Taking possession
One drawback of signing at 5h30 is that by the time you get to the house it's dark. And of course here in France one removes the light fittings (not just the bulbs) when one leaves. In fact we are removing the light fittings from this house, because we bought them and put them up. It's what you do here.)
So we scuttled round the dark house, opening all the windows and squinting at the floors. It didn't look terribly dirty, except in the kitchen, where it's greasy. The kitchen also has no hob or oven now. That probably suits us because we'll put the fridge where the oven was, the freezer where the fridge was, and buy a hob. We'll have to put up LOTS of shelves because there are not many cupboards. Or maybe put wall cupboards over the freezer? We'll see.
There we are. A couple of bushes to remove in the garden. Some trees to trim. The grass to tame. Shrubs and bamboos to find and plant. The heating system to learn! A spot of redecorating here and there. Some holes to fill. We either have to learn how to paint over roughcast in a room about 14 feet high, or get used to a grey roughcast living room.
We'll get there.
The house is bigger than I remember. Also I thought the shower was downstairs and the bath upstairs. It's the other way round.
So we scuttled round the dark house, opening all the windows and squinting at the floors. It didn't look terribly dirty, except in the kitchen, where it's greasy. The kitchen also has no hob or oven now. That probably suits us because we'll put the fridge where the oven was, the freezer where the fridge was, and buy a hob. We'll have to put up LOTS of shelves because there are not many cupboards. Or maybe put wall cupboards over the freezer? We'll see.
There we are. A couple of bushes to remove in the garden. Some trees to trim. The grass to tame. Shrubs and bamboos to find and plant. The heating system to learn! A spot of redecorating here and there. Some holes to fill. We either have to learn how to paint over roughcast in a room about 14 feet high, or get used to a grey roughcast living room.
We'll get there.
The house is bigger than I remember. Also I thought the shower was downstairs and the bath upstairs. It's the other way round.
Comments
Hope that helps with the greasy kitchen areas, but do use the mild washing soda not the stronger varieties available. Helpful advice if you wish to retain the skin on your hands! Even so, rubber gloves are advisable.
Incidentally we can get great flavours of bleach here - like Jasmine, and Lavender!
Ken - great stuff. Now admit it! This is a Really Useful Blog, don't you think?
Honestly, some people and their spirit of adventure!
Signed:- Even More Confused of Tonbridge Wells.