The dépendance is the centre of attention - Update # 28

17 June 2015

Once G and I had booked flights for our next holiday at La Fromagerie, we began to consider the little dépendance and what we could achieve with it. G wrote to Tom to ask him for some internal dimensions, so that we could begin to design and plan the space.

Tom wrote back to say that he was between jobs, and would be able to start right away with the floor, at least. So, within 24 hours, he and Gregg had begun digging down, to give us the best volume possible.

They dug out about a cubic metre of soil and slate.

This is not going to be the Ritz, you understand, but merely an extra bedroom for guests/family. It won't be big enough to have a toilet, but it will have electricity, and there'll be room for a bed and tiny living space.

We have asked Tom to join the internal walls and lay a concrete floor, which will be overlaid with a wooden floor. He is also going to construct a bed platform - above head height as you enter the building - which we think will have ladder access. The design means that if you're upstairs, sitting with your back to the road-side gable end, you would be able to look through the glazed A-frame towards the barn itself.  The bed platform should leave enough space below for a small sofa or a couple of little chairs and a reading lamp. You get the picture.

This is going to be our Stone Tent; the one we envisaged when this adventure began.