Villa Lucques is not yet ready - we are still living in it and will continue to do so until May. We then have to re-furbish and prepare it for a summer season that is fully booked.
Inside our house the liquid screed has been poured and we now have a floor - albeit a floor that needs tiling. The upstairs walls have been plaster-boarded and now await the partitions building to define the rooms. Bryan's main job over the last couple of weeks has been filling and sanding all the joints in the plaster-board downstairs and I am in full painting mode. The whole of downstairs has to be painted out before the tilers arrive at the end of April. The en-suite floor has been tiled by Bryan earlier this week and in between outside work we will start tiling the walls shortly.
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| Villa Picholine and Garden |
Outside - The pool house foundations have been laid and we have started to build the walls around the pool. A new patio has been laid in Villa Lucques garden ready for the new garden swing and we now need to re-seed the lawn. We also have new solar panels on the roof of the garage which is running the electricity in our house. The vegetable garden has been dug over and is ready for the planting of potatoes, beans and peas. The weather has been cool and wet so we need a few days sunshine to warm up the soil. The tomatoes are planted and sat in a sunny position in the garage. I still need to find time to sow the courgettes and peppers. Maybe I will do it this afternoon as the sun is shining.
I now have lists of lists and any spare moment is spent sourcing furniture & fittings for Villa Lucques and also things for the self build such as heat pumps and ventilation systems. My knowledge of these is growing daily.....
A man & digger has just arrived so it looks like outside work for today.
A Bientôt
