Halfway home

As a former copywriter and relentless punster, I cannot conceive of writing a heading without some sort of word play. So when I started drafting this post this morning, our house was half built and it seemed appropiate to talk of being halfway home. By tonight, though, they had finished the frame and actually completed the roof, so my heading has lost some of its luster.  I can only credit this to the fact that the French are subject to astonishing bursts of efficiency when preparing to go on vacation. As it happens the company that is building our house is closing on Friday for ten days of Easter vacation.

 To put it in perspective, in one week we went from the ground floor:

To halfway home...










And in the space of a day, they finished the frame and raised the roof. 


Now we will wait over Easter while the dust settles, and the carpenter bronzes somewhere in the south of France. It will give us a chance to catch up on our homework (ah, another headline opportunity!). Seems we are running late in finalizing our choices for the kitchen and bathroom.

If all continues on schedule, we may still be able to take possession of our new home by August. Our construction team will be hurrying to put the finishing touches on our house before they close for a month of summer holidays.