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mobile cranes for the moulin
Mobile Cranes – The Moulin Roof One of the biggest projects on the Moulin was the roof, it needed the assistance of large mobile cranes, patience and dedication to come up with a solution to keep the original beams which are massive but yet deal with the rot at the ends. Even with the decay at the [...] -
transport to the Watermill
Next visit to the Watermill… What mode of transport What mode of transport should I use now that summer is here… All three would grace the grounds of the watermill, perhaps classic rather than modern…. This This or This Permanent link to this post (40 words, estimated 10 secs reading time) -
Watermill Latest from France
Here are some of the latest shots from the watermill renovation. Work is still too damn busy but am hoping to crash down in the turbo or maybe the GSX-R 750 depending on how my licence feels The Watermill – Looking Good From the back - The old roof – The new roof First floor stripped Lovely [...] -
Moulin De Bonnemort
Latest Pics from France are in and it shows the difference quite remarkably, when you see this type of transformation in a renovation project you can easily get carried away. Its amazing that nobody from the TV renovation programmes wanted to track the progress of this Watermill renovation. Still it is their loss, this is one [...] -
French Mill Progress
Well the Mill is coming on so fast and yet I cannot get time to relay this to the blog, I am so frustrated with this as the idea was to get the whole journey mapped onto the blog in pictorial/editorial fashion. I have so many fantastic pictures of this renovation project, taking it from a [...] -
Capstone Mortgages
Thankfully when we obtained our mortgage in France we didn’t have to deal with a company like Capstone Mortgages and the way that BN Paribas has treated us has been exemplary. Even our insurance for the mill has been fantastic value too. Capstone Mortgages are currently forcing clients to have expensive home insurance, even signing people to [...] -
Time to plan the Lake at the Moulin de Bonnemorte
Well its been really busy at work for the last week and so far it has been difficult to get in and structure the blog, I have been sorting out my pictures into categories so that the timeline will be accurate. At the same time we need to keep the renovation going at full momentum, this [...] -
French Property Finances
Well I suppose if we made one mistake so far it was overlooking the gains made by the Euro against Sterling, when we started we got two Euro’s to the pound, now its almost a parity. We should of spotted this because we had a good fund here in the UK that we transferred our renovation [...] -
French Water Mill
It is beautiful, It is secluded, It is atmospheric… Our lovely French water mill is being renovated 8 years after buying it, I have decided now to create and maintain a record of this important renovation, include as many pictures as I can and see how it develops. Of course we are 8 months into this [...] -
Property On The Move
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