Time to Fly South

Well, it is always good to go and have a second look at a property. That is what every good friend, relative and book will tell you. After our second offer on the property the sellers asked us for another one thousand euros. It seemed a very small amount but we had already decided that we would not pay a penny more. To settle our minds it was decided that we would revisit the house and have another in depth look.

We arrived at 2.30pm and the large windows had been flung wide again. We were reminded of an excellent DVD that Ian and Sophie had lent us about a year in France. The views from all of the windows were superb, even the cheese factory looked inviting.

The kids seemed settled in the 'salon' with their DSs and Peter was having a lovely time running riot with hundreds of doors and lots of original keys to fiddle with.

Andrew meanwhile, with torch in hand, was checking every room in detail. (Peter checked out the bidets!)

After checking out the trees in the garden again, for the purposes of building a tree house, we thanked Mme Timothee very much and headed for town.

Now for the bad news. Andrews first words to me, on exit, were "Time to Fly South". Unfortunately, the roof is full of wood worm, even the side that has been done in the past few years. The other major expense would be on the ground floor. All of the beautiful parquet floors would have to be lifted as the entire downstairs also has wood worm. This was found on closer inspection in the two cellars.

Although we have the expertise and the energy to do major works it would be a tragedy to have to destroy the house in order to do them.

So, the moral of the story is, always go back for a second look!!!

We will now progress on our travels and continue the search for the perfect property.

Love to all.

xxxx