The House (Part 2)

So Jerome called the mairie to find out what was going on. I was pretty happy when he told me that the permits were instruit mais pas signé (prepared but not signed). I'm thinking - great, we just need a signature, no problem. He explained to me that no, in fact, they still had to make the decision about our plans. So it could take months which means the roofer can't come until June which delays everything else until September since it's impossible to find contracters in the summer. Ah, the summer months when everything shuts down.

So this stinks for a few reasons : 1) we won't be in our house for a really really long time since, if the stack of papers our request is sitting on is anything like what I've seen in other administrative buildings, it could get lost and 2) I wanted to go back to NJ for a wedding at the end of August and even found really cheap flights! But now, we'll most likely be spending our summer vacation working on the house. 3) the cats are destroying the wall paper and I'm sick of my place smelling like a litter box.

The good news is that we will eventually live in the house. And once we are there, we will enjoy it (the best cheese shop, bakery and beer store are all around the corner). But I'm really hoping that fighting with the zoning department of the mairie is the least of our worries. To be continued.