In 2006 we purchased a four story part of the grand 17th century home in Apt, France. The home had not been lived in for several years and although there was a limited electrical service, plumbing and heating, these systems were likely the first in the building and installed 30 to 40 years prior to our becoming owners. The grand home had been purchased by a business that subdivided the building into eights pieces. Each piece became an apartment. The "promoter" replaced the roof, preformed minor repairs to the façade and brought new electrical and water / sewer service to the property. After that each of the apartment owners was responsible for the work inside each piece.

We purchased four pieces and a weed filled, cement covered courtyard. We started at the fourth floor linking it to the third floor with a new interior staircase. This gave us a new two bedroom apartment. The second floor became the one bedroom. We built an exterior terrace that is adjacent the bedroom. The living room space is large enough for a kitchen on one wall.

We have taken part of the ground floor and created a work room with an adjacent bath / laundry room. This floor has access to the courtyard that is still overgrown with weeds.

We have shown here some before and after photos to try to capture the extent of our work. Photos cannot tell the story of how we worked long hours with local craftsmen to achieve an almost impossible goal, three habitable apartments that we can share with friends and clients.

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