So we did our due diligence, we knew what we were buying and we even knew that there was a horse cart stuck on the cattle feed shed roof and we’d have to chop it up to get rid of it, hell we even knew we had an asbestos pipe to get rid of so we were prepared for everything and come the day we signed all 121 pages of the contracts. Except…..

When we got on site after spending hours signing papers as you can image in rushed on in all excited. We’d already taken somewhat of a chance and got the utilities put on before we officially bought the property so we were ready for a cup of tea.

Now I know I’m dragging this out but it’s only to give you a sense that we had no idea what we had gained in the barn. That said I don’t know if “gained” is the right word or a bloody big headache would be a better description.

A CAR! A 1973 Citroen in dusty condition, open with 23,000km on the clock and somehow we’d taken ownership of it with the house.

This is going to be an issue! The previous (now deceased) owners of our house had been looking after it for years for a friend who went traveling and as yet has not come back.

So is it ours?
This is of course France and things may not be that easy. Yes it came with the property (unannounced) but it wasn’t the vendors right to sell it to us. We don’t know if the owner is still alive and we can’t (aren’t supposed to) dispose of it without ownership papers either and to make it worse my dad want to restore it ;)

So that’s it for now, we have 1 house 1 barn 1 feed shed 1 grange and a bloody Citroen that’s older than me!

Right now that’s all the information I have on the situation, and while I try and work out what to do and while my dad keeps buying restoration manuals you can enjoy these photos and marvel at our unexpected addition to our French purchase. I bet you wished you had one ;)

Now there will be more photos of the car when I get time to post them, and you’ll have to forgive the “moody” HDR photos of the car, after my shock had subsided somewhat I decided to get creative ;)

Any Citroen owners clubs out there want a project for fancy giving me some advice?