The Country Doctor Handbook

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It is always exciting to research a ruin cheap sell in a dream location, quiet etc ... But we must never forget that in France everything is expensive and that some work is exhausting, dangerous or beyond your competence or incompatible with your free time. :

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Financial:

In renovation there are often more expensive than new construction.

If you want everything done by professionals and that's all you need to count to about 1,200 per m2 1.400E habitable.

is a good indicator for the uninitiated.

For handymen must take stock of spare time available, the cost to go to ruin, that the housing waiting it is Living, securing material in your absence, the prices of materials merchants (in small villages is often more expensive than in larger cities), or having no energy, water etc.. ..

Appearance nature of work (height):

If you want to buy a ruin, the roof and floors collapsed in one level I would say that it'll be about ... But many ruins in the countryside or mountains are cathedrals! If you have a gear 12 meters and roof slates or slates I say CAUTION. Danger of death if you are not the art. Once to change a tile ok but if you spend 2 months on your roof to redo everything you need to either assign the task to a professional (expensive), get help from friends and then not get there and take many risks.

Limits roughly eligible for means-yourselfers:

• Scaffolding 5m above I tested for 4 months of work and I can say that it does not ever really ... If you have never worked up, think a thousand times before buying anything other than ground floor.

A chateau for sale, a dungeon, a medieval tower are very tempting to sell ads on the architectural level but imagine the problems of height!

Appearance nature of work (much work):

Go walls is 5 minutes but often amusing constructions Stone countries were made by teams or time. You must think about your physical ability. Heavy loads, equipment and tasks.

Rate well your site!

necessary professionals to come and do estimates.

And do you and your family. Round trip including accommodation on site and extent of the site can lead to months, years of toil. Sacrifices tensions.

sure you and your family are motivated for this project.

Imagine yourself doing each job. List the tasks and make time estimates. This is often the number of tasks that dragged out. And a cruel tendency (I also) to underestimate the time for finishing!