State of the play
The builder has been to visit with the maître d’oeuvre and is due to start work in early June, roundly contradicting the predictions of all and sundry that we’d take at least a year to find available artisans, and then they’d probably be cowboys. The builder himself is experienced and serious—just what you’re looking for in shoring up crumbling pisé walls.
So our choice to have at least the formative stages of the project managed may have cost us a little more, but we now seem to be in the position where the project will move steadily through to the point where we take over (i.e. finishing and decorating).
If you’re planning a building project in or near Roanne, drop me a line and I’ll pass on the coordinates of the people who know how to get things done.
10 May, 2005 | timeline | comment?
Flood
The flooding of the Rhins at the bottom of the street last weekend presaged the unblocking of our home building project. After the arrival of the permis de construire, the maître d’oeuvre told us that he had the builder lined up to start some time in May, the bank manager told us that we qualified for a zero percent loan for part of our budget and the wife’s cousin in public works invited us over for coffee to tell us how much it would cost to run a water line up a 300 metre long driveway.
It’s looking like we’ll have something to write about around here — sit tight!
