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Post by whatagain on Sept 24, 2023 18:15:11 GMT
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Post by whatagain on Sept 24, 2023 18:18:29 GMT
This corresponds to the ugly door above. The stairs are brand new  This is my wife’s cabinet.  Toilets installed in what was part of the kitchen.  A room on first floor (upstairs for us)  The bathroom. Everything was redone inc the floor which we made collapse as it was rotten.  The entrance of the bathroom. It makes some kind of a s.  This corresponds to the pic that was badly lit. we opened the ceiling and installed stairs to go in the attic.  Another room upstairs. 3 in total  The shower ensuite with the room  The attic. Wood is about 300 years old. kitchen is around an ,island,  Complete view. 80 m2. We made a lot of openings to get light.  Formerly the kitchen. Now the waiting room.  The stairs towards the basement. We installed some light and left it at that.  Maybe we can do something.   |
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Post by whatagain on Sept 24, 2023 18:28:00 GMT
The side of the house from the square.  The garden. Part of.  The house from the front. The roof is brand new. the small house on the left the cabinet and the attic as a loft in the center. And in the right not on the pic the last part of the house that still belongs to the original owner.  View of the square from the side of the house. quite quiet.  |
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Post by kerouac2 on Sept 24, 2023 18:41:27 GMT
I think the medical office should have been in the basement. Much more exciting!  |
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Post by bixaorellana on Sept 25, 2023 1:12:03 GMT
You may have told us back when you showed the house when you all were thinking of buying it, but what did the house used to be? I ask because I can figure out what those arched sections are in the basement.
So lucky to have the square right there -- it's not just pleasant, it seems to make the house an ideal spot for a consultation office.
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Post by htmb on Sept 25, 2023 2:05:14 GMT
Whatagain, this is really interesting and the house looks like the perfect place for your wife’s office. Nice work!
You said the roof is new. I’m curious to know what material was used. It looks very different from roofing materials we typically use here in the US.
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Post by whatagain on Sept 25, 2023 4:20:13 GMT
The roof is made from tiles of fiber cement. Called Eternit. It used to contain asbestos which caused the death of some (too many) workers.
The process was changed more than 20 years ago and asbestos replaced by PVA (Polyvynil something).
But in Russia China and ? Eternit tiles still contain asbestos. Your life there is not worth the x% it costs more to use PVA.
Eternit is the name of the product, and was the condition to use freely the technology invented by mr Hatscheck. Several companies wear the name Eternit. In Belgium the name (and product) is very famous and the company now belongs to the ETEX group which also produce other fiber cement tiles, rock wool materials, plasterboard plates and some more.
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Post by whatagain on Sept 25, 2023 4:24:42 GMT
Bixa the house dates from mid 18th at the latest and was a farm back then. The kind of big farms like la Haye Sainte that created so much trouble to Napoleon in 1815.
It was in the early 20th used as a butcher shop, which put these beautiful yellow tiles on the facade. Some meat or ham (jambon) etc were stored in the basement.
The tiles will be removed in a few days and the facade repainted white as the rest.
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Post by kerouac2 on Sept 25, 2023 17:09:01 GMT
When is your wife's office due to begin operations? Will she have associates and/or assistants? I know that your wife has excellent revenues, but it's also hard for me to imagine if the expense of all of the renovations will be quickly absorbed or if it will take years. And does the government contribute anything to the cost of all of this?
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Post by whatagain on Sept 25, 2023 21:15:12 GMT
Her cabinet has opened in feb. She works there 2 days a week so the workers went somewhere else when she was working.
Government gave 0.
Banks contributed for about 50pc and we should have paid it all in 15 years.
There are 2 scenarios.
She works till it is paid.
She rents her own practice cabinet and stops sooner like in 10 years.
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Post by Kimby on Sept 27, 2023 2:14:56 GMT
Well done!
Curious about 2 things:
What’s a “cabinet”? Is it an office?
How can part of the house still belong to the original owner? Is it a condo or townhouse arrangement?
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Post by whatagain on Sept 27, 2023 7:13:45 GMT
Cabinet (medical) means private practice. Sorry I thought it was used in English.
It often happens that houses are divided and parts sold.
They become separate houses as if built like that.
So my wife bought the house with number 2 and the one to the left is 2A.
The house on the right has her address on the other street I think.
A charming old lady. I took her for a tour of her former house.
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Post by cheerypeabrain on Sept 27, 2023 17:30:44 GMT
Excellent renovation Whatagain  thank you for the explanation. |
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Post by kerouac2 on Sept 27, 2023 18:13:22 GMT
Cabinet obviously exists in English but as a piece of furniture. As Whatagain explained, "cabinet" in French is a medical or professional office. And also a piece of furniture, or the WC among old people. When my grandmother would say she had to go to the cabinet, it meant that she had an intestinal imperative.
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Post by fumobici on Sept 28, 2023 1:59:40 GMT
Cabinet obviously exists in English but as a piece of furniture. As Whatagain explained, "cabinet" in French is a medical office. And also a piece of furniture, or the WC among old people. When my grandmother would say she had to go to the cabinet, it meant that she had an intestinal imperative. Gabinetto for the voo chee in Italian too.
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Post by patricklondon on Sept 28, 2023 7:09:49 GMT
Cabinet obviously exists in English but as a piece of furniture. As Whatagain explained, "cabinet" in French is a medical office. And also a piece of furniture, or the WC among old people. When my grandmother would say she had to go to the cabinet, it meant that she had an intestinal imperative. I have a recollection of my brother demonstrating how the music for "Aux armes, citoyens!"in the Marseillaise could as easily fit "Où est le cabinet?". I don't know if there were any other related textual variations. |
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Post by mickthecactus on Sept 28, 2023 11:01:21 GMT
There is a bawdy English/French song that I learnt many years ago on cricket tours that fit it perfectly-
“A Frenchman went to the lavatory
For to have a jolly good shit.
He pulled his pants and trousers down
So that he could revel in it.
But when he reached out for the paper
He found that someone had been there before
“Ou est le papier?
Ou est le papier?
Bonjour Monsieur
Je fais manure.
Ou est le papier”
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Post by patricklondon on Sept 28, 2023 17:29:58 GMT
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Post by whatagain on Sept 29, 2023 12:33:44 GMT
Je fais manure ?
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Post by lugg on Oct 1, 2023 20:12:46 GMT
The renovation is really lovely . Will you live there as well as it being a place for your wife to work ?
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Post by whatagain on Oct 3, 2023 18:44:40 GMT
No Lugg. We live 800 m from there. We are renting it.
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Post by whatagain on Oct 8, 2023 18:03:57 GMT
Thé back of the house. View from the pigeon hole.  The pigeon house. To be transformed into a B&B when we have money. Left and right the vegetable garden.  The back of the pigeon house. With its own garden.  The garden behind the garden of the pigeon house  |
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Post by cheerypeabrain on Oct 9, 2023 18:11:57 GMT
A nice space, the building has potential  Hard work tho..... |
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Post by kerouac2 on Oct 10, 2023 9:01:57 GMT
The back garden looks like a wonderful place to put back in shape. I would probably change my mind after 5 square metres. Then I would put bandages on for my blisters.
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Post by lugg on Oct 10, 2023 19:13:49 GMT
No Lugg. We live 800 m from there. We are renting it. Ah I see ... what a great project. Looking forward to seeing your progress reports. |
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thank you for the explanation. 
