Hey, it?s a great life being a property owner in France, you sign all the papers and the Notaire congratulates you on being a property owner. Then, outside the Notaires, when you enquire about the keys, the previous owners casually mention they are not moving out until the 29th June. This was, naturally, a bit of a shock to say the least, even the Estate Agent was lost for words (no mean achievement, I?m sure you will agree!).
So we are still at Bruce and Polly?s place while the matter is being sorted by the Notaire and the Estate agent. This, in true French style, will take an estimated 10 days, meaning we can move in on the 30th June, no problem.
Meanwhile, we will sit and twiddle our thumbs or whatever bits need twiddling (and we’ve certainly twiddled some bits over the last few weeks), waiting, once again, for the magic moment when we get the keys to (what is now!) our French house.
The furniture move across the channel is going ahead as planned, too much of a pain in the bum to change the arrangements. We shall just store the stuff here for a week until we move in.
The picture of a grass hopper/cricket/alien life form on Jan?s shoulder was taken at the weekend, it?s amazing that someone who will run screaming from a money spider, will let a monster from another planet walk all over her (I was referring to the insect, not me!).
I?m hopeful that the next update will report better news on the house move, but you never know………..
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