How Jan Pauly turned a ruin into a half-timbered gem | Inside German Homes

Jan Pauly bought a nearly 500-year-old half-timbered house for just 7,000 Euros. The historic house was completely dilapidated. Floors, walls, ceilings - everything had to be renewed. The former event manager set to work - and it took a little longer than first thought. But today, after nine years of renovation by his own hand, Jan's house is finished.
Find out why the project was so difficult - and why he says he'll never do it again!
CHAPTERS
00:00 An almost impossible task for Jan Pauly
00:55 Before and after
01:57 The music room
03:16 Big mistakes
03:46 Heating technology
04:05 Half-timbered houses in Germany
04:31 How did the project change him?
#architecture #makeover #renovation
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CREDITS
Report: Jens von Larcher
Camera: Julian Warkentin
Edit: Christian Kahle
Supervising Editor: Mirja Viehweger
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[@heinrichkemmler5695]

Maintenant, c'est la plus belle maison du coin !!!! Bravo Jan !

[@tomlineberger]

Wow!!! Er hat eine hervorragende Arbeit bei der Renovierung dieses alten Hauses geleistet! Ich gratuliere ihm! Ich genieße immer die Videos der Deutschen Welle!

[@PAMNaughty]

Beautiful work and beautiful historical house

[@jamesdoyle5405]

I had no idea how these homes were originally constructed. Thanks for the lesson.

[@timoleon2903]

The house is amazing. How much did it cost to rebuild it? Did Jan it on his spare time? Where did he get his knowledge from?

[@hausinspay]

I did it a mix of fulltime and spare time. I got the knowledge learning by doing and some other handcrafters, friends etc. Costs I cannot say generally. I guess cheaper than a new standard house.

[@TimothySielbeck]

Great job!

[@kevmar2567]

Beautiful!

[@onnisu.8516]

ESPECTACULAR...!!! ❤😁 El fruto del esfuerzo y la dedicación Un hombre muy paciente..muy profesional... Que la disfrutes por mucho mucho tiempo...😉

[@arnomrnym6329]

Great work! 👍🏾😎

[@timothykangethe7700]

Pretty decent renovation job 👏

[@keinlukas1238]

Amazing! ❤

[@arnodobler1096]

Respect!!!👏

[@angarcii]

Echt Hammer 🎉

[@patrickfitzgerald2861]

Did he live in it during the renovation? The materials alone must have cost a small fortune.

[@hausinspay]

I didn’t live there during the renovation. The materials were quite cheap, I did it just with essentiell stuff. Clay and lime and sand are e.g. not expensive.

[@patrickfitzgerald2861]

@@hausinspay Congratulations on a job well done . . . nine years!

[@mryan3123]

This is very similar to what Laura Kemph is doing on her KZbin channel with a one hundred and twenty-year-old house.

[@chillfluencer]

7k € + building materials + 9 years

[@Visionery1]

Er kaufte ein Schinken und machte aus ihm ein Räucherschinken.

[@hausinspay]

So kann man das auch sagen. Stimmt, Punkt. Oder gibt es noch eine vegetarische Interpretation?

[@mgithaiga1]

More traditional architecture videos please, modern architecture is so boring, ugly and unattractive.