were you able to make any polish people homeless when during the purchase of your palace...?
No most of them had already cleared out, still got two living on site though one has a family and the other is an alchy. The alchy is actually pretty cool they pay a 45 PLN / month rent. they are OK for now.
Im assuming you know how hard it is to get rid of these peolpe anyway, i dont want to make anyone homeless but they will have to go at some point.
And how hard was it to find labour (Polish or otherwise) to do the reno?
Not too hard at all, when we moved in Poles were knocking the door. took some ****** advise though Polish style, better to listen to your instincts.