Breaking Through, Travelling On

:j:j:j figured out the French tax payment once again - very simple :j made a note of it now, so I don't have to reinvent the wheel next year :j

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Thanks all! CBC, I know what you mean about the greater heat loss from a detached house, but if I really managed to do it, it'd be a modern one. Insulation, and all that, and really, I'd rather have a slightly higher heating bill than my neighbours. It's a dream, really, but *somebody* has to sell lots of kindle books, and it might as well be me :rotfl:

Modern houses can look a bit boxy and soul-less, but this town is quite hilly, and the well-established neighbourhoods full of trees both add a lot of character. They're my preference, in any case.

I wouldn't do a bungalow, Cheery, and weirdly they're actually *more* expensive round here - whether its because of the ageing population, or the way you can add value by adding another storey, I don't know, but thats what happens :eek:

In the garden, I'm still fighting more freshly-rooted brambles, as well as rescuing some lovely garlic bulbs I never harvested and because the soil is so heavy, they've gone some very funny shapes, as well as some not forming cloves, poor little things. My plan for a small raised bed looks better and better.

As well as the garden, I walked to our library (30 mins each way!) and though I had a long rest I'm very nearly back to where I should be, health wise :j

I met the mother in the noisy-neighbour house too. Thing is, they're not *really* that noisy: somebody plays a radio very late and very early, yes, but its nearly always very quiet (they have the windows open, and you can't hear it on the street, it doesn't blast out). I've come to the conclusion that the soundproofing between the houses is extremely poor - I can hear a normal cough next door, if I'm sitting reading, for instance. They never hear me, because even when I'm being quiet, they still have the three dogs

I've got to get writing, first! I'll be doing some for the next few days, not just researching, then a trip out on Friday (when the rail strike ends).

Ooh, Beanie, tell me! I have two strikes against bungalows ... one is that since there are more spiders downstairs, a bungalow will have more spiders :o:o sorry, my ex-phobia is showing :cool: and the other is that in a flood, there's no upstairs to retreat to - my mum is on the edge of a flood area (50 yards away!) and if she was in a bungalow, I'd be really, really worried.

Don't mean to worry **you** oh dear. But I'd love to know what you like about it, seriously.