Dear Friends, I have paid 3 months of tier for the Monastery. I will take up ownership of the parcel starting January 2020.
It is really hard for me to let it go. I feel we need this big structure along with the lake to make some sense of the region. But I am undecided. This building is old and crammed, it needs reconstruction.
I will try to establish an interim usage as a dance hall. We will win time to make plans. First step would be to lose some prims and decorate.
Now let me tell you the story I have in mind. The Monastery, flourishing under abbess-ducessa Perreault, did not find a new leader. The monks, not clever enough to run the place on their own, left and joined other communities, where most of them were accused of heresy and burned
Thieves came and carried away the interior, hobos fed their campfires with the stairs, books and the window shutters of the tower. The gales took away most of the shingles (especially the colorful ones
Not yet a ruin, but the filling of this hollow tooth was taken out. (btw I love ruins, with the ground plan and some walls still there, but nature taking back the place and the sky instead of a roof)
Let me start another story… I know a man in RL who makes illegal parties in abandoned stone quarries and empty factories. He has a generator for electricity So, lighting, beverage and stereo equipment are brought impromptu, people light a fire and sit on old tires… they pop some pills and start to dance…
That is the usage I have in mind until march. I need help, builders who understand and like the idea, and DJs later on. I am ready to hire people for good money. There are still 180 Euros in the budget. But I am an old cripple, I really need help. It is hard enough for me to find the energy to write this text .
Later on… well. The parcel is about 45 Euros per month. If I would find 2 companions who are ready to pay 15 per month, we could keep it… deed it to group or whatever...
Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.
Ian Maclaren