Our house in the garden

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Foreword

Who should read this book?

Preface

1. Acknowledgments

How it all started

1. Buying a dream
2. Thinking outside the house
3. Your biggest obstacle might be you
4. There is no box
5. Function over form
6. Specify the goal of a feature
7. Build a new system while gradually replacing the old one
8. A house is not a website
9. Technical debt was too high
10. Vision
11. Working with family
12. Is there such a thing as too much transparency?
13. We’ve all lived in houses our whole lives, yet hardly anyone can read plans
14. Architecture influences dependencies
15. What is the best way to contact you?
16. What happens when we disagree?
17. Can you give us the name of some clients?
18. Ask hourly wages at the start
19. Bring coffee
20. You can’t take enough pictures
21. Create a different calendar
22. Create a separate Whatsapp channel
23. Use a mailing list
24. Small teams need more administration
25. Reading people…..
26. Work with local companies
27. Who are the stakeholders?
28. Open Source Domotica
29. Always have a backup system
30. How do these systems talk to each other
31. If computers can test something, let them
32. Manual of the house
33. Password manager
34. External documentation
35. Some people create problems others solve problems…
36. Limiting work in progress
37. Keep family life going
38. They have started on the driveway, or did they?
39. Those damn kids…
40. Why invest in something old?

Minimum Viable House

1. Roof
2. Electricity
3. Running water
4. Toilet
5. Bed
6. Heating
7. Tiled floors downstairs
8. Warm water
9. Kitchen
10. Shower
11. Bath
12. Laminate flooring on the first floor.
13. Walls between the children’s bedrooms.
14. Limit Work in progress
15. Washing machine, drying cabinet
16. Fridge & Freezer
17. Television & Internet
18. Network
19. Mobile phones accessibility
20. Home office
21. Library
22. Walking desk
23. Solar Panels
24. How do you know the electricity you are using? (need a better title)
25. Skirting boards & Window sills
26. Cellar
27. Terrace
28. No flat roof please
29. We are collectors
30. Finally a room to give trainings
31. Training room it became
32. Cabinets
33. New closets
34. Internal doors
35. OpenPlan
36. Open office
37. Real Open Offices
38. Internal window
39. Replacing the garage
40. The old house is falling apart…
41. Boy scouts rule
42. A small house
43. Electricity garage
44. Maintenance
45. Driveway
46. Garden
47. Empty the old house
48. Tear down the house
49. Insurance
50. Paperwork
51. The move
52. Installing the new stairs
53. Installation of the Robot mower

Lessons Learned

1. Building as a couple
2. Building with teenagers

What is next?

Booklist