Lay My Hat

Thanks for all your feedback - as usual very helpful. I wouldn't normally have put anything about the second property, but we wanted to be able to have the website set up as a multiproperty site on Promote my Place, so that we could start putting photos in as soon as we have some initial external sh...

Oh excellent.... I had no idea that la chaleur meant an animal in heat! I think I like the name even more now :lol: In all seriousness I was looking for 'my warmth' and this is what google translate brought up. We're trying to give the cottages names of what they have meant to us - and we'll include...

I just wanted to say a big thank you to everyone who replied to my post and those of you who sent me personal emails. I can't believe how helpful everyone was. Since coming out to France to start on this adventure with my other half, it has sometimes felt a bit lonely and scary. We've had a huge amo...

Thanks guys I think as they have said they 'want to book - how do they proceed...' that I would now expect a booking form to be sent through (if I was the guest). Alvaro - if you could send me through your T&Cs that would be great - I can adjust as necessary. I can always improve going forward i...

Thanks Pepsipuss Its definitely a booking. The guest sent a first email asking whether there would be any more renovation work going on through the summer and if not they would like to book. I replied saying 'no, there wouldn't be any work being done - we were taking a holiday!' Then she sent anothe...

Hi everyone Can I ask for some help.. I launched my website yesterday http://www.holidayrentalsdordogne.com/ and put the advert on Owners Direct. I felt really pleased with myself after spending so much time working on the photos and text... so put my feet up and thought I would have plenty of time ...

I wonder if I could ask for some feedback on the website.... We need to get the website up and running to have any hope of getting bookings this year - but as you will see there are no pictures of the lounge and kitchen yet.... which is because they're not finished!! We've tried to put as much other...

I've just started the 5:2 diet, having read through this thread and then going on to the 5:2 forum and reading everything including the nerdy section. I had my third fast yesterday and felt a lot better than the first two fasts. I found the headaches and spaced out feeling quite debilitating, but a ...

Yep, well below -0º this year. We were down at -16º this year in south Dordogne - but not for long. I would be looking for the best combination of weather and lots of things to do and see - which is why we ended up in south Dordogne. Lots of castles and mediaeval villages, but also long hot summer. ...

I thought as I had received some very nice comments about my blog from members of the forum - I would post it here. It has been updated with two new entries showing some of the wonderful resident wildlife we share our buildings with...and some more of the jewels left to us by our predecessors. http:...

Thanks everyone for your kind comments on the blog, and good wishes for the project. Whether to use the website to show the renovation process is an interesting debate, and one we'll need to think about carefully. My husband has started a thread showing our build on a forum in the UK. He has had lot...

Thanks La Chouette.
I think we're lucky in having a little piece of paradise, so its not so hard to take lovely photos.
Hopefully as the renovations continue, the photos of the buildings will be just as lovely.
I think we will need your 'Bon Courage' though, for the next 5 years of hard work!

Seeing the lights at Christmas in London is always a great thing to do in the evening. You can walk from Harrods through Hyde Park and over to Oxford Street to see the main display down from Marble Arch to Regent Street - where as said, you could take in the Apple store and Hamleys. Another treat we...

Thanks for that gam We have just bought a domain name actually. We hadn't considered using it yet - but thats a great idea to move the blog / renovation info on to it, and include info on the area. Will take your advice and get cracking on it, when it starts raining and we can come down from re-roof...

We have bought an old farm complex in the Dordogne with plans to renovate the five separate buildings into gites. We have got the necessary planning permission and have started the renovation of the first building. My question is when would you start marketing the property? We don't think we will ha...