream on and enjoy the sunshine, autumn won’t be long in coming.

Your Fuhrhop family