Fullfilling a long held dream of Some to have longer holidays in France, The purchase wasn’t without it’s ups and downs, dragging on for more than 18 months.

I did have the keys for 12 months of that and used it as a “locataire”, during which time I did minor bits of renovation, risking that I may lose all if the sale fell through.

depsite those worries, I did some rudimentary wiring (with a few days help from Xarvia the French Electrician I’d met a few years before), and removed a lot of old or damp plaster.