== Is Hougoumont to be permanently open? == 

 I think that some clarification would be a good idea in two places in this article. 

 The introduction states: 
 “Hougoumont[,] which had become dilapidated[,] was fully restored in time for the 200[th] anniversary of the battle and open to the public on 18 June 2015.[1]” 

 “Open to the public” implies that it was open just for that day.  Perhaps the writer of the sentence meant “opened to the public”.  This would bring the introduction into greater agreement with the sentence quoted below from the Decay and Restoration section: 

 “The next day (18 June 2015) Hougoumont was opened to the public on the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo.[1][16]” 

 If the site was open to the public for just one day, the second sentence above should read “… opened to the public FOR the 200th anniversary of the Battle…” 

 Neither sentence properly conveys what I think is the true situation, namely that the site is to be permanently opened to the public (otherwise, why spend £3m on restoration?) 

 The difficulty is that neither of the sources cited clearly states the duration of the opening. 

 Note 1 Casert’s article does not say anything about the site being open to the public but, in a side panel, this appears: 

 “The fully restored farm opens to the public on June 18th, 2015, which is the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo.” 

 “From June 18th” might have been better. 

 Note 16 Davies, from the Guardian newspaper, merely states:  “Up to 200,000 spectators are expected at the site over four days of commemorations…”  She says nothing about whether the site will be permanently open to the public. (Perhaps this note should be moved further up the paragraph so it doesn’t look as though it refers to the opening). 

 Does anyone have more information (with a firm citation) to clear this up?