Saturday, July 18, 2009

Chez Mielitz Crangle





This is a four story home opening to two different roads on two different levels. It boasts an age of about 900 years. At one time there was a cave on the lowest floor which would have lead its way up to the chateau where the residents could seek safety in the event of an atack on the village. It has been completely refurbished and offers all the comforts of a modern home although the layout is quite unique given that it is vertically higer than it is wide or deep. The main floor has a fully modern kitch adjacent to a dining room furnished with 17th century pieces. If you leave the kitchen window open, a neighbourhood cat is likely to jump through the window, run upstairs and start meowing to be let out the back door off the stair steps just a few steps above the 3rd floor leading onto a higher road immediately behind the house. The bottom floor appears to be shorter and less deep than the upper floors giving the impressionthat the house is somewhat rhombic in shape along the vertical axis. Despite the high temperatures outside, the first floor maintains a fairly cool demeanour because of the thick stone walls as long as you keep the doors, windows and shutters closed. The top floor is not as cool as the bottom floor, but it is definitely better than outside.

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