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Virtually 4 weeks in England! And it made us realise that we are more than pleased with our new life in France. As you will have seen from the photos, the things we are doing on the house are fairly major, as is the bill! To ensure that we will have enough ready cash to pay the builders we decided to sell a house that we have been leasing out. We actually were pleased with our effort and the time it took to fit a new bathroom suite, new kitchen, tile throughout, decorate and have new carpets fitted. A good trial for the more major works to come in France.

We also had time to see a few friends, go to Paris on the way back, and tour round Paris centre to see the Christmas lights ( which were fantastic!).

So, it was with anticipation, and a little trepidation, that we arrived back home and went to inspect our house. Nothing too drastic changed from the outside.

However, we have a lounge floor again. It is still supported by a forest of props, but these are due to come down tomorrow.

We were slightly disappointed that no work had been started on the ground-floor floors, but that wasn't possible with the props in the way!

We went inside our new 'lounge' and we were pleased that it doesn't look too huge; big, yes, but not like a catherdal.

Cyrille is planning to concrete the ground floors over this weekend then we can start to organise ourselves for what we have to do inside the rooms; build internal walls, fit doors, insulation and ceilings etc. - minor matters!