Tuesday, July 27, 2004
Gite renovation to start in October
Saint Nathalie
This morning I finished sanding down the front door of the house and shutters for the windows downstairs. Caroline's has been chasing after me painting each item as I rub it down. Hopefully that is the last of the windows and doors for this year. There are still more to do, but if we just do one gite, or the house each year, we will rotate round. A bit like painting the forth bridge, by the time you finish, it's time to start again.
We had a meeting with the builders yesterday regarding the renovation and conversion of the barn into two new gites. Because of the high price of the work and the withdrawl of most of the grants, I'm am going to do a large proportion of the internal works to save money. The builder wasn't that happy, but c'est la vie. We signed the devi for the major works and he will be starting at the beginning of October 2004, once we are empty. The costs for renovation are much greater than building new. For the money we are going to spend we could just about buy two plots of land and build two new houses. Renovation is expensive. especially when you retain period features (such as exposed stone work and beams).
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Gite renovation to start in October
