I was on my way back home after dinner with my friends when, I got the call. It was from one of my aunts, crying out about their house being on fire. I immidately rushed to their house which was situated very near to mine. It was a nieuwbouw woning with houten ramen en deuren. By the time I parked my car infront of their house, most parts were burnt down.

My aunt has a fascination for wooden decorations like my mother. I still remember giving special instructions to the aannemer to use excuisite buitenschrijnwerk. My aunt broke down as soon as entered the compound. One of the neighbours had already informed the police and the fireman. I could only console her with world. Thankfully nobody was hurt.

Fire broke out from the fireplace near the keukens. The fireman and the bouwbedrijf tried to herstelling na brand. Most of the building is restored, but the memories of the incident still sends shivers.

While buiding this beautiful house my aunt wanted to use houten trappen to connect the two floors. It gave the house an ethnic look. One part of the house had special eiken trap.

The binnenschrijnwerk was also well planned. meranti ramen and maatkeukens was appreciated by all the neighbours. My aunt realy loved her house like all the house owners. She took special care to keep all the things in the house in order. My mother specially liked the way she cleaned every corner.

The dressings was my aunts favourite and remained safe. But the attic was destroyed along with some parts of the two bed rooms.

It took us weeks to recover the brandschade. My aunt though distressed, showed a lot of patience in schoonmaak na brand. Most of the ramen en deuren were the worst condition.

Most of the eiken trap has now been restored along with the keukens. All the neighbours were of great help and soon the house became inhabitable.

Even today when I enter the sleutel op de deur and climb the beuken trap, I remember the sad day. Though it was a bad experience, I sometimes think that I learnt the lesson of being careful and paitient in any situation.