Services

Water.
This is from Veolia. The local office is in Monceau-les-Mines. They are friendly and helpful. There is a single mains waterline that enters the property via a stop-cock in the road at the gate via a meter in the 'cattle shed'. This water line goes to the front of the building where the kitchen sink was once placed.

Electricity

From EDF and via an overhead cable as is usual in this area. Enters the property to a new style consumer unit (old one replaced by EDF in 2000)

Sewage.
Eh, no. It's camping indoors.
This is the one big item to be put in place. On purchase the sewage was a 4" pipe out of the East room and a garden toilet hut. It has improved a little. The hut is gone and I have a camping toilet on site.

Well water.
The level varies but I've never known the well to go dry. I've drunk it plain and boiled with no ill-effect and used it for cooking and cleaning. But then i have an expat-stomach. Anyway why would one drink water when there is so much good vin-en-vrac around?