Forum: Europe / France
May 7th 2013, 8:51 am
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Replies: 26
Views: 627
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Forum: Europe / France
May 6th 2013, 8:27 am
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Replies: 13
Views: 434
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Forum: Europe / France
May 6th 2013, 8:10 am
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Replies: 26
Views: 627
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Forum: Europe / France
May 6th 2013, 5:46 am
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Replies: 26
Views: 627
Re: House renovation english or french builders
Exactly. I've had a house renovated using solely French labour (this is France after all). The estate agent had the builder come along to give an estimate; he had already done some work on the house,...
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Forum: Europe / France
May 5th 2013, 5:04 pm
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Replies: 13
Views: 434
Re: Property in the mountains
Hi,
Depends what you mean by mountains. The Massif Central is mountainous, one of France's many beautiful regions, there are ski resorts, and it is very close to Clermont Ferrand, although Clermont...
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Forum: Europe / France
May 5th 2013, 4:43 pm
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Replies: 25
Views: 435
Re: consumer rights
Hi,
By law the seller is responsible for selling you goods that will operate as specified. If what you have bought does not work properly, take it back to the shop, with the receipt, demonstrate what...
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Forum: Europe / France
May 3rd 2013, 5:31 pm
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Replies: 5
Views: 373
Re: We need to rent out our property
Béziers is a university town. Whatever you do, don't rent out to students. Never. A three-bedroom flat means a minimum of five or six students, who will most likely bring trouble, both for you and...
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Forum: Europe / France
May 1st 2013, 8:02 am
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Replies: 18
Views: 591
Re: School in Versaille and st germain
Hi,
I really do beg to differ. The French are obsessed with 'la forme' compared with 'le fond'. However good one's content may be, if there is no introductory plan setting out in detail what one...
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Forum: Europe / France
Apr 30th 2013, 2:07 pm
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Replies: 39
Views: 2,276
Re: What do you guys think of living in France
Whoops, sorry m'lud, it must have slipped my mind. To quote your namesake, and remain in the slightly Shakespearean tone: Exchange forgiveness with me, noble Hamlet.
I have a weekend retreat between...
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Forum: Europe / France
Apr 27th 2013, 5:09 pm
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Replies: 14
Views: 371
Re: La Petite Glace
It's snowed all day here in la Loire, and I'd forgotten about les saints de glace. So there are flowers out there in my garden that are now covered in snow. Is it really a consolation to think that...
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Forum: Europe / France
Apr 25th 2013, 12:17 pm
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Replies: 7
Views: 244
Re: What to do with my fouine.
Thanks for your useful reply; the racket is similar; baby elephants though, with long bushy tails that must be keeping the loft well swept.
Although I know that there are bound to be rodents out in...
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Forum: Europe / France
Apr 25th 2013, 10:03 am
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Replies: 10
Views: 249
Re: Grout ...
Why not? It's as good a name as une pièce mouillée. :huh:
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Forum: Europe / France
Apr 25th 2013, 10:01 am
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Replies: 7
Views: 278
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Forum: Europe / France
Apr 25th 2013, 9:59 am
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Replies: 7
Views: 244
What to do with my fouine.
We seem to have a stone marten or "fouine" in the roof, between the tiles and the ceiling. It's been there for some time now and tends to kick up a bit of a din from time to time. (Actually...
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Forum: Europe / France
Apr 24th 2013, 1:15 pm
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Replies: 4
Views: 248
Re: Dual nationality
Hi,
If you're living in France it would not appear to be possible, as in order to become naturalized one has to have been living in the UK for at least three years, presumably not your case. A pity,...
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Forum: Europe / France
Apr 22nd 2013, 10:43 am
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Replies: 12
Views: 336
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Forum: Europe / France
Apr 22nd 2013, 8:27 am
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Replies: 9
Views: 387
Re: voiture sans permis
Hello,
We're in barge-pole territory again here. Despite their obvious drawbacks, there are 150,000 of these "cars" on French roads. As regards your mother, no restrictions would apply, except for...
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Forum: Europe / France
Apr 22nd 2013, 8:04 am
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Replies: 12
Views: 336
Re: Lorraine France
Hi,
Why exactly are you thinking of moving to Lorraine? If there is a definite reason (say, a woman or man) then you'd probably like it. I beg to differ with dmu. It is a typical continental climate...
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Forum: Europe / France
Apr 19th 2013, 1:06 pm
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Replies: 18
Views: 591
Re: School in Versaille and st germain
Effectivement. I hadn't understood the somewhat arcane term of "externés". You're right, they only have one day a week, which, as the website rightly says, means parents have to get organised as...
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Forum: Europe / France
Apr 18th 2013, 3:58 pm
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Replies: 18
Views: 591
Re: School in Versaille and st germain
Hi,
If you've been offered places for your children as externes, then that means they've been accepted, but not as boarders. I imagine you'd rather they were day pupils. Once you have a place in St...
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Forum: Europe / France
Apr 18th 2013, 12:38 pm
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Replies: 11
Views: 456
Re: Auto Entrepreneur & Advice before Moving
Hi,
I don't think you'll be crippled, just a bit of collateral damage. :o
As an auto-entrepreneur your turn-over is limited to something in the region of €35,000 per annum. You can't claim back...
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Forum: Europe / France
Apr 16th 2013, 1:19 pm
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Replies: 24
Views: 769
Re: Buying a car and insurance
Hi,
A question you might like to consider is why anyone in continental Europe should wish to buy a right-hand-drive car. I can't think of very many people, apart from the odd Brit. from the UK but...
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Forum: Europe / France
Apr 11th 2013, 7:47 am
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Replies: 17
Views: 495
Re: Microlight Flying
Ah, the joys of sitting out in the garden, several miles away from the flight path to the "small airport" at Toussus le Noble, south of Versailles. On a warm sunny weekend evening l'apéro would...
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Forum: Europe / France
Apr 9th 2013, 4:57 pm
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Replies: 5
Views: 226
Re: Juillac in Correze
Yes I suppose it is; two useless politicians on the one hand, the bloke that discovered gravity and Mrs Thatcher who tried to defy gravity on the other.
As for my deductions about La Corrèze, I...
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Forum: Europe / France
Apr 9th 2013, 9:59 am
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Replies: 5
Views: 226
Re: Juillac in Correze
Hi,
Welcome to the forum.
Corrèze is nice, peaceful, green, rural, hilly, with a continental climate. I know nothing however about the precise area you refer to.
A word of warning about the...
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