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Tag Archives: The House
Les Verrines from Above
120 degrees of Les Verrines. (The view from my office.) You can get a good idea of the size and layout of the property (Front garden, side vegetable gardens, field and forest behind) in relation to the house. The house … Continue reading
Posted in The House, The Land, The Village, The Yard
Tagged Les Verrines, Panorama, Photo, QTVR, The House, The Land, The Village, The Yard, Virtual Tour
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Water!
Lena’s x-mas present from ol’ Père Noël. He even brought a hot water heater and a shower too.
Posted in The House, Updates
Tagged Indoor Plumbing, Movie, Plumbing, The House, Updates, Water
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Spring is Here
Back in La Creuse! So, the weather had been typical Creusois spring time (lots of rain and gray skies), but there has been some sun here and there… Plus the upside of all the rain is that everything is so … Continue reading
A House With a Blue Door
Yet another project that was months in the making- This one has been worked on by at least four people over a span of two months! In the middle of all that the roofing extravaganza began and the door was put on hold multiple times. It was a project that was long overdue, from the very first day I saw the house, that old, ugly brown door was the first thing I wanted to rip out! Continue reading
Posted in The House
Tagged Blue Door, Clint, Door, Josie, Le Vignaud Blue, Lena, Les Verrines, The House
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Roofing Les Verrines
Almost SIX WEEKS of roofing, and you get to enjoy it all in a matter of seconds from the convenience of your home. I know everyone has been waiting for months for this! The thing is, when you live in a house with no electricity, encoding video, editing photos, and Facebook status updates happily fade away into non-existence. You’ve all been rewarded for waiting so long though with a very in-depth and media-rich experience brought to you by the kind folks at Le Vignaud Productions. Continue reading
Tiles Delivery
This was a BIG deal. I have never, NEVER in my life, spent this much money at once… Especially on something I can’t use to make photographs!
These weren’t just any tiles, either.
The story goes: Once upon a time, there was a Chateau. This chateau was built a very long time ago in a town called Jarnages. So long ago actually, that the roof had begun to fall apart! So, the French government stepped in and put up a lot of money to put a beautiful new roof on the Chateau. And of course, a chateau certainly can’t be clothed with just any old tiles! NO, a chateau must have special tiles, approved by the bureaucratic powers-that-be to conform to standards of beauty appropriate for preserving the heritage and patrimony of France! But of couse… France being France, only half of the roof of the beautiful chateau was ever finished, while the owner awaiting his FEMA check to complete the other half. (In the mean time, a certain American came along who needed some very special tiles for his own chateau. And he wasn’t going to wait for government bail-outs…)
Posted in The House, Toiture
Tagged Alexandre, Guy, Les Verrines, Roofing, The House, Tiles, Tiles Delivery, Toiture
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Le Vingaud Property Management Corp.
EXCLUSIVE LISTING
Listing # BLZ119
Price €149,900
Approx. Sq. Meters: 102
Bed/Bath: 2 / 1
Approx. Acreage: 3.29
-Nature’s beauty and end of the road privacy makes this 2/1 cottage with detached woodshed and three caves a special part of this enchanted forest. A dream great room to spend many happy moments, a patio area surrounded by stone wall and wooded privacy. Summer cottage or year round home, you choose. A sense of comfort and warmth will capture you as you enter this home – be prepared to enjoy! Continue reading
Posted in The House, The Region, Updates
Tagged Le Vignaud Property Management, Les Verrines, The House
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The House in Spring
But the sun shines bright and warm this first spring morning, re-creating the world… -Henry David Thoreau
Roofing Round Two
Dirty Darren and Alex get together to help tear the roof off the house- once again. These photos are from back in May, but things haven’t progressed since then. Just after we began, we ran into a few problems- Money, time, injuries, Paddy… So now, three months later, the roof is still uncovered, the tarps are torn, and the rain keeps falling. Continue reading