{
  "id": 18134131,
  "title": "'It took two years': What a foreign couple learnt renovating a house in Germany",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/04/it-took-two-years-what-a-foreign-couple-learnt-renovating-a-house-in-18134131",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-04T14:15:27.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Local Germany",
    "slug": "the-local-germany-thelocal",
    "url": "https://www.thelocal.de/20261104/it-took-two-years-what-a-foreign-couple-learnt-renovating-a-house-in-germany"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Two years after a French couple bought an old rural house in Germany, they now have four usable rooms – and plenty of lessons to share about mortgages, tradespeople and expecting the unexpected.",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}