Excavating Stones and Chopping Trees
The front "garden" is actually an overgrown collection of old foundations so putting a spade in the ground is always exciting. I started to lift a few to see how serious it was and finally ....
Permission Granted
Short but sweet today. While counting down the days for a tacit approval for our planning (7 April deadline) it turned up today in the post. Excellent news. Monday I am visiting Maitre Construction to ....
Gutted
With all the rain it was noticeable that the roadside gutters were badly blocked having grown unkempt over some time. So it was time for a clean up. Once I got going I had to ....
Making Hay 3
So a solution to the hay problem has been found. The lovely people at Le Refuge La Métairie which houses horses, donkeys and goats offered to come over to do the hard work of moving ....
Positive Meeting
Visited the Mairie today to get a few issues clarified. It looks as if I will now be able to burn the rubbish on site , I just need to submit some forms (this is ....
Making Hay 2
Back to emptying the hay and straw from upstairs while waiting for another windows quotation company to arrive. Although most of the straw is loose, some remains in bales and today I concentrated on getting ....
Making Hay 1
It is Sunday and the weather is looking OK so I have come over to offload the final parts of the fountain that we have bought as they were filling the back of the car. ....
French Planning
Like most administration in France, it can be bit of a bind but if the paperwork is properly prepared it usually just flows. Once a Permis de Construire is submitted a tacit approval is granted ....
Filling Time Cleaning Up
Still waiting on planning so negotiations continue with suppliers. We think we have found a trusted contractor to do the majority of the heavy work but with rising prices it is becoming clear that I ....
More Tree Surgery
More time spent at site waiting for visitors and more time spent tidying up the trees. they have not been looked after for a long time and need some pretty drastic work. Creating a separation ....