Running a Gite in Brittany

Sunday, April 22, 2007

Drawing plans

We took a trip up to the house to take measurements for the architect and so I could draw some plans for room layouts etc. In general terms the building consists of four sections each approximately 7m by 7m square. I'm hoping to split the building into two three bedroom houses.

Original photo

I downloaded a free CAD program called QCad and loaded it onto my Ubuntu desktop PC. It's never easy learning a new package but I've been bashing in the details taken to try to get some rough plans together to see how the space works.

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Drawing plans

These are our experiences of running a gite business in Brittany, France. A gite is the French equivalent of a country holiday cottage. French culture, language, taxes and bureaucracy. Find out about our gites using the links on the LHS. This is our fourth season (2006) and we are looking forward to the summer. Stories about the road to this point will be added in due course. Renovation nightmares, builders, stress, schooling etc. Stay tuned.

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Drawing plans	4/22/07
Arrangement of the compromis de vente	4/20/07
Offer accepted	4/19/07
Negociation mind games	4/17/07
Offer made	4/12/07
Another viewing	4/11/07
DDE - Planning Office	4/10/07
Revisit of house in Ploubalay	4/9/07
Decorating Cerise gite	4/7/07
Two more viewings	4/6/07
Three more viewings	4/4/07
First viewing of a Longere in Ploubalay, Brittany, France	4/3/07
Search for a new house	3/29/07
LD Lines new ferry crossings	3/15/07
How many gites to survive.	2/21/07
Plagued by SPAM	2/5/07
Rainy day activities in Brittany	1/6/07
Gite booking scams	1/1/07
French manners and politeness	12/24/06
France 24	12/10/06
Winter season work	11/30/06
New gites one year on.	11/15/06
Local Museum and Zoo Trips	11/1/06
TGV trip	9/4/06
Gite correspondence	8/20/06
Tree top climbing	6/24/06

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