Janandnigel

Thanks Steve, I think you have clarified our question. We do want to only build one thing at a time....and finances permitting do the gite(s) at a later stage when we are settled in our house. I believe the CU we have alreday takes in for these being for holiday purpose as the Maire has confirmed our land is rested for 'loisirs' . This is what we applied for in the beginning. I think we are ok as far as size as we have altogether 15,800 M2 Having deliberated on this for a while now, we may still use a reasonably priced architect to re- draw our house and submit our plans. If anyone knows one near 24700 Le Pizou, please contact us. Nigel is a builder and will manage the project himself using local artisans. Thanks for all the very useful replies. Jan and Nigel

I mean whatever regs will cover us. We understood that under 170 m2 did not require an architect. We want to know if this applies to each building or collectively. We will only build the house at first and then the gites as and when.

We have a cu for house, 4 gites & pool. We have kept the size of the house under 170m2 as we thought this would mean that we don't need an architect. The gets are also much smaller. Is the requirement for an architect for each building or the whole site? Can anyone help please?