Today we saw four houses
Firstly one at 
"Club des Princes". It's so far out of Pessac it doesn't appear on the Bordeaux map! The house was OK. Practicable. It was empty. It needed odd jobs doing. I reckon we could make a low offer, but it really is a long way out for ministry purposes.
Then the first house pictured. They had used part of the garage to enlarge the lounge. He'd done it himself and you could tell, though it wasn' a terrible job. The house backs onto the rocade (Bordeaux' M25) but the noise was well deadened by lots of trees and acoustic walls.
Then the second house pictured (a nice Landaise). It is as impressive as its picture looks: huge lounge with cathedral ceiling, three good bedrooms, a nice study, nice size garden, tiny kitchen, washing machine in the bathroom (but our washing machine is a small one.) This house looked half-empty. Heating it would be interesting, as would painting the lounge (scaffolding, I think!). But it was on bus routes and near shops.
The last house was near Pessac town centre within a walk of Gwilym's school and the future tram terminus. It was a three bed bungalow, but with a huge basement that had another bedroom, a study, a junk room and a big garage. It has an advertising hoarding in the garden. They pay you rent for those, but what if they put up an unsuitable advert? I must find out about that. It was a lovely house, but well above our budget. However they had tried to sell without an agent, then had registered with an agent, and it could be that they would accept a low offer now. The agent urged us to try a low offer. The worst that could happen is that they say no. And that is without taking into account the God who is both in the wings and in the prompter's box, directing everything for his kingdom and glory, and for our good.
Tomorrow morning I see the houses below (wrought iron). I don't think we'll keep up this pace next week. Anyway, I have to give proper time to preparation and writing out my notes in un beau français.
"Club des Princes". It's so far out of Pessac it doesn't appear on the Bordeaux map! The house was OK. Practicable. It was empty. It needed odd jobs doing. I reckon we could make a low offer, but it really is a long way out for ministry purposes.Then the first house pictured. They had used part of the garage to enlarge the lounge. He'd done it himself and you could tell, though it wasn' a terrible job. The house backs onto the rocade (Bordeaux' M25) but the noise was well deadened by lots of trees and acoustic walls.
Then the second house pictured (a nice Landaise). It is as impressive as its picture looks: huge lounge with cathedral ceiling, three good bedrooms, a nice study, nice size garden, tiny kitchen, washing machine in the bathroom (but our washing machine is a small one.) This house looked half-empty. Heating it would be interesting, as would painting the lounge (scaffolding, I think!). But it was on bus routes and near shops.
The last house was near Pessac town centre within a walk of Gwilym's school and the future tram terminus. It was a three bed bungalow, but with a huge basement that had another bedroom, a study, a junk room and a big garage. It has an advertising hoarding in the garden. They pay you rent for those, but what if they put up an unsuitable advert? I must find out about that. It was a lovely house, but well above our budget. However they had tried to sell without an agent, then had registered with an agent, and it could be that they would accept a low offer now. The agent urged us to try a low offer. The worst that could happen is that they say no. And that is without taking into account the God who is both in the wings and in the prompter's box, directing everything for his kingdom and glory, and for our good.
Tomorrow morning I see the houses below (wrought iron). I don't think we'll keep up this pace next week. Anyway, I have to give proper time to preparation and writing out my notes in un beau français.
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