Rendez vous with the Architect

It has seemed an age waiting for the meeting with the architect, however it turned out to be worth the wait. It transpired that he does all the local council work , like schools and hospitals etc. but he is interested in doing up old houses. We left a picture of the house with his secretary when we called in the office and we just think he was fed up with doing square boxes and thought our house would make a nice change. He seems as busy as all the other architects we pursued but we must have hit him on a good day. Having said that I think we are in for a very long haul and a very big bill. Cela ne fait rien ( san fairy ann) with our new laid back approach to life what does it matter!!
I have been referring to the architect but infact they are a double act - his wife came along as well. She was great and on my wave length. We pointed out cracks in the walls and the fact that the back wall was bowing and nothing seemed to to phase them. They have gone away with lots of pictures and our rough sketches and we await developments.
Whilst we were waiting for Mrs Architect to join us Mr Architect was explaining a number of technical points and he got carried away with enthusiasm and talked faster and faster. John nodded and grunted at apparently suitable times but I was thinking to myself there is no way that he understands what he is saying. When we got outside my thoughts were confirmed, he just has the knack of pretending he understands but I have got wise to him now.