Its a waiting game

We receive little feedback from the estate agent as to where we are at which is dissapointing. We are dependant on others to help us through and I have to say, I am currently not impressed. Though we are a "small" customer, we are A customer. One day we may be a BIG customer.

I am sure there is some easy formula, tick box system for clients to receive and as they tick off, know they are getting closer to their dream.

The contracts are still hovering around in France somewhere and the plans are held up at the Mayor's office. We just did rough plans as there is no major construction. Now I wonder if they should have been more detailed. I check with the estate agent and am told that it is just the way of the world. Six months to close on a small house ??? Sounds strange to me. The plus side is of course we don't have to make any repayments which is good.

Steve, the builder, injured his back and was out of action for a while, but now needs to know where we are at in order to plan his time. My main concern is getting the house watertight and apparently there has been nothing but rain, rain, rain and more rain over there. Steve of course cant do anything till it becomes our house. So I am keeping Steve in the loop. He will try and fit us in once everything is finalised as we now head for Winter, and possibly rain, rain,snow, hail, rain.

John is talking about going to the UK, so he may have time to go and start the renovations. Once we get the house of course.

Suzanne has a man who puts in the septic tanks and I will discuss septic stuff and costings with him.

A complication to add to the mix, - one of the measurements John took when he was over there doesnt make sense. We can't get in to get that measurement and it is a crucial one as it determines where the windows go in the roof. Luckily we can make a quick decision once we get that. It will determine where the bathroom is. Then John and I will fight over how many windows there should be, 5 or 6. I want 6 to make the place as airy as possible.

We could have just the rendering and the hole in the roof fixed, but whilst Steve has the scaffolding up, it makes sense both for efficiency and budget to put in the windows at the same time.

Ho hum. It's a waiting game now.