The Start!

The idea sounded good, quarter shares in a house in the south of France.  Three brothers, an old friend ( not so much old, just a friend of many years) and of course their partners.  The first investigative trip to France didn't find a suitable place, but later a rundown place in Limoux seemed to tick all the right boxes:  good town, roof terrace, garage, close to the town square and
a bit of a blank canvas.

The pics won't enlarge as they're small files.   When we arrive and start the recording of the works, the pics will be larger formats.


GROUND FLOOR

 No 8 Rue Trav Malcousinat.

  No 10 Rue Trav Malcousinat.  The garage.

 The kitchen, which need a bit of work.

 Floor plan.

LEVEL ONE

 Bathroom.   Probably looks worse than it is.  Taken in very poor light.

 What was the lounge, will probably be the main bedroom.

 View from bedroom 1 towards a little room which may be a small lounge area.

Bedroom 2

Floor plan

LEVEL TWO

Attic which will be the lounge and living area.

Looking from a service area out onto the terrace.  Work needed here!

 Floor plan


We would have to spend some serious time and effort to bring it up to a liveable standard, and wanted to get over there and start the work before winter set in.

The process started in mid July 2013.   We formed a company, issued shares and started the tedious process of dealing with the French bureaucracy.   It took months but finally a settlement date in mid November was set. The work team starts arriving in Limoux from the 14th November and hopefully when the last of the crew leave around the 8th December it will be comfortable and set up for pleasant breaks.