Shutters up

The two guys were back at around 8.00 am this morning to finish the shutter work. Just like yesterday, it was another lovely day and they made fast progress, although I’m afraid that sadly their making good doesn’t stand up to close scrutiny. Once I’ve moved in and am established in the house I may have to go behind them and make a few improvements myself as there are several places around the house where I intend to add a bit more ‘Crépi’ anyway.

They’d finished and were off by lunch time. They told me that they’d leave the shutters closed to keep the house’s interior fairly cool and when I asked they said I could open them anytime that I want. I’ll leave them for a few days before doing so, though, to allow the hinge fixings plenty of time to cure. Here are some shots of the finished job.

Here are some shots of the interior with all of the shutters closed. Most of the visible light is coming from the open front door.

I mentioned yesterday how dark it is at the bedroom end of the corridor with the bedroom shutters closed. It’ll be the same when the doors are fitted but at least then the lights will be working.

To finish off, some closer shots of the shutters themselves. If you look at the magnified versions you’ll be able to see what I mean about their making good not really being as good as it should have been.

So that’s as far as we can go for now with the external work. I suspect that the builder will leave the ‘terrassement’ (making good the ground around the house) and driveway right up until the very end. So now it’s essential for the floor tiling to go ahead before any more progress towards completion can be made. I’m hoping that that’ll be next week, but to be honest I haven’t a clue and there’s no way that I can speed it up anyway 🙁