News for 2024

This year we have taken the plunge to upgrade the swimming pool after far too long. It is almost ready and we have a brand new liner and frieze and have made the transition to a salt based pool. Now just have to wait for it to fill up. In the end we went with a grey liner which will create a slighter darker blue , and we brought 5 new sun loungers to match the colour and a new shade sail.

Re-planted the vegetable garden with some courgettes, basil, Swiss chard, lettuce and French beans.

We also have sown a kilo of wild flowers around the edge of the garden. We did this last year and worked really well.

We pollarded the lime trees in the courtyard, which look better than they did in February, but still need to grow a bit to get rid of the pollard look.

We have added in air conditioning to the rooms in the pigeonnier and lastly we painted the front of the house.

New developments for 2023

This year we have made several improvements to La Maison Rose, which we think have made a big difference to the garden and house:

We have altered the terrace garden and included a new potager with various salads and vegetables.

As well as some significant garden improvements – this year we have added new Bosch dishwasher, new Velux blinds in the bedrooms on second floor, new hair dryers in all the rooms, new television with Apple TV in main house and Maison Verte, new second fridge, new outdoor solar lights, new cushions for outside terrace, new speaker, new BBQ, new shower installed in Green Room (bath / shower), new memory foam camp bed, installed fibre broadband, 2 new travel baby cots.

Also my artist mother has created a fabulous new mural

The Mural