Pool Complete!

Well the rebirth of our swimming pool is complete! When I gave the order to Dolphin Pools I stipulated that it must be completed by the 15th of July when my grandchildren arrived and they kept to their word and completed to the day. A very good and unusual French company as the French seem pretty relaxed about completion dates and if the say 1 week that usually means at least 2! Their workman Alan was amazing working in 40c heat in a concrete pit from 6.30 in morning until after lunch every day for a week. He is a big guy and I swear he had lost several kilos before he finished. Thank you Alan!

Of course the children arrived on time and my grandson immediately got a fungal infection on his front from a bite which was then agrevated by sand and sea water. He is now out of the pool for at least a few days!

Mr.L. 17/07/2010

The Pool Saga 2

Well the pool repair has started.The workmen arrive around 6.30 am each morning to get a start befor it gets too hot! The new liner is now taking form and I think they will make the taget date of the 15th July for completion. Let's pray!

Mr.L. 9/07/2010

The Saga of the Pool

The saga of the pool continues! We have finally given up on repairing it as no matter how many patches we put on the liner the water still goes down! We have finally decided to get a new liner and need it before the first grandchildren arrive in mid July. This is no small feat as getting anything done in the South of France in the summer is near impossible. We finally found a professional attitude at Florida pools who are going to great lengths to fit it next week. Let’s pray!
Yesterday we had to empty it in preparation for the work and had to hire a pump to get rid of the water onto the small back road behind us. This was the cause of several phone calls. The first was from our neighbour who lives behind us to ask if we had a mega water leak and he could come around immediately to fix it. Who said the French are not helpful?? The next was from friends in the village above us who had been contacted by the local town hall to see if they knew us and could the town hall (Marie) help if we had a problem!
Anyway we are now awaiting a call from the pool people to do the work and all we have at present is a large hole in our garden! And I will soon have a €10,000 hole in my bank balance!
Mr.L. 2/7/10

Villa Lerean

After all Mark and Michelle’s hard work on renovating their lovely home overlooking the 7th green on St Maxime golf course they are ready to rent it out for July and August when they are away with family further down the coast.
Their 5 bedroom Villa Learean has a lovely pool and garden with a magnificent view of the golf course and is one of the few with direct access, by a gate, to the golf course.
The villa has its own web site if you want to check it out:

http://lerean.blogspot.com/

Mr.L. 4/5/2010

NEWS ON MARK

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PROUD DAD


Update on Mark.
Mark, who has been absent from the Blog for some time due to house renovations is nearing the end of his toils and the inside of his house and terrace, including the pool, are nearly finished.
Despite his wife Michelle being in the management of renovations business the number of difficulties with a few of the suppliers has been, as usual in France many. I can see that Mark has taken many of these minor setbacks to heart and is definitely ready to savour the finished product with his family.
My frequent visits to the house during the makeover have been a reminder of when I did my own, however I was fortunate enough to have another house to live in whilst the work was carried out. I can only imagine what life is like living in the middle of a work in progress month after month!!
Mr.L. 21/4/10