Two weeks to go before I'm at the house with mes amis!
After checking to make sure the weather/termites/biblical conflagrations haven't taken my home down to the foundation, this is the (Highly ambitious) plan of attack. I will provide great before and after pictures when I return, of course.
Wednesday night
1. overnight flight arriving in Barcelona at 8:45 am Thursday.
Thursday 17
1. Pick up car and hit the road by 10am.
2. 5 hours on the road, gathering supplies along the way.
3. unpack, run by the house to show it, take stock of what we need to buy and
discuss the order of work.
Friday 18
1. go to Mr. Bricolage. get gloves, etc.
2. pull back boards in attic.
3. take down ceiling tiles in 3f back room.
4. clean up 3f.
6. make runs to dechetterie.
Saturday 19
1. mason work on the crack on the 3rd floor.
2. disassemble 2f poele.
3. reassemble poele on 1f.
4. dechetterie.
Sunday 20
1. Fix attic flooring. Make it stable
2. fix attic hole.
3. dechetterie.
monday 21
1. Shut down house for winter.
4. take the last of the junk to the dechetterie
Tuesday 22
Check out and head for Barcelona.
Big celebration dinner in Barcelona!
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Early in 2006, I decided to restore a house in France. At 34, debt-free and bored, I opted to take on the daunting task of restoring house. It's going to take time, patience and money but I've got 2 of the 3. Oh, and I should probably learn French at some point.
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This is the chronicle of my attempt to restore my 600 year old house in France. I've made mistakes already, but I've had more hits than misses. You'll find details of it all right here so you can avoid the pitfalls and enjoy the successes that come with owning something that was already old when Shakespeare wrote his plays.
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