I must say that my hopes were raised when, on my walk this morning, I saw two of the building company's vehicles headed down the hill towards the site. Sure enough, when I went round there this evening, to my delight I found that the first course of bricks had gone down. Definitely a sign that work has really started again. Hopefully the next courses will go down in much quicker time.
No disappointment that only the first course had gone down as I assume that this must take some time in order that it is straight, level, square, and to the correct dimensions. Looks pretty good so far as I could see except perhaps in the straightness area, but this is France where these things tend to matter less.
Bricks have gone down on cement but I think possibly subsequent courses may be glued, although I am no expert. However, this builder did use the gluing technique on his office and his house.
Also solved was the mystery of the rectangular area at the back left of the house. This now seems to be a sort of verandah with double doors leading out to it from what is presumably the lounge. The rebar bits sticking up will be for pillars to support the roof of the verandah, or possibly the house roof will go out that far.
And as you can see me noticing, the front door is set back in a sort of porch.
Can't wait to see what tomorrow brings.
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