Jonzjob Posted October 27, 2007 Share Posted October 27, 2007 I admire the courage of all you who have taken on these tasks! We took the lazy route and our place is 25 years old and in very good nick. The insulation is way above what it should have been when built and is still above that now... We face smack South and the lounge and 2 front bedrooms have a glass wall, lounge 5 meters, 2 bedrooms 4 meters wide. The sun reaches almost to the back of the rooms in the winter and doesn't shine in at all in the summer. It was described as Bioclimatic!! We love it...[:D] And on a nice clear day we even have a view of the Pairaknees Mountains!![:D] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geordie girl Posted October 27, 2007 Share Posted October 27, 2007 Come on John, do us a photo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suze01 Posted October 27, 2007 Share Posted October 27, 2007 S'already there on page 6 [;-)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geordie girl Posted October 27, 2007 Share Posted October 27, 2007 Silly me, but nice house Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonzjob Posted October 27, 2007 Share Posted October 27, 2007 [IMG]http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f180/Jonzjob/Myfavoriteplace.jpg[/IMG]That's where we have our breakfast and lunch when it's too cold or windy on the terrace 3 feet further outside... The pool is just the other side of the little hedge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geordie girl Posted October 27, 2007 Share Posted October 27, 2007 Makes me dead jealous, we haven.t even got a proper kitchen(sink & pre-war cooker) never mind somewhere to eat lunch.Sometimes I think it may have been better to buy a house already done, but then when I look at what we have achieved so far, I change my mind again.Our new kitchen starts going in on monday, maybe then i'll feel a bit better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Zoff Posted October 27, 2007 Share Posted October 27, 2007 Looks like it's going to be fabulous. Hang in there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonzjob Posted October 28, 2007 Share Posted October 28, 2007 Good luck GG. Just think of that feeling of achievment when you look back at it all!Your place look really good as well Alan... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weedon Posted October 28, 2007 Share Posted October 28, 2007 It may need a bit of restoration but it's home, it's rustic and I have no mortgage!! [IMG]http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a372/weedonwite/Myhouse.jpg[/IMG] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat Posted October 28, 2007 Share Posted October 28, 2007 Nice, but don't the walnuts dropping on the tin roof keep you awake all night long?The neighbour's place is pretty stylish too [:D] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pads Posted October 28, 2007 Share Posted October 28, 2007 Do you have a out side loo ? Hope its only your holiday home [:D] But I have a good imagination one day you will have it looking like a palace. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weedon Posted October 28, 2007 Share Posted October 28, 2007 I need some advice on draught exclusion. I have put a sticky draught excluder around the door but I am sure I can still feel a draught from somewhere.I have read the bit about lime pointing and have an idea that might be the way forward, what do you think? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chateau Miaou Posted October 28, 2007 Share Posted October 28, 2007 [quote user="Weedon"] what do you think?[/quote]I think you're up to mischief! [blink] [:D] [blink] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geordie girl Posted October 28, 2007 Share Posted October 28, 2007 Can't believe you haven't got a welcome mat[:D] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pads Posted October 28, 2007 Share Posted October 28, 2007 A few plants around the door would make it look much nicer [;-)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonzjob Posted October 28, 2007 Share Posted October 28, 2007 [quote user="Weedon"] I need some advice on draught exclusion. I have put a sticky draught excluder around the door but I am sure I can still feel a draught from somewhere.I have read the bit about lime pointing and have an idea that might be the way forward, what do you think?[/quote]I would be carefull about the daft exclusion, sorry draft exclusion 'cause if you get the ballance wrong the incoming air may lift the roof and the walknuts will be falling on yer head. Lime pointing, I think that a spot of line dancing would be a good winter warmer?[blink]No welcome mat may be a hint that you are not welcomb GG?Pads, there are probably enough holes so that he can stand inside and still have an outside loo. Different holes for different wind directions. Well yer gota think of these things. After all if you don't it's one way of getting yer own back [8-|]!!?Edit :- I have just noticed who posted it. Weedon, perhaps that's a hint about the loo [6][:D]? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chassaing Posted October 28, 2007 Share Posted October 28, 2007 Hi everyone, just a little place we call home. [IMG]http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc35/lebois_album/lebois.jpg[/IMG] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geordie girl Posted October 28, 2007 Share Posted October 28, 2007 Weedon, are you lonely, hence only one chair?You need a womans touch methinks for some design ideas, maybe a patio or a verandah would be good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonzjob Posted October 28, 2007 Share Posted October 28, 2007 If you put any plants around the door make sure they aren't leaing against the 'property' (almost stumped for a discriptor there?) otherwise you may return from a hard day in the local bar and find that the plants have done damage, i.e. flattened it [Www]? Mind you if you get some good climbers they will help to hold it up peut etra?[blink] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christine Animal Posted October 29, 2007 Share Posted October 29, 2007 Oh come on Weedon, all you need is a little imagination and some pots of paint. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weedon Posted October 29, 2007 Share Posted October 29, 2007 Thank you Mrs A, I must trim my beard before I parade next time.All of you that have given me some good ideas have now got me thinking. Should I carry out some cosmetic re-construction on my small place or renovate my bigger project?The smaller one has a peach tree alongside whilst the bigger one indeed has a walnut tree next to it. Decisions...... [IMG]http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a372/weedonwite/Largershed.jpg[/IMG] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Zoff Posted October 29, 2007 Share Posted October 29, 2007 With a little bit of Llewellyn-Bowen treatment, they could be equally desirable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geordie girl Posted October 29, 2007 Share Posted October 29, 2007 Did it take you very long to create your wild garden?[6] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonzjob Posted October 29, 2007 Share Posted October 29, 2007 Wild GG, it looks totally anoyed!Why not do them both up and you could have your own gite complex! Gota think of these things before someone else snaps them up[8-|]! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weedon Posted October 29, 2007 Share Posted October 29, 2007 I have contacted "Changing Rooms" to see if they might help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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