As promised, I’ve generated several images from a video I took of the mill. It was a cloudy day on and off, so some of the stills are very dark. (An alternative theory is that I captured the video with my brightness set too low and my contrast set too high, and I’m just too lazy to do it all again.)

The driveway leading up to the mill is a two-track cobblestone drive at the moment, which might be interesting to upgrade to concrete or paving in the future. Parking could be a problem, as the street isn’t a good place to park, and we don’t really have a lot of room for parking next to the mill. Guests would have to park one after the other, requiring everyone to leave simultaneously or labouriously shuffling cars back and forth. Murphy’s law (and logic) says guests first to arrive would usually be the first to leave, and their cars will invariably be boxed in by everyone else.

The following are three shots of the mill itself. Good, strong brickwork, and a place I can see myself living:

This is the main entrance to the windmill. The brickwork can be patched up on the right, but generally the structure is still very sound. A small facade could look good here, and I definitely see a wrought iron gate, one which shuts with a very satisfying clunk.

There’s another entrance on the first floor, with a door leading to what will become the master bedroom. A small wooden deck and steps leading down would be nice here! The interior of the windmill is where the most work will be required. First off a good clean would be in order, the walls need to be plastered (a pite, because the texture is really nice) and we need to take a look at the quality of the floorboards. The original trap doors would be nice to keep, but obviously if we replace the floorboards the trap doors go as well.

Clearly there’s a whole lot of work required to make the mill habitable, but I don’t think it’s a bigger project than building from scratch. More planning will be required, and a whole lot more imaginaton, but perhaps imagination is the main selling point on the project. Who would want a bog standard house when you can live in a windmill?

Update: Growweblaar calls into question the windmill’s bona fides. This, Cornelius, is a tower.

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