The Vanishing Builder

At last it has arrived, all the paperwork that confirms that we have been accepted on the grant scheme in triplicate of course! We inform the architect who then contacts the builder we wanted to do the work. Problem, no builder, he has decided that as we have taken so long (it not our fault French bureaucracy takes so long) he was unable to wait and has agreed to do work elsewhere. Would have been nice had he let us know what he was doing. He didn't even indicate that this was the case. He just did it. PANIC... Now we have the go ahead and no one to do the work; bloody typical. Finally find another builder but the earliest he can start work is JULY!!!! 6 months away. We have to bite the bullet and go with it, not that happy though. In the meantime we set about finding a plumber who can do solar systems an electrician to completely re-wire the house as at the moment the wiring is damned dangerous and a carpenter to make us new doors,windows,balcony and an oak staircase. Shouldn't be that difficult as the architect is helping us as well. I did say shouldn't.... Not quite the way it turned out but heigh ho the suns out so pass the wine dear......