Déclaration de travaux
Day one: today… theoretically.
After a meeting with the maître d’oeuvre and the maçon last week, we thought the schedule was set to (finally) start today. So, as required, we passed by the Mairie de Briennon to lodge a déclaration de travaux (in triplicate, naturally). After that, a quick trip to the barn to oversee the beginning of the action phase of the project.
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Budget
It’s been a stressful Christmas break, since we received the maître d’oeuvre’s estimate for the total cost of our renovation. Turns out that what we thought was an ample budget will cover about two thirds of the finished product.
So, dear readers, you are hereby notified that what we hoped would be a piece of photo reportage—where I would just take pictures of and describe what the professionals were doing and why—just became a full-on do-it-yourself adventure.
Here are some pictures to whet your appetite for watching us slave and suffer:
