Hello and Welcome to our Renovation Project at Retord, 79150 St Maurice la Fougereuse,
Deux-Sevres, France

Bonjour et bienvenue à notre projet de renovation au Retord, 79150 St Maurice la Fougereuse, Deux-Sevres, France

- the state-of-the-property October 2005

Work in progress! As you can see, roofs are being put up, concrete floors are being made, and the first window is put in place (in Hanne's ceramic studio). Now, we're almost ready to move in! :-) Or maybe not. Water and electricity will be installed in January 2006 (I hope). And most of the doors and windows too. And then the fun begins! Tiles, interiors, fireplaces & chimneys, garden work... And long hours on the terrace in the evening sun...

The red "carpet" are broken roof tiles used as foundation for a new terrace
The roof is coming up over the living room
Our bedroom seen from the inside. And what an exquisite collection of wallpapers!
Supporting beams for Jan's studio wall
A view from the roof towards the studio buildings. (The buildings in the far back are the neighbours' farm building)

Still no new roof on the old barn. It will have to wait!
Another picture from the roof

Our bathroom...

Yippi! Roof on the main building! Is it really true?



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Updated: 9 October 2005