This week my father and I are over in the house for seven days, this will actually be the longest time we have spent here in one swoop and it’s borne out of the frustration that my wife and I have that we just can’t tinker with stuff on the odd weekend. A quick recap : While we are finalising

Well who says “free” tools don’t work? After trying to find sizes, stock and then going through a whole will it, wont it fit dilemma i finally went back to the B&Q website and used their planner to check some space arrangements. On doing so i selected their Barcelona range and dropped items in and then got a nice surprise

Firstly i may need to explain that out property consists of two main buildings (the house and the grange) and then a series of lean-to outbuildings. Of the two main building the Grange (pictured right) was causing us somewhat of a concern for the coming winter. You see the issue here the while the wind mainly comes from the west

So we are starting to learn FAST that thing in France are ALWAYS more expensive and take forever to get done, even then they aren’t necessarily done right. Here’s our story of trying to use our first French tradesman : As you can see from the photo on the right the “Grange” is missing some shutters and this is causing