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Oh, well, let’s see…
The house was built in the 1930s for a railway manger here in Laon. So it’s big and things that are necessities now were luxuries then. It has also been a rental for 6 years. So lots of work to do. More really than we can manage before moving in…
External Wall Insulation going on, new windows and doors going in, new kitchen, new bathroom, paint & paper, plumbing work, electrical work. And at the moment I have to sort out why the furnace/water heater won’t start –in French.
But we have proper electricity, water, phones, and internet service. So I’m working here even before we move in.
There will be a TON of garden/yard work to do: Demo the old garage with the asbestos imbedded corrugated concrete panel roof, clean up and modernize the little outbuldings, build a new garage on the other side of the yard. Remove and replace the cypress hedge in a few years when they finally die of whatever disease is killing them from the ground up. Plant a couple fruit trees (apples and pears prob.). Get the garden going again. Put in a new barbecue (I had to knock the old concrete one down to allow the EWI to go in properly).
The yard work will begin probably next spring. We’re moving in at the end of October, after the insulation, windows, doors, and kitchen. But before the new bathroom. (There are 2 half baths, one shower room, and one full bathroom. It’s the full bathroom that’s getting the renovation. So we are OK for toilets and washing.)
whew!
Daniel
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Whew! Sounds like us on this place. But that was back in 1986 when I still had some “juice”. Now, I have to save up all the adrenaline I can muster just to clean the pool or feed the chickens. Did I mention that raising chickens for their eggs is sort of like buying a car wash because you car’s dirty? I think we have the egg unit price, after about five years, down to about $46.55…and *not* for a dozen! Irene and I will be in Reims for a couple of nights in early October with amblin’ time on our hands (and feet). I’ll PM you the dates to check your busy schedule. I’m not carrying any carpenter tools.
Bill “Magwa” Keener
Coarsegold, California
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Great to see you back here! Did you include the social value of those chickens in your calcs? When we had a couple, I never drank alone –
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Hey, Tad. With (currently) seven live chickens, we run from either having eleven dozen eggs in the “hopper to a seasonal low of, “….and don’t forget to buy a dozen eggs at the store, Honey”. Right now, we’re at the seasonal high. I need some of the S C Folks to come for a scramble. BYO bacon. And, yeah, I have the egg unit price way down now. Last check, an overall $116.42/egg.
Bill “Magwa” Keener
Coarsegold, California
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Back from a trip over the pond.
Short version:
Daniel is both a smart and lucky man.
And his new house is, to use two appropriate words: Big and Incredible.
What a treat for us to visit he and his family. And his mando is not so shabby either!!!!!
Thanks forever to you…. and your special “better half”, Daniel.
Bill “Magwa” Keener
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