Tag Archives: Roussillon

Pimp my hovel

Posted on November 6, 2018 by coteetcampagne

Well, we finally nailed the colours for the outside render and the shutters. So, taking advantage of the late Autumn sunshine, the Trevoracle started sanding down the flaky doors.   Aren’t those layers of colour beautiful? Yes they are . … Continue reading →

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Buying Property in France- A cautionary tale

Posted on May 13, 2016 by coteetcampagne

Just to let you know, I now take requests.See “Taste of France” blog- https://wordpress.com/read/feeds/37172339/posts/1025435832 The area around Puivert is mentioned. Very pretty, has a chateau & museum, too cold for me. It took a while for us to find out … Continue reading →

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Use it or lose it – Best restaurant between Perpignan and Lapradelle-Puilarens

Posted on April 28, 2016 by coteetcampagne

You may recall that we visited Restaurant l’Egrappoir last year on our run down from the Aude valleys to the Mediterranean coast where the apartment is located . We met the new owner, Muriel, who hails from the Alsace, and … Continue reading →

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Dream French escape of the day; hand-picked for you

Posted on May 29, 2015 by coteetcampagne

So, halfway between Argeles- sur-Mer and Campagne- sur-Aude we often stop at Maury. This is a beautiful and very French village in the heart of the Roussillon  wine growing region . With brilliant links to mountains, Mediterranean  and Perpignan city … Continue reading →

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Episode 112- Compact and bijou, a little pied–à–terre, part 1

Posted on April 27, 2015 by coteetcampagne

I don’t post much about the seaside apartment, as the village house tends to be all-consuming, but to save you wading back through this INTERMINABLE diary of mine, here are a few facts and a few photos.   Our apartment … Continue reading →

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Why buy in the Languedoc Roussillon?- Part two,living by the sea

Posted on October 25, 2014 by coteetcampagne

Ten true reasons why we bought a little piece of seaside life in the Pyrenées Orientales in Southern France. 1) Because the dramatic mix of snow topped mountains, lush greenery, turquoise sea and sunshine  never fails to make us smile. … Continue reading →

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Why buy in the Languedoc Roussillon? Part one-country village life?

Posted on October 12, 2014 by coteetcampagne

Ten true reasons why we bought a village house here in the Aude region of Southern France 1) For a small price we can live in an ancient village steeped in history and local culture 2) We can live simply … Continue reading →

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Episode 78- “Always live in the ugliest house on the street”…

Posted on July 12, 2014 by coteetcampagne

….”then you don’t have to look at it”. Apparently the artist David Hockney  said this. I can vouch for the veracity of this sentiment as our French village house is unspeakably ugly outside by anyone’s criteria. For the sake of … Continue reading →

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Episode 62- A wake up call…………..

Posted on April 20, 2014 by coteetcampagne

renovation, restoration, much trepidation…………….2013 The old part of the village is wired, via a set of loudspeakers, to the Mayor’s office. This is common, apparently. We hadn’t even noticed this until our second season at Maison Priest when I was … Continue reading →

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Episode 56 – Light and space:creating an illusion Part 1

Posted on March 31, 2014 by coteetcampagne

renovation, restoration, illusions This is the smallest room in our French village house renovation project ( with the exception of shower rooms etc) At about 12 square metres,  it  suffered from the usual malaises of small windows and dark brown … Continue reading →

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Episode 41- La cave

Posted on January 30, 2014 by coteetcampagne

renovation, restoration, drastic intervention! This was the cave, or at least about a third of it, when we first bought our village house in the Languedoc Roussillon. In French, a cave may be loosely translated as a cellar (as in … Continue reading →

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Gallery- village house & views of area

Posted on November 25, 2013 by coteetcampagne
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Episode 1: Haunted Hovel funds French Folly

Posted on June 1, 2010 by coteetcampagne

renovation, restoration, recollection May 2005…………… Aftermath When  we first embarked on our adventures in French property renovation we were living a relatively “normal” life (well, as normal as I, who have always danced to a different drum , could sustain..) … Continue reading →

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