History...

I thought I should probably put some more details in about the house...

The house is attached to a (single-storey) stable and (two-storey) barn, all under the same roof. The living accomodation was all on the ground floor (to the left of the building), with a grain-loft above it. (Old layout above)

We are currently turning the living area into a self-contained appartment that we can heat in the winter (and close off from the grenier - there's no way we could heat that!), so that we can go and stay at the house all year round. Our estate agent recommended Dominique to us as a builder, so he is doing the building & plumbing work for us. We have already had the bathroom/WC/bedroom/lounge/kitchen knocked through to create one large living space - kitchen/dining/living room, and a steel joist put in to hold up the floor above.

We plan to have the bedroom where the old study was - this room needed very little structural work; keep the hall as an entrance hall & put a loo, shower room/laundry & cupboards in the back hall/logstore area. This was earth floors and... well, not much else!
We now have the metal rails that the insulation fits into & plasterboard is attached to in place. We can really get the feeling of the new layout; we (and visitors) are looking forward to the loo moving - at the moment it is in the middle of the kitchen (using the existing pipe to the mains drainage) in full view of the road if the door/shutters are open! (See previous post for a photo!)