It’s London Marathon day in London so we did what all sensible Londoners do and that’s LEAVE LONDON So we used the time in the quiet countryside to record episode 2 of the Montpillard.com Podcast where we talk about our process of finding and buying the house. This Podcast is a little longer at 15 minutes but there is a
WE DID IT! Episode #1 is now available in iTunes (link) for you to download and it’s already getting downloaded at rate i just had to “top up” on bandwidth with our current
The latest Google SketchUp model has arrived so as usual we thought we’d share it with you by clicking HERE (500k) The model is not yet complete to the new specifications but we wanted to see a before and after, so they’ll be a newer version posted shortly. This will include extra Velux windows, the internal balcony overlook closed up
There are 2 things I have an enormous passion for – Learning – I love to learn about everything and Food/ cooking. I LOVE food. I love food more than most things and I love fresh ingredients. You probably don’t know how much of a keen gardener and cook I am too… probably because currently we live in South-East London
Finally after weeks of customs delays, parcel force loses and sitting on my hands today the Zoom H4N finally arrived! I’m dying to try it out so brace yourself for some very rough and ready recordings, the actually podcasts will come a little later when i know what i’m doing with it. With the Grand Designs show coming up in
UPDATE 13 April: I’ve had to correct some of my figures the the “Grange” isn’t the same size as house at all (sorry i rushed my calcs) so this has reduced the figures by at least 1/3rd however everything is still impressive and we’ll be pushing ahead. It seems no matter if you’re in England or France then Good Friday
With the builders coming round to quote for the repairs to the outside of the house it’s time to start removing one of the old building so they can get access to the wall, we could of course leave them to do this but it’ll be two days work at €250 per day so I thought I’d do it. Now
When you’re renovating a public holiday isn’t a relaxing time for summer BBQ’s or lazy days it’s an excuse to load up the car, sprint to Dover and get ourselves our here for a long weekend of renovation. On the cards for these 4 days is a full program of painting, plaster-boarding, demolition, shower fitting, plan redesigning & meetings with
Here’s the full gallery of images for the kitchen removal and fitting of the new units. You’ll have to forgive some of the quality as that’s the iPhone for you but that said I’ve never had such a powerful renovation tool in my pocket You can read the full post
