Babbles
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That seems a bit mean as I'm quite prepared to pay a year in advance!!!!
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It looks like I can get the long term parking sorted but now for the car, I want to buy in France and have been looking on French ebay to get some ideas of prices. I would like a left hand drive diesel version of either of these 3 A classes, are the prices comparable to the uk? The thing I get most confused with is that I only want the long wheel base version (LWB) but have no idea what this is know as in France and does anyone know what these levels of trim were known as in France? Questions questions![:)]
Edit I probably should have put this in the driving bit but as I said I'm having a bit of a dim day, hence reading the forum instead of working!!!
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Thanks Clair, that's great it looks like P2 will do the job, my french isn't fantastic, where its says about low and high season rates for long term parking it says someting about a coupon from your agent, I don't really understand what its on about, as I will be booking flights to Bordeaux as the destination not the departure airport so does that affect it? I am being a bit dim today!!
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Any more tips for meals in the Gers (esp in the norths we are between Condon and Lectoure) have had some very mixed results so recommendations needed [:D]
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I've done a search and not really found the answer to what I need, We are thinking of buying a car in France as the car hire is the most expensive part of our trips and heard about a couple who bought a years parking permit for Toulouse Airport so can come and go as they please does anybody know of this type of thing at Bordeaux Airport? and if so where is it as when I drive in I've not noticed any really long term parking signs just the one that says over 3 days.
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This might not be that helpful but, our shop in the uk is in a conservation area and need the stone sills and windows repairing, our builder got a product from germany that was colour matched to blend in with the orginal stone, not as cheap as a DIY job but one that has blended in and was acceptable to the conservation officer, a lot cheaper than a mason replacing the stone but well worth the extra expense IMHO
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Have to agree, The Gers is a lovely dept we ended up choosing north Gers for the Airport links to the North if your over for a reasonable amount of time its worth having a trip round the whole of the dept, we're near Lectoure and Condom which are both lovely market towns. Hope this helps[:)]
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I did exactlty what you propose to by doing short visits, its very intense but looking at houses all day for more than 3 days blows your mind, I found Lattitudes very helpful and pleasant in the London Office but the properties listed where often sold so don't hold out hopes, but you have to start somewhere, At first I spent more time looking at the area rather than narrowing it down to individual properties then used to local immo's, As Gastines says take a camera and and a notebook, I also took a small powerful torch as the leccy is often switched off and the shutters not opened and a compass just to make sure the garden does face south and the terrace does get the evening sun! Research on the web does help greatly and doesn't eat into valuable viewing time also google earth to see the lie of the land and google images using the names of villages etc can give a really good idea of the place. Bon Chance
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The placo come in sheets a lot longer than standard uk plasterboard we have reasonably high ceilings and there is no join, we had new bathrooms put in so wanted some sound insulation, there's some things you don't want to hear! It was an aditional layer about 5cm thick on the placo and fitted all in one go, so loads quicker, but it doesn't seem to be standard practice to have this fitted we had to ask. Anyway the whole system is very impressive easy to use and quick to istall. Good luck
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An update on the scrolly metal chairs, they were cleaned with Hammerite rust removing gel (£2.65 per pot and I used 1 1/2 pots, so a bit expensive if you were doind something big) which was so easy to use. I then finished them with Liberon Ferronier creme (like zebrite) and buffed with a soft cloth so as nothing rubs off.
But interestingly enough when I was out and about I went to our local Emmaus and found what the chairs had been made from, someone said they had a look of a cot which is not a million miles from what it was, a folding single bed on wheels, but not the normal collapsable type you see.
Any way thanks for all the orginal advice, I now just need a Ferronier to cut them up for me [:)] any idea how much it would cost?
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The trouble with staying somewhere for a limited time, you always know your going back which IMHO stops you from committing to the new place and making it work, my 6 monthes in Florida with work would have been a different experience if I had to stay there[;-)] Moh always says make a decision and then make the decision work, which seems like a pretty good attitude to life.
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To the OP, have you tried going back to the Notaire, when the final act (which you would have recieved after the signing, I've heard of some people not getting it for over a year, look at what was stated about the heating) was signed the vendor will probably have signed to say the heating was in working order which clearly it was not, we had a different issue that came to light after the signing but went back to the Notaire with the vendor, immo and immo's boss and did recieve financial settlement. It is certainly worth a try without having to go to massive legal expense. Bon chance.
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Thanks for all the info its a great help, the seats are going to be used inside but there will be a firm box cushion on the base and loose cushions on the back so it would only be the arms that could possibly rub on clothes ( abit like the modern version but a bit more shabby chic)
As for cost, as they are for us the man hours it take to restore them doesn't matter but I do take you point if we were to sell them on. To put every one out of there misery they were 350 euros but as the new ones cost over 2500 euros for 2 and IMHO are far nicer and I don't think it will be too bad when the are finished. I didn't want to say at first because people say that they can be made out of cots wich cost next to nothing, I don't think they ever were cots though.
Look out for a finished photo!
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The only question is how on earth do I find a vessel that fit the chairs in! I'm also a bit concerned that the slats are wood and the tool man says remove any wood but the result would be perfect. Do you think it would work by wrapping a swab around the ironwork and if that would work would I just use cotton wool on a roll or something similar? questions questions! Also is citric acid called citric acid in France? Can't wait to get over to France to give it a go.
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Dave, I'm bring a bit dim here but what is a citric acid bath and hoe do you do it has it anything to do with lemons[:)]
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I'm not in France till next week so can't check on how they're made. I too thought they looked like cut down cots but the proportions are a bit different, but if I had the skill I would cut down cots and make chairs! as I said they were an extravagence! but still not as dear as the new ones at Unipui. Hopefuly I'll get them sorted while I'm over and I'll take some pictures of the finished job. Intersting that you thought they're 1930's I'm not very good at guessing the age of French antiques and didn't have much of a clue.
Friends who are in the Antique trade now say business is baaaaaaaaaaaaaaddddddddddd too many cheap Chinese imports, I used to deal in Antique clothing whist I was still at school going round Fairs with my Dad who dealt in Victorian watercolours but thats 25years ago the fairs today seem either full of tat or very expensive
http://www.unopiu.fr/html/catalogo_liv3.php?id=208 This is the modern version
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First go at inserting a pic, here goes[8-)]
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Hurrah!!!!!!!! The slates are made of wood
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Thanks Gluestick, I don't want them back but to still look metal, so the lacquer could be the answer but the question is what do I look to buy, there is a very good specialist paint shop in Auch which has everything I didn't know I needed but I wouldn't know what to ask for. When I've used zebrite in the past if you buff it too a sheen it doesn't rub off, but you have to get every last bit of it buffed and its a pain as you have to keep redoing it.
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I've bought 2 lovely scrolly ironwork antique armchairs (not dining chairs) which need renovating (yet another project! Sounds familiar!) They are covered in a very fine layer of rust, the wheels still roll and there is small areas of oxide paint still on the arms, what I need to know is how much of this do I need to remove and with what before I use black lead ( zebrite substitute) I don't want to paint them and still want them to look antique as I don't like over restored things ( and they were a bit of an extravagance ) or they could end up looking like the ones from Unipiu, any ideas
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Most of our additional wiring is hidden but we have an awful lot of square access plates at junctions, sorry I can't give you any more technical advice. In the openstonework we had bendy conduit which was then pointed in and you really would not know it was there, but it did cost us a lot more to have that section of wall done like that but it was worth it.
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I worked for a while in the States for an international American company, I was paid in sterling into a British Bank account but did not have to pay tax in the States but I did in the UK, my visa stated I could only work in this manner and not for any other company whist in the states. So possibly it could be the same if the earnings never touch French soil. I would do all my purchasing using my UK credit card and paid it off with a sterling cheque each month I was also lucky enough to have a per diem and accomodation was provided, I did have to get an American National Insurance type thing and had health cover provided. So there must be some instances where you can physically be in one country but paying taxes in another, so it is worth investigating more.
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Pay a visit to the original Notaireas its not up to the vendor to decide wether you get the deposit back, we had a different problem with our sale but we found our Notaire to negotiate a sensible settlement, Good Luck [:)] Try and sort it with the Notaire as this will give you the quickest resolution.
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I'm no expert but this is what I do! If your wanting to keep the same proportions but make the image size smaller click from the tool bar Image , Rezize, Image Size and you can adjust it by amount of pixels or cm, you need to keep all the bottom boxes ticked scale styles, constrain proportions resample image on, if however you want to crop part of the picture you need to go back to your square crop tool and crop it to the proportions you want and then go into image resize etc etc, There is a way of doing it with a crop tool keeping it to standard photo sizes but I just can't remember how to do it[blink]
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Dulux trade flat matt is excellent interior paint bought from a dulux trade centre not to be confused with the stuff bought at DIY stores like B&Q comes in a fantastic range of Heritage colours which work well with French period property or can be mixed to colour, I can't understand why people have problems with it its not the cheapest but who ever said cheapest was best? I just wish I could find it in France, I'd have to agree about french exterior paint as its designed to deal with the climate etc
Winters coming...............................
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