Yippee!

Things are coming together nicely. Didier, the builder’s clerk of works, turned up this morning and we had a chat about a few things. He told me that tomorrow the plumber will be coming on site to start on the plumbing pipework, which I guess will take a day or so to complete as there’s not a huge amount.

The electrician will also be returning at the beginning of next week to complete his work, so that should be ready in time for the mandatory inspection before the house is connected to electricity on the 29th of this month.

And I’ve just received a telephone call in which we discussed the ‘système d’assainissement’ (the septic tank waste water system). The builder is now recommending a compact ‘bio’ system that employs nut shells to purify the water (Bionut) that will take up less space in the garden, can be installed more quickly and is easier to maintain than the more traditional ‘toutes eaux’ system that was originally included in the contract. The cost to me is no different so I’ve agreed on the recommendation and work will start tomorrow.

So that’s brilliant – things are moving along nicely. And to cap it all, I replaced the second brake pad on my Savannah yesterday, so it’s now flyable again and I’m thinking about popping over to Malbec and running the engines of both aircraft this afternoon. It seems that for now at least everything is calm for once and there are no crises looming on the horizon, a rare luxury in these times!