Wednesday 25 June 2014

Renovation project - The front door won't open!

Renovation project - The front door won't open!

We have some more guests coming this evening, it's a French couple who have a house they are renovating nearby, this couple found us on Airbnb, we have recently started to advertise with this company and this is our first booking, am I excited? Yes, am I a little bit nervous? No I am bloody terrified but, we're ready and everything is in place.

John is busy getting the garden ready and doing some more work, which means he has a tip run to do, I don't think we will ever stop the tip runs.

All goes well and he comes back at 3pm, the guests can arrive after 4pm, so plenty of time, I hear John trying to get in so I go to open the door I shout through to tell him he's locked it, he shouts at the same time asking why I have locked it.

Bugger the door lock has slipped and jammed, we have guests coming and we can't open the front door, this will not look good!

John climbs in through the living room window (I have visions of our guests having to do the same, can I put some spin on this to say that it is a novelty of the B&B? No but believe me I did consider it!)

John sets too with his tools and the lock is not playing fair, he eventually strips it down and the mechanism is knackered, this is the 2nd lock we have bought for the front door, we consider what to do with it and in the end agree that we don't need it (there is a latch key as well) so John removes it completely and just replaces the handle.

As it turns out this was a much better idea, because the guests will have the latch key, but may forget to lock the door, now there is no way to forget to lock the door, so in a way, this was the best thing that could've happened (not for my nerves but, overall)


The guests arrive and I get to practice my french, most of our conversations are in french, I think I could get to really enjoy this!

6 comments:

  1. Oh dear Jenny, what a thing to happen to you, but what stories to tell later

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    1. H Roz, we ave lots of stories already but have to make sure that they go on at different times so people cannot be associated with them :)

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  2. This is where having a "John" on tap is pretty invaluable! Sounds like you finished up with a better solution.

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    1. Hi Hugh, yes having John is a definite plus, that saying is so true about silver linings :)

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  3. Hi Jenny. So glad I found your wonderful blog. I'm reading it from the start(at mid last year so far) .....so interesting. We have just found a old farmhouse to renovate not too far from you. We are coming over to France in August to sign the papers. So excited and so scared! Loving reading all stories and your tips. Maggie and Chris

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    1. Hi Maggie and Chris, glad to have you aboard, it is terrifying, but exhilarating all at the same time look forward to meeting you and if you have any questions just give us a shout and feel free to call in at any time, have you booked somewhere to stay when you come over to stay?

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