Work has continued slowly with lots of bits not really visible as it's the foundations. Also, the weather has been mixed with occasional wet days. And lots of public holidays: Ascension Day is a Thursday so no-one works on the Friday either, so a 4-day weekend. The house kit is due to arrive on 18th July and the team here say all should be on schedule.
We've been sorting stones saved from demolishing the top of a wall and Chris has been discovering the joys of French plumbing. While pipework in UK is all 15mm, here you have to choose between 12, 14, 16, 18... a-aghh! Got there eventually and we now have a washing machine and sink down in the barn - luxury!
Went to a 'Course Landaise' which is not bull-fighting but more gymnastics around a charging cow - weird but good fun, especially when the cows don't do as expected.
Doing lots of paperwork and chasing people, so not a dull moment!
We were invited out for our wedding anniversary and spent a great evening with mostly French people at a lovely old (12th century) house in the country. Everyone very friendly, even got offerred a bed for the winter if our house isn't ready. Will have to throw a party for them soon.
Today the concrete arrived for the slab on which the house will sit.
Later today - we've christened the slab with a bottle of bubbly shared with the mason and his side-kick. Hooray!!
The green stuff is an eco-anti-termite coating (oxymoron there?) and the sticky-out bits will be terraces. House will arrive in 3 weeks, so lots more planning to do with visits to IKEA, Leroy-Merlin (the French B&Q), builders merchants etc.
Doing lots of paperwork and chasing people, so not a dull moment!
We were invited out for our wedding anniversary and spent a great evening with mostly French people at a lovely old (12th century) house in the country. Everyone very friendly, even got offerred a bed for the winter if our house isn't ready. Will have to throw a party for them soon.
Today the concrete arrived for the slab on which the house will sit.
Later today - we've christened the slab with a bottle of bubbly shared with the mason and his side-kick. Hooray!!
The green stuff is an eco-anti-termite coating (oxymoron there?) and the sticky-out bits will be terraces. House will arrive in 3 weeks, so lots more planning to do with visits to IKEA, Leroy-Merlin (the French B&Q), builders merchants etc.
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