Category: House

Life is very busy so updating the website has take a backseat. Jobs done — Rebuild front terrace and slab – 2011/2   Concrete terrace and around Pool – 2011/2 … Read More

The (old) front door was the last door/window to be replaced in the house. The height was around 5′ 10″ so anyone over that (and that includes me) was liable … Read More

After Ben recovered from flu we started on the door: the old doors and glass were quickly removed: The old oak uprights were then removed and the first few layers … Read More

Ben unfortunately had Flu for a few days so work on the new front door was delayed but this allowed me to get on with an internal project – removing … Read More

It is always good to start with a ‘before’ picture…. we had collected the new doors and windows from Lapeyre in Brive and decided the order of play was new … Read More

Over the next few months the two front doors (!) will be changed into one front door, one window and one set of glass doors. This has been high on … Read More

The downstairs bedroom did not have a mosquito blind fitted to the window (unlike the other bedrooms) so last year we purchased one, and like several projects it sat there … Read More

There were several items in ‘plan’ for this visit but the list didn’t include working on the outside of the house! Not sure why we started on this but it … Read More

Some finishing touches on the curtain front with rails and curtains put up on the last new set of doors and the master bedroom new window. The curtains are from … Read More