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In winter 2020 we got the key to OUR house.

She will never have to move again, and Clara will get to keep the house later on so she won't have to look for those horribly overpriced sublets and will have some foundation for her life when I didn't have one from my parents.

But after this great enthusiasm, there was a small blow below the belt.

We only have five years to meet the energy requirements.

That means a complete renovation of the house from floor to roof.

All in all, with our own savings, we had about 52,000 euros

We did everything ourselves to save as much money as possible, because we will certainly need it elsewhere.

It was necessary to stretch all the wiring, waste pipes, water pipes...

A friend of ours, a professional electrician, installed the electricity, so we saved a lot of money there too, because we could only have everything at the purchase price, so no VAT.

The craftsmen who were supposed to pour the concrete for the floor everywhere, packed up the deposit and took off the ground.

Nobody answered the phone, didn't answer emails and even the police were unsuccessful.

I panicked!

but they say you know a friend in a pinch!

I began to find hope again that we would make it all in time.

Wrong...

It's leaking through the roof of our house...

I called several companies and tradesmen to see if they could come out and quote for a new roof, but none of them

would not budge on a price of €50,000...

I couldn't afford it!

So a temporary solution was found to seal the roof and I hoped it would last a while.

The roof bravely held until 16.02.2022...

Windstorm Eunice swept through Europe and took the roof off...

After 2 long hours at the insurance office, I was able to drive home, but an elderly lady missed me at the intersection and crashed into us. The insurance company quantified the damage at €10,000. ....

The repair went out of the renovation savings. Because I needed the car.

I had a full-time job + part-time job and Klara had to go to kindergarten.. We couldn't function without a car because everything was far away.

Even after 5 months, we still hadn't moved anywhere. Still no news.

At least we got an insurance claim statement in May 2022 about the blown off roof.

The insurance company will pay us compensation of €2,850..

In the meantime, we kept building, using available material we found very cheaply, or even free, for collection on the internet

Summer 2022.

During my summer job as a security guard at the festival, I met a new partner.

He started out helping with work on the house and after a few weeks he moved in with us.

Everything worked for the next couple of weeks, the house work moved forward, except for the running of the household and the finances associated with it.

Every request for help ended in an argument and countless physical assaults.

At home, all work stopped for good.

I was afraid to tell him to leave because when I tried, he attacked me again.

The budget I had saved to renovate the house was shrinking every day because I was forced to use it to run the household.

I lived in fear and insecurity until August 2024 when my daughter came to ask me to be her cheerful mommy again like she used to be. I found the courage to tell him I wanted him gone. Huge drama ensued, but he left.

But with his departure came further complications.

I didn't have a car. So I had to apply for another loan from the bank and buy a new one.

But even after I got rid of the fear of my partner and solved the car problem, it was replaced by the fear of not having enough time to fix the house.

We are in our last year and we have to manage to put a new roof on, insulate the house and connect the heating.

These are all huge items, and thanks to everything that has happened over the past few years, I don't have the strength to even get out of bed in the morning and look cheerful or smile at work when I get up every morning knowing that I have failed as a mother and can't even provide my daughter with that happy and colorful childhood.

But, since I don't really know what to do anymore, I'm trying the power of public media

and I would like to ask for your help, even every 5€ will help us raise enough to not have to live in fear of losing our home!

Thank you so much for your understanding and willingness to help and please share our story.