FST (French Summer Time)

In France, both July and September have six working weeks. August has zero working weeks. The talk is of holidays. We still have builders on site. How much longer that will last is impossible to say. Given the recent speeding up of works and the expressed intention to work on Saturday I suspect the ’grand départ’ is imminent.

The Architect has opted for a dry lining on metal frame. This simplifies the work of of the electrician and makes any future wiring a lot easier. It also avoids cutting into the brickwork and reducing the insulating capacity of the wall.

It’s time to take a last look at the second floor as one large open space. The partitions will go in tomorrow, dividing the space up into three bedrooms. The Architect has designed two of the bedrooms to open completely onto the corridor and the large glazed façade. The corridor will thus become a winter garden and an extension of the bedroom volume. With this flexibility of use the Maison Camy has no surface area wasted in circulation.

Due to the extremely late arrival of the steel stair, ‘sometime in September’ a temporary stair will be required to fill the gap The Architect has designed one in timber and now needs someone qualified to build it. Thank you to those coolheaded colleagues who don't have their noses up against the problem.