The Beginning

                                                                    'The Journey of a thousand miles begins with the first step'   Confucius

Back in 2003,Whilst watching 'a place in the sun' on the television for the first time I saw a couple who looked at a watermill in the Charente and I was hooked on the idea of getting out of the UK and living in France.
I originally saw several watermills in different parts of France but they were either too small, too remote, or needed too much work doing to them to make them somewhere I could call home.
Then in January 2004 I came to the Charente area to look at another watermill which was owned by a British builder who had it up for sale but sadly it fell through before I arrived but by chance a local Immobiliere had just got a Mill on his books.
When I saw it I just fell in love with the sheer size and character of the place, and that was that.
Work started on the renovations in March 2005 but the project manager fell ill at this time and couldn't continue and a chance meeting in a cafe led me to meet my original A team consisting of a builder and a gardener.
The A team have changed and now we have Sylvie our friend and translator, Jean Pierre and Evelyn our chef and part time gardener and our excellent artisans, our electrician Alain Audebert and son, the Plumbers Mssr Coupron and Christophe, and last but not least the Landscaper Nicolas Gatineau.
The second phase will be to renovate the two bedrooms at the east end of the mill to provide extra accommodation for larger parties in the future to increase the capacity of the Mill to 22 and to complete our small living accommodation at the west end of the Mill.
That's the story so far but it's not over yet as I hope to provide additional facilities to the property in the future that can't be found in any other property of it's type in the area e.g a Jacuzzi hot tub.

I do hope you can join us and enjoy 'Le Petit Moulin'as a place to unwind and relax

Many Thanks
Steve and Manisiah