I do our painting chores too - OH says "I build - I do not paint the bloody stuff!" so there you go!
Well come August I shall be neck deep in it seeing as we should have a derelict cottage to convert into a House ASAP by then so we don't have to spend the whole winter in a bloody caravan, TBH there is so much to do considering the place does not even have A Toilet nor a sink, the roof is knackered and everywhere is coated in black mould because of that, however eventually it will be a lovely quaint country cottage as it certainly was once-upon-a-time. A French friend said "It is only you insane Brits who take on these challenges & we French are happy to let you do it!", largely because they seem to aspire to live in square box rabbit hutches instead. Yep us loony Brits eh? Anyway we should sign and pay the deposit in the next few weeks and then its about 10 weeks to completion which is when the real work begins and I shall go awol - we are not even sure we have internet there either and were pleasantly surprised to find the place actually has a water supply because with the lack of everything else we thought we'd be chucking a bucket down the well to make a cuppa! Its not a "Place in the Sun" jobbie either because we did this 16 years ago and know all about whats ahead - we have no illusions that its going to be anything other than HELL, especially at our age. C'est la vie
Well come August I shall be neck deep in it seeing as we should have a derelict cottage to convert into a House ASAP by then so we don't have to spend the whole winter in a bloody caravan, TBH there is so much to do considering the place does not even have A Toilet nor a sink, the roof is knackered and everywhere is coated in black mould because of that, however eventually it will be a lovely quaint country cottage as it certainly was once-upon-a-time. A French friend said "It is only you insane Brits who take on these challenges & we French are happy to let you do it!", largely because they seem to aspire to live in square box rabbit hutches instead. Yep us loony Brits eh? Anyway we should sign and pay the deposit in the next few weeks and then its about 10 weeks to completion which is when the real work begins and I shall go awol - we are not even sure we have internet there either and were pleasantly surprised to find the place actually has a water supply because with the lack of everything else we thought we'd be chucking a bucket down the well to make a cuppa! Its not a "Place in the Sun" jobbie either because we did this 16 years ago and know all about whats ahead - we have no illusions that its going to be anything other than HELL, especially at our age. C'est la vie
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