Tuesday 9 October 2012

Renovation project - the en suite is almost finished!!!!! - Saturday 7th October 2012


Renovation project - the en suite is almost finished!!!!! - Saturday 7th October

Time to move on, yesterdays mess is almost forgotten. So it’s back on with the work. John is now doing the boxing in in the ensuite bathroom.

Due to the amount of soil pipe required in the house the soil pipe system is rather convoluted. Due to the fact that the walls to outside are so thick, we are restricted by the places where we can get out of the house
The soil pipe goes around the bathroom (this does not look good at the moment but it was the only way to ensure we could get all of the toilets and showers that we need in the right places).

We bought all the wood that we needed the other day and the boxing in will now provide a shelf across the width of the bathroom, once all decorated this will allow for some home comforts such as flowers and fluffy towels, (it feels strange to think we are already talking about these items!).

renovating a house in Brittany, France Hiding soil pipes in an old house

renovating a house in Brittany, France Hiding soil pipes in an old house

renovating a house in Brittany, France Hiding soil pipes in an old house

renovating a house in Brittany, France Hiding soil pipes in an old house


The only question now is, do we paint them white or try to find a matching wood stain to the sink unit, opinions more than welcome.

The bathroom is almost complete, but we will have to wait for the paint to finish it.

renovating a house in Brittany, France Hiding soil pipes in an old house

renovating a house in Brittany, France Hiding soil pipes in an old house

Once all the boxing in is completed it is getting a bit late and neither of us can be bothered to cook and I have such an urge for a pizza, so it’s time to get a shower and head off to Le Crepuscule.

It seems strange there tonight as all of the outside tables and chairs have been removed; winter is definitely on its way. It’s very busy night and we have to have a drink whilst waiting for a table. A little girl is dancing to the music so I dance back and she is immediately frozen in fear, oops, I start to apologise to her family to find they are English, we start talking to find out the older couple have lived her for a number of years. Asking where they came from, it turns out they are also from Manchester and one originally from only a mile from us, it’s a small, small world!

6 comments:

  1. Hello Jenny & John
    Enjoying your blog very much. It is one of our dreams to renovate an old French townhouse or farm house, or even a Chateau!! I'm not sure if we will be brave enough to do the carpentry ourselves. I think John has done a splendid job of the banquette boxes. IMO paint them white to open up the space. It will give a cleaner look.
    3 coats in a good quality wash n wear acrylic semi gloss.

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  2. You are going to hate me - stain the boxes, it will look so much warmer and will wear better. It's a great job

    David

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  3. Jenny & John, Plan A seems to be going fine, we made the move 4 years ago and have been through many of the ups and downs that you have, we also have a 200 year old town house and limited budget, I agree about the paint it is awful here and so expensive.we have a small telephone answering service which keeps us ticking over, all our clients are in England (Good job as my French isn't good,and hopefully when John gets his pension we can sell it and start to enjoy our life here a bit more. good luck with the work, check our blog out at http://france-ourlifeinfrance.blogspot.fr/
    Roz & John

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  4. Thank you for the feedback on the bathroom, we think we will have a go at trying to stain it to match the sink unit, but who knows that could change again lol
    Roz and John I am following you :)
    Anonymous, my only advice is go for it, if it all goes wrong you can always go back home, but you will still have the most amazing adventure

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  5. Jenny and John, you're an inspiration to all of us with trapped renovators in our hearts. I spend most of my time poring over the http://www.uktoolcentre.co.uk/Shop/Power-Tool-Accessories/Multi-Tool-Accessories.html catalogue, wishing I had a reason or the skill to use one!

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  6. ha ha ha thank you everyone has to start somewhere :)

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