It’s been far to long for me, this is my first visit to the house since we left the house at Christmas & boy have I missed it!
A long drive last night after work in …

WOW! As we had hoped we’ve had a flurry of activity at the house & things have really moved forward. It’s hard to know where to start so i figured i’d give you a little …

One of the things that got completed last year was Schubert’s “Pet Passport“. The UK has some of the strictest laws when it comes to taking pets in and out of the country to and …

Well that was a bit of a shocking phone call!
There was no paperwork, no inspection, no photographs just a chat on the phone with some figures from our builder with a cost to repair and …

Almost a week in and things are starting to shape up very nicely indeed.

Have you ever done a job that you’ve always known needs doing & once you’ve started it you wonder why you’d left it so long? Well the removal of the ceiling in the old bedrooms …

In the grand scheme of things with the damage and loss of life these large storms in France have caused we’ve got to think of ourselves as very lucky. This time we got away with …

Firstly: Thanks for hanging in there! I know thing have been more than a little quiet on the site and that’s simply because there’s not been a lot going on with the renovation, due to …

I briefly posted about this at the time but then we did no more tweeting or posting since we just decided to switch off and enjoy the time at the house.
A few things about this …

Dear Reader,
let this be a lesson to you and serve as a warning. The desires of this man are simple, give me food and give me heat. Put those things together and give me hot …