January 2011

It has been about 5 weeks since my last post.

How are things??

No different.

We did receive a cheque from our insurers - tick box.

We have had credit from France Telecom - tick box.

I became ill Christmas Day - don't tick box.

Car broke down Boxing Day - don't tick box.

Mechanic came with necessary to mend car - seems it may be beyond economical repair - don't tick box.

Mental breakdown on the way - tick box.

Breaking any mirrors 7/8 years ago - don't tick box.

Why is this going on??

I wake with a positive attitude in the morning.. but it soon disappears... hmmm.

I do pray and ask "why is this happening?" but I don't seem to get an answer.

We are wanting to sell our house and from the 1st of January this year it is obligatoire to have a D.P.E. (Diagnostique de Performance Energetique) done, so we had a local company come to do ours along with checking for termites, woodworm, lead, asbestos and insulation - tick box.

It took two guys around 2 hours to check our house (250 sq m) the part conversion next door and our barns. They did the lot in one hit and it saved us 100+ euro. Any further visits will be free. Fine, we have no problem with that at all - tick box.

We received the report, all 35 pages, and when I got to the DPE, well, I flipped!!
They estimated our fioul consumption for just central heating and hot water to be 3 times more than it actually is!! - don't tick box.

I contacted our immobilier who arranged for them to come and told him exactly what I thought about their report. There is a set formulae for these guys to follow, laid down by the government, but their result was way out. If my bills had been the amount they had quoted I would have had the whole lot ripped out and other heating installed.

I am waiting on the outcome of my 'complaint' about their findings... will be interesting I am sure...

Maybe a few boxes will be re-ticked.