Sunday, April 29, 2012

Owners

Being the house so old, it is quite natural that there have been a serie of owners living in her, we are simply the latest ones!

What we have understood so far is the following:
  • 1910: the house was built by the bank director Axel J. Ingemansson, who had two children. Greta, born 1899 and Hans born 1905. Hans was a lawyer and was a prominent politic figure in Lund history (in the 60s and 70s).
  • Afterwards, there have been different owners, among which some people that owned the "Tre Musketörer" Inn in Åkarp. I did some search on this and I found a relevant name, but I am not sure it is correct.
  • 1958: the house is bought by Inge Edler. He is a cardiologist and with Hellmuth Hertz (son of the Nobel price winner) will study the application of ultrasounds in medicine. He is considered the father of echocardiography.
  • 1979: the house is bought by Britta and Bengt Svensson. 
  • 2004: the house is bought by Thomas Bachrach.
  • 2012: here we come!

Friday, April 27, 2012

Our house

For once in my life I'm faster than my wife: the first blog post is M-I-N-E.

So, we bought this big, old house. I knew already we are crazy but this pretty much tops it all. I can barely change a light bulb and Ary... well, Ary believes the air is disappearing from the bicycle tire when you remove the valve cap.

Anyway, we both fell helplessly in love with this jugendvilla from 1910 and now it's our mission to take care of her (yes, she's a she) to the best of our capabilities (poor house).

On this blog you can follow our progress as we try to take on this task that can be best described as a cultural heritage project.