Monday 20 February 2012

Whoop Whoop - :-)

Well.....  progress on the house may be slow but we have now got a cooker for it!!
You might remember from a previous blog that we want wood fired to run central heating, hot water and cooking.  We looked into several makes - Esse, which I thought were beautiful but they could not produce enough BTU for our needs.  Aga - dont do wood fired and dont run central heating (strange really when Aga is the first range cookers everyone thinks of.)  Italian ones, you name it, we looked at it.  I looked at a company in the Midlands who would sell us a Rayburn (Woodfired) and export it for us so that we didnt have to pay VAT on it.  It would still cost us £4,200 including delivery.

Finally, just after New Year, Simon found a local business who reconditions ranges so we went along and had a look.  We looked at his showroom and he has so many to choose from of all different ages and prices.  He's also converting oil-fired to wood as he is finding that is what everyone is going for.  If anyone reading this is looking for a range - go and see this guy at AGA House, Scorrier, Cornwall....    The only additional item that we paid for (other than reconditioning) was to have two brand new chrome lids.
It's now finished and has a rap round boiler which has a capacity of 65,000 BTU - excellent!
And.....it looks fab.  Unfortunately, as it was only just finished and still in their work shop, my photography is not doing their work justice.  (BTW  we plumped for a matt finish, rather than the enamelled finish and I think that it looks more in keeping to go into a 200+ year old house - you be the judge!)
It'll be delivered whilst we are out there in a month or so - Sooo - we need the house to crack on now!!  :-))

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Simon works for Sainsbury's as a Department Manager has a multi-million pound turn over annually on his department and works all hours God sends. I am Events Monkey. I call myself that, as my actual title is unknown!! Just responsible for any event, function, conference, meeting etc.,etc., that happens on the campus where I work. I'd be better being called an Events Elephant, as I'm paid peanuts and expected to work all hours known to man. This is the tale of how we decided to take the massive step to living a totally different life. Selling our home in England and moving to a fantastic little village in the Auvergne, including some of our adventures along the way.