When I bought my nest 21 years ago, all the buildings were grey and many needed repairs.
Over the years as retirees from the North of France and other countries have bought the houses first at cheap prices from the Catalans and now at one arm (two years ago it was two arms and a leg), they have gentrified the village.
A Socialist mayor has contributed much to the process giving grants for repainting the outside and getting historical grants for restoration of historic homes in the old part of town. However, they did set standards on colour that bear no resemblance to those that existed in history (grey).
A lovely Scottish lady chose the right colour for the house but somehow the blue of the shutters and the door weren’t right. Letters and words passed back and forth. She changed the colour of her garage door, but the more she looked at it, the more she liked the colour of the shutters. The latest I heard is she will change the door and not the shutters.
In a way it reminds me of those horrible pcommunities in Florida that control so much of the exterior. I am not against standards per se…but many get so carried away that we become no more than old cans of peas on a shelf.
Over the years as retirees from the North of France and other countries have bought the houses first at cheap prices from the Catalans and now at one arm (two years ago it was two arms and a leg), they have gentrified the village.
A Socialist mayor has contributed much to the process giving grants for repainting the outside and getting historical grants for restoration of historic homes in the old part of town. However, they did set standards on colour that bear no resemblance to those that existed in history (grey).
A lovely Scottish lady chose the right colour for the house but somehow the blue of the shutters and the door weren’t right. Letters and words passed back and forth. She changed the colour of her garage door, but the more she looked at it, the more she liked the colour of the shutters. The latest I heard is she will change the door and not the shutters.
In a way it reminds me of those horrible pcommunities in Florida that control so much of the exterior. I am not against standards per se…but many get so carried away that we become no more than old cans of peas on a shelf.
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