It’s Gone (2)
A quick reminder of the remains of Le Chai which we still owned after selling the main house to Suzie and Bertrand. Despite us trying to get them to buy it all in one go ....
Twiddling Thumbs
Most of my time is currently spent drawing, planning and sorting out suppliers or builders at the moment but the planning will pay off later. On my occasional trips waiting for someone to come to ....
Mud, Mud, Glorious Mud
Stepping Stone It has rained continuously for some time now and still we are officially in a drought! The mud at the roadside has become unmanageable So I have taken one of the old stones ....
More Measuring
Every time I try to draw a part of the plan I discover that I am missing a dimension! So, at least once a week I pop over to the site with measuring equipment to ....
Bargain Hunting
Not able to resist a bargain, once I heard from Jesmond that there was a stone supplier closing down we headed off and bought some bits for the garden. Today I hired a lorry and ....
Setting Out
Mid November and the first ideas for the design are committed to paper. I loaded up with site pegs and marked out the patio to see what it looked like on the ground and how ....
First Visit As Owners!
Saturday afternoon and the rain is on its way so we visited the new land after lunch to do some grass cutting and weed clearing. It was heavy going because the grass was wet and ....
Moving In
Yay!!!! We signed the final papers on Tuesday and got the keys. So, today, Thursday, I decided to move in. The day was spent with suppliers to get prices for renovating the stonework and installing ....
Quotations Begin
With the old house sold it is time to get on with organising the reconstruction for the new property. Today saw the first visitor to arrive to give quotations for making good the walls where ....
It’s Gone!
After months of stress and haggling with the purchasers, notaire and insurance company, we signed the final sale contract (Acte Authentique) today, 3 October 2022. The bit we sold. It is a great relief but ....