Falling into disrepair

All towns and villages, even small ones like ours, have buildings that aren't used and are slowly falling into ruin. These outbuildings tucked away have never been used in the 15 years that I've been here and the house next to it has been empty for many of those years too. Fortunately the rest of the village is healthy and well occupied and all our neighbours are fabulous people - and all French which is even nicer.