Our house, in the middle of our street.

On this page you will find, in chronological order, the photos taken during the building of our house.

Just click on a title or a thumbnail photo.

Le terrain et le terrassement ... the building plot and landscaping

When one digs for gold ...

Land of hope and glory37 photos

Les fondations ... the foundations

Foundations ...

Les fondations ... the foundations29 photos

Les caves ... the cellars

With beaded bubbles winking at the brim ...

Les caves ... the cellars34 photos

Le rez-de-chaussée (1er phase) ... ground floor (part 1)

The house starts to take shape ...

Le rez-de-chaussée ... the ground floor40 photos

Le rez-de-chaussée (2e phase) ... ground floor (part 2)

... and continues to take shape ...

Le rez-de-chaussée ... the ground floor35 photos

La 1ère étage ... first floor

The house rises up from the earth ...

La 1ère étage ... the first floor32 photos

Le gros oeuvre complété ... the main building completed

To finish it off ...

Le toit ... the roof29 photos

Le toit ... the roof

To top it all ...

Le toit ... the roof32 photos

Le grenier ... the attic

I'm in loft with you ...

Loft story13 photos

La 1ère étage (chambres) ... first floor (room partitioning)

Room to move ...

La 1ère étage (chambres) ... first floor (room partitioning)9 photos

Les chassis et portes ... windows and doors

Rooms with a view ...

Les chassis et portes ... windows and doors27 photos

Le chauffage et sanitaire ... heating and plumbing

Turning up the heat ...

Le chauffage et sanitaire ... heating and plumbing58 photos

L'électricité ... electricity

What a bright spark ... shocking! ...

L'électricité ... electricity18 photos

Le plafonnage ... plastering

Let's all get plastered ...

Le plafonnage ... plastering 24 photos

Les chapes ... screed flooring

Time to be on the level ...

Les chapes ... screed flooring20 photos

Le carrelage ... tiling

Fancy a night on the tiles ...

Le carrelage ... tiling39 photos

La menuiserie ... woodwork

Would Edward Woodward be a chip off the old block? ...

Le carrelage ... tiling39 photos

Décoration ... painting and decorating

Yellow is the colour of my true love's hair ...

Décoration ... painting and decorating21 photos

La véranda ... the conservatory

People in glass houses ...

La véranda ... the conservatory39 photos

Le feu à bois ... Wood-burning fire

Feeble I was then but now I'm grown, fire on Babylon ...

Le feu à bois  ... Wood-burning fire39 photos

La cuisine équipée (Mobalpa)... the fitted kitchen

Out of the frying pan ...

La cuisine équipée (Mobalpa)... the fitted kitchen17 photos

Le déménagement ... removals day

Gotta move ...

Le déménagement ... removals day7 photos

Le jardin ... the garden — 2008

Mary, Mary, quite contrary ...

Le jardin ... the garden — 200847 photos

Le jardin ... the garden — 2009

How does your garden grow ...

Le jardin ... the garden — 2009 68 photos

Le jardin ... the garden — 2010

With silver bells and cockle shells ...

Le jardin ... the garden — 2010 63 photos

Le jardin ... the garden — 2013

And little maids all in a row ...

Le jardin ... the garden — 2013 28 photos

Le verger ... the orchard

With fruit the vines that round the thatch-eves run - John Keats (1819)

Le jardin ... the garden 18 photos

La façade ... the rendering

The icing on the cake ...

La façade ... the rendering86 photos

La clôture de jardin ... the garden fence

Take to the barricades ...

La clôture de jardin ... the garden fence17 photos

Le sauna ... the sauna

Hotter than a match head ...

Le sauna ... the sauna14 photos

La terrasse ... the patio

When I came home tonight I lit the lamps in the patio, ...

La terrasse ... the patio27 photos

L'abri de jardin ... the garden shed

... my head is like a garden shed: it’s full of junk and flower pots, wellie boots and who knows not ... — James Carter, from 'Cars Stars Electric Guitars' (2002)

L'abri de jardin ... the garden shed37 photos

Divers ... miscellaneous

Bits and pieces ...

Diverses finitions ... miscellaneous44 photos

Les égouts ... the drains

Or emptied some dull opiate to the drains ...

Les égouts ... the drains13 photos

Le ciel à Mussy ... Mussy skies

Next day 'twas pretty fairly dry ... save for a deluge from the sky ...

Le ciel à Mussy ... Mussy skies 65 photos

Mussy et ses environs ... in and around Mussy

My pig won't let me watch TV. Kenn Nesbitt

Mussy et ses environs ... in and around Mussy 50 photos

Les saisons à Mussy (le printemps)... Mussy seasons (spring)

Can you tell me aught of England or of Spring in England now? — Rudyard Kipling "In springtime"

Les saisons à Mussy ... Mussy seasons16 photos

Les saisons à Mussy (l'été)... Mussy seasons (summer)

Oh! how I love, on a fair summer's eve, When streams of light pour down the golden west, And on the balmy zephyrs tranquil rest The silver clouds, far, far away to leave — John Keats (1816)

Les saisons à Mussy ... Mussy seasons2 photos

Les saisons à Mussy (l'automne)... Mussy seasons (autumn)

Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness - John Keats 'To Autumn' (1816)

Les saisons à Mussy ... Mussy seasons18 photos

Les saisons à Mussy (l'hiver)... Mussy seasons (winter)

The wintry west extends his blast, And hail and rain does blaw; - Robert Burns (1781)

Les saisons à Mussy ... Mussy seasons69 photos

La véranda fleurie ... the conservatory flowers

I'd rather have roses on my table than diamonds on my neck. Emma Goldman

Les saisons à Mussy ... Mussy seasons17 photos

Fiesta time ...

The chops are burnt the spare ribs too, Everyone's looking very blue — Ernestine Northover "The barbecue"

Fiesta time ... Mussy17 photos

Vues de la maison ... views of the house

Our House, in the middle of our street ...

Vues de la maison ... views of the house7 photos

Les pavés autour de notre maison ... paving around our house

Chasing pavements ...

Vues de la maison ... views of the house110 photos