Well we are really making progress now. A couple of weeks ago we finally official signed on the place, so at last we own it. Just in the nick of time since we couldn’t put off our builders any longer and had already started to pour serious money into the project. Amazingly we managed to persuade a plumber, electrician and a carpenter to come down from Chamonix and for a couple of weeks to work for us. They weren’t cheap, but worked from 7am until 9pm everyday for the 14 days and got some serious work done. We now have the three extra ensuite bathrooms installed in the upstairs bedrooms. The bedroom on the top floor has been transformed from a complete shell to a beautiful ensuite bed room complete with French window onto what will be its private balcony. As a bonus they fitted in a fantastic mezzanine, space for two more beds, in an awkward space above the bathroom. Alex and I have been hard at work tiling, filling, sanding and painting to get these room finished. We hope to have them completely finished by the end of this week, so we can turn our attention to our apartment in the cave. Hopefully the carpenter is going to come back in the next couple of weeks to work on the decking in time for the imminent delivery of the hot tub.

We have finally found a moment to work on our web site. It is still very much in its infancy and needs a few more pictures of the building as renovations are completed. So at least now we can push for a few more summer bookings which would be handy thanks to the rate we are haemorrhaging money on the project.

Check it out on http://www.ecrinslodge.com/