The foundations of the pig sheds have finally been put in.

Another view of the new patio

The garage (which may be turned into a mezzanine appt later) has been concreted. We have put a main waste pipe in as I think I'll need a bathroom in here eventually.

The patio outside the 3rd bedroom is now down - still wet.

more wires..

All of the electrics are converging on the baunderie, where the fuse box will be. Seems to be getting quite busy in that room...

The wiring going in in the master bedroom. I need to check that they have moved the water and waste pipes....

The stone from the wall between the bathroom and the second bedroom. We are rebuilding this wall with the door moved to the left.

Wiring.... not sure where..

The electricians have started!! they are putting in the cables before putting down another layer of screed. The wall at the far end has also beed dismantled as we need to move the doorway 50cm towards the left so that the en-suite bathrooms fit. The masons have also finished the columbage as the wiring is now in.

We have ordered 10cm x 10cm tiles as well as the 5x5. This is roughly how they will look. (This is from the website of the place we bought them from).

The tiles will be shipped from Morocco along with all of the terracotta floor tiles. We've asked Didier (the architect) to make sure we have doors before they arrive at the end of the month.

These are the small tiles that we have ordered for the bathrooms. They are 5cm x 5cm and are also from Morocco. They'll go in the shower cubicles and on the sides of the bath.

John is down in France fixing the farmhouse floor after the rain got through the roof. We have the quote for replacing the roof but we will wait until the dry season until doing it. John has but down a membrane in the attic to save us from ruining the wooden floor again.

The electricians will start the first fit on Monday next week, putting down a 40mm floor on top of the electrics. After that is done and the windows are in we can start tiling and putting up the stud walls.

External doors, windows and shutters will turn up next week (we still don't know what they look like yet)

Here's my design for the fireplace.

The new window in the salon, that used to be a door. Looking a little muddy!

They have finally turned the door which will be next to the fireplace into a window!

outside rendering.

The kitchen side of the columbage almost complete too. Comet is very interested in our plumbing.

The columbage in the amster bedroom almost done. They need to move the entrance to the 2nd bedrooms en-suite to the right.

Not much going on in the master bedrrom yet.

Starting to look like it will end up!

One week on (11th FEb) and almost all of the stone work is complete. It's looking really good.

overhead kicthen plan

Here's my plan for the kitchen. The architect needs it to plan the electrics. It's a bit sketchy at the moment... We will probably go for a shaker style, white wooden kitchen and a traditional range, as well as a proper hob and oven..

Heavy work

After sandblasting

After sandblasting