Bloody Murder on the Dog's Meadow

Bloody Murder on the Dog's Meadow Building a Straw-Bale Grand Design in France

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Publisher's Synopsis

It's July 2003. A tropical heat wave is raging and old people are dropping like flies in Paris. The Sampsons move from their happy home into a caravan that thinks it's a sauna. In 12 months they must build a house of straw on terrain as rocky as their practical credentials... To anyone who struggles to pitch a tent, the prospect of building a grand design of straw bales - in France Profonde - could be somewhat unsettling. Some will tell you that building their own home is an enjoyable and rewarding experience; Mark Sampson will tell you it was hellish. Based on his journal of building the house seen on frequent re-runs of Channel 4's Grand Designs, this is a darkly comic account of a year of living uncomfortably close to the edge. Less about the technical aspects of construction, Bloody Murder is more about the de-construction of family life in the face of a looming deadline, a shrinking budget, capricious conditions and a motley cast of tradesmen. Laugh, cry and wonder why.

Book information

ISBN: 9781496098320
Publisher: Createspace
Imprint: Createspace
Pub date:
Language: English
Number of pages: 300
Weight: 403g
Height: 229mm
Width: 152mm
Spine width: 16mm