cowoman Posted February 8, 2008 Author Share Posted February 8, 2008 its the Limousin,Haute Vienne......cow country .We do go to Limoges and find it is a its a nice city.Where we have bought is easy for the airport too.I am not sure if I know your area,I will have to get my map out .Have you looked up your house on google earth?We did ours in England and it was a nice clear picture but our french place is hopeless you can hardly see any detail,dont know why. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cowoman Posted February 8, 2008 Author Share Posted February 8, 2008 [quote user="Geordie girl"]Hi cowoman , go on this thread & you`ll see some before & after photos, some smashin`posts [:)] sorry it hasn`t worked, maybe the mods can fix it please ? http://www.completefrance.com/cs/forums/1141225/ShowPost.aspxhurrah i did itThanks for that [/quote] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert the InfoGipsy Posted February 8, 2008 Share Posted February 8, 2008 If Google doesn't have a decent image in your area try this site.http://www.pagesjaunes.fr/trouverunnom/RecherchePagesBlanches.do?portail=PJIf you want to look somewhere that you don't know anybody you could try finding the mairie using the 'les professionels' tab Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woody2122 Posted February 8, 2008 Share Posted February 8, 2008 ive done google map and I can just see the house but thats because its in a hamlet in the middle of knowhere its a blured picture, if it was in a city or big town google will take better pictures, I think google fly over and take photos every 2 years, my area is between la rochelle and poitiers in france Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clair Posted February 8, 2008 Share Posted February 8, 2008 Try Géoportail, which have updated a lot of their pictures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybananasbrother Posted February 8, 2008 Share Posted February 8, 2008 [quote user="Catalpa"]I'm pleased you got there in the end, Cowoman... though I'm really miffed I missed the pix. I'll post a photo of ours "under de-construction" and I'm sure that'll make you feel much better. I'll have to upload one so I'll add it to this post later.Edit as promised showing serious de-construction:[IMG]http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a12/angos/oddz/-kitchen.jpg[/IMG]That is how one side of our kitchen started out... the little cubicle in the corner is, of course, the loo. [:P] That was not reinstated during re-construction.[IMG]http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a12/angos/oddz/-kitcheneastend.jpg[/IMG]And that is the east gable of the kitchen. The breezeblock wall was removed to make one large room and the east end is all re-pointed stone.Bad or what?? [;-)] Trust me, Cowoman, however your house starts our, with enough love and care (and some money [6]) you will achieve what you want. [/quote]I see some fotos of a ruin held up by modern walls. Without wishing to give offence, what was there to restore? The beams are rotten, the rest is breezeblock. Surely this was a case for flattening the whole lot and starting again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cowoman Posted February 8, 2008 Author Share Posted February 8, 2008 Thanks for this.It does look daunting,but I bet youve got it all sorted now.Can you put an after picture on here to stop the wise cracks.I bet they will be eating their words when they see it.Like you said with determination and hard work you can make the dream come alive.Thanks for kind words its much appreciated Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catalpa Posted February 9, 2008 Share Posted February 9, 2008 Thank you for the confidence, Cowoman. [:D] Don't worry about the WoollyTag - I've seen far too much of him on various forums and I know that while he may try hard to be clever... his cracks are never wise. [:P]I'll pm you some of the after photos. [6] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybananasbrother Posted February 9, 2008 Share Posted February 9, 2008 My crack was not a crack in this case. Having been there and done it, I now seriously wonder whether some of the properties which people take on are worth while and whether the end result is not a modern house in a very thin veneer of old skin. In which case, why not start from scratch.The fotos shown above suggest that there is very little that is worth saving or original in that house.As a means of making money, perhaps, but there are other ways. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cowoman Posted February 9, 2008 Author Share Posted February 9, 2008 CATALPAAfter seeing your wonderful after pictures I can safely say that you have done a fantastic job on your renovation project and now have a house to be proud of.If our house looks half as good as yours when its finished then i will be well chuffed.Thanks for cheering me up and giving me a confidence boost.I know that we will sort ours out now.Its funny how some people cheer you up and lift up your heart and others make you feel fed up with a heavy heartthankyou you have inspired me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybananasbrother Posted February 9, 2008 Share Posted February 9, 2008 Cowoman, surely you can stand a bit of rigorous discussion and a different viewpoint.[6] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cowoman Posted February 9, 2008 Author Share Posted February 9, 2008 sure can how about you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybananasbrother Posted February 9, 2008 Share Posted February 9, 2008 Love it babba, love it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WJT Posted February 9, 2008 Share Posted February 9, 2008 Catalpa, go on, please post it here, if nothing else other than to put Wooly in his place. [:D] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybananasbrother Posted February 9, 2008 Share Posted February 9, 2008 How? I only doubted the wisdom of trying to make silk purses out of elderly sows' ears? Except to make money of course by flogging them to fluffy eyed Brits.[6] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cowoman Posted February 9, 2008 Author Share Posted February 9, 2008 WoolynanasbroWhat is your story then? Did you buy a new place or did you do an old place up like the majority of people on here ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WJT Posted February 9, 2008 Share Posted February 9, 2008 [quote user="woolybananasbrother"]How? I only doubted the wisdom of trying to make silk purses out of elderly sows' ears? Except to make money of course by flogging them to fluffy eyed Brits.[6][/quote]I think there is a lot to be said for buying a property like this particularly if there are some features to salvage. We bought an old stone property and paid for a roof, electrics,central heating, fosse septic ect..Unfortunately, we have to replace everything. I have said we would have saved a lot of money if we had bought a ruin in the first place. The only advantage I guess is that the house is very habitable and we have been able to stay there and can take our time with the work.But I do envy Catalpa, it must be so much easier starting from scratch. [:)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnOther Posted February 9, 2008 Share Posted February 9, 2008 [quote user="cowoman"] WoolynanasbroWhat is your story then? Did you buy a new place or did you do an old place up like the majority of people on here ?[/quote]But we already have it do we not [:D]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xye6vroV12gIs this current or previous wooly ?MoreShow & Tell HEREChez Ern is there too [8-|] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybananasbrother Posted February 9, 2008 Share Posted February 9, 2008 Sold the bl oo dy place for a little modern house with character. NOW I think there are better things to do with life than be a slave to a heap of stone or Brico projects, and that starting over again I would have bought modern with cellar and garage underneath and saved a lot of money, heartache and worry. The day I sold the house you can see in the clip in the previous post or so was the day a weight was lifted from my shoulders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybananasbrother Posted February 9, 2008 Share Posted February 9, 2008 I also think it is a mistake to try and turn a simple cheap peasant cottage into an upmarket bourgeois residence. The initial quality is just not there. So you end up with a few original features (how I hate that world) and a kind of B n Q modern British house. I saw a he ll of a lot whilst househunting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cowoman Posted February 9, 2008 Author Share Posted February 9, 2008 The house looked lovely.What was the main problem?At least you can say youve been there got the t shirt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cowoman Posted February 9, 2008 Author Share Posted February 9, 2008 Maybe you really are turning into a frenchman,dont they hate the old places and love flats and modern houses? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybananasbrother Posted February 9, 2008 Share Posted February 9, 2008 Dont ask. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnOther Posted February 9, 2008 Share Posted February 9, 2008 [quote user="woolybananasbrother"]...there are better things to do with life than be a slave to a heap of stone or Brico projects...[/quote]Exactly why we plumped for a modern (ish) property which essentially just needed dragging into the modern day from the 1970's, it's still got bamboo wallpaper in the lounge for gawds sake, and only one layer too, which probably means it's original as put up when the house was first built !Makes life easy for us after 20 years of property renovating in UK.[img]http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p123/biskitboyo/CombeBrune1.jpg[/img] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybananasbrother Posted February 9, 2008 Share Posted February 9, 2008 That's more like it Ernie, but why the tin (plastic) roof on the left bottom? Wife enclosure?Mine's to be 1970's too. no muckin about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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