Tuesday, 19 August 2008
No news!
Still no news of Mr D, the architect. Oh well....In the meantine got some nice picture of the house.
Monday, 4 August 2008
The local restaurants
"La Lucarne aux Chouettes" run by Leslie Caron (starred in An American in Paris) in the lovely village of Villeneuve sur Yonne.
"La Madeleine" in Sens; had one of the best meal of my life there. We went there just before their annual closing time so they had to "empty the fridge". It was a feast!
"La Cote Saint Jacques" in Joigny. Joigny is famous for his market but also for this 3star Michelin restaurant. Great setting!
"Hotel de Paris" in Sens. They did the catering for my wedding and it was really good. Haven't been to the restaurant in town for year but I hear it is pretty good.
Expect snails on all the menu!
"La Madeleine" in Sens; had one of the best meal of my life there. We went there just before their annual closing time so they had to "empty the fridge". It was a feast!
"La Cote Saint Jacques" in Joigny. Joigny is famous for his market but also for this 3star Michelin restaurant. Great setting!
"Hotel de Paris" in Sens. They did the catering for my wedding and it was really good. Haven't been to the restaurant in town for year but I hear it is pretty good.
Expect snails on all the menu!
Going over plans & quotes
I had a meeting with Mr D, the architect. He gave me a preliminary quote & plans. We are already 10% over my original budget! Not surprising since my first one was not realistic. Anyway I have reviewed it all and also added some 15% contigency fund (just in case).
Probably will have to do the same thing with time frame (les delais)...
Anyway this preliminary stage is really important. It gives me a chance to review all the aspects of the project, more or less in details since I am not on site. I went through the quote meticulously: heating (chauffage), insulation (isolation), doors (menuiserie), plumbing (plomberie), floors (sols), bathrooms & kitchen (salles de bain et cuisine), roof (toiture), partitions (cloisonnement), electricity (electricite), painting (peinture). I checked prices and materials on different web sites. The followings ones are particularly useful:
www.leroymerlin.fr
http://produits-btp.batiproduits.com
www.pointp.fr
For general the look, I bought a bunch of magazines but I also found a lot of inspiration on www.marieclairemaison.com.
So after a week or so, finding out all there is to know about Velux windows, ceramic tiles, heating systems etc and redesigning the house in my dreams, I sent a 2 pages email to Mr D.
Now waiting for feedback. We should be meeting end of August to finalise and signed the docs before it all kicks off in October.
Probably will have to do the same thing with time frame (les delais)...
Anyway this preliminary stage is really important. It gives me a chance to review all the aspects of the project, more or less in details since I am not on site. I went through the quote meticulously: heating (chauffage), insulation (isolation), doors (menuiserie), plumbing (plomberie), floors (sols), bathrooms & kitchen (salles de bain et cuisine), roof (toiture), partitions (cloisonnement), electricity (electricite), painting (peinture). I checked prices and materials on different web sites. The followings ones are particularly useful:
www.leroymerlin.fr
http://produits-btp.batiproduits.com
www.pointp.fr
For general the look, I bought a bunch of magazines but I also found a lot of inspiration on www.marieclairemaison.com.
So after a week or so, finding out all there is to know about Velux windows, ceramic tiles, heating systems etc and redesigning the house in my dreams, I sent a 2 pages email to Mr D.
Now waiting for feedback. We should be meeting end of August to finalise and signed the docs before it all kicks off in October.
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