An impression of what it looks like here at the Porva Inn in winter.
Greetings
All about my personal experiences and challenges surrounding Porva Inn-Green Valley Estate, a historic holiday home in Hungary. Located between Budapest and Vienna near Lake Balaton. About my love for vintage and antique furnishings, the cottage garden, and everything in between.
A new year a new beginning
The new year made itself felt almost immediately.
A white blanket of about 30 cm of snow and a severe frost of -15 degrees Celsius startled us.
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The front of the house has two separate boilers for central heating. Just as winter approaches, one boiler breaks down. This puts the pipes in the front of the house at risk of freezing.
The solution is for us to switch the back of the house, where we live completely separated from the holiday home, with the front of the house to keep it frost-free with the fireplace and emergency heating.
We've closed off everything in the back of the house to prevent freezing there and moved it to the front. Louis, our dog, is completely unaccustomed to this and initially finds it quite unpleasant and very restless.
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Louis Our dogIn the beginning, we occasionally turned on the stove in the back of the house and spent a few evenings there to let Louis, and secretly me, get used to things. I admit, like Louis, I'm not a fan of change.
We needed a solution to repair the boilers, because even though one still works, both are very old. It was therefore advisable to have both replaced.
We thought it would be a piece of cake, but that turned out not to be the case. After a tremendous amount of effort, we finally found an installer. In two weeks, the boilers and the entire system will be updated to current standards. Not a cheap solution. Hopefully, this won't be the trend for the new year.
Best wishes to everyone for 2026.
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