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Forum: France
Jan 25th 2020, 8:25 pm
Replies: 45
Views: 5,916
Posted By lambchops

Re: Cost of Living

Can I just re-iterate at the start of this thread I said "We have looked at a number internet resources for p.a. averages (euros) so here goes (may have missed some)" so thank you ET for pointing...
Forum: France
Jan 25th 2020, 6:11 am
Replies: 45
Views: 5,916
Posted By lambchops

Re: Cost of Living

@Novcastrian

I said at the start of this thread, the figures I presented were averages from internet research but they do not reflect what 'we' think the cost of living actually is, so presenting...
Forum: France
Jan 25th 2020, 2:52 am
Replies: 45
Views: 5,916
Posted By lambchops

Re: Cost of Living

Thanks - have doubled both.

Lambs
Forum: France
Jan 25th 2020, 2:31 am
Replies: 45
Views: 5,916
Posted By lambchops

Re: Cost of Living

Tax fonciere - so looks like I need to bump that up quite a bit rather assume it will be around that figure
Home insurance - sure this was based on a quote for a multi-risques insurance
Internet -...
Forum: France
Jan 25th 2020, 1:05 am
Replies: 45
Views: 5,916
Posted By lambchops

Re: Cost of Living

Hi PetiteFrancaise

Fuel - I do mean petrol. We will also have a motorhome so we have a separate budget for this so overall fuel budget is 1000e but we can increase and will both have e-bikes...
Forum: France
Jan 25th 2020, 12:52 am
Replies: 45
Views: 5,916
Posted By lambchops

Re: Cost of Living

Thanks DMU for correction around Tax fonciere v d'habitation and TV license figure.

£2400 food is day to day food - we mostly cook all our own food and I bake a lot - is it cheaper to shop in...
Forum: France
Jan 24th 2020, 11:59 pm
Replies: 45
Views: 5,916
Posted By lambchops

Smile Cost of Living

Hi Lambs again,

Interested in folks thoughts about cost of living in France - appreciate this will depend on the type of lifestyle you want or can afford but we are pulling together a budget...
Forum: France
Jan 24th 2020, 9:47 pm
Replies: 18
Views: 2,097
Posted By lambchops

Re: French Aires - business venture

Hi Cyrian,

Fortunately we will be lucky enough to be in bracket b) :thumb:.
OH's motives

We moved to Cyprus 13yrs ago with the prospect of retiring but after 7mths of living la vida, we were...
Forum: France
Jan 24th 2020, 7:09 pm
Replies: 18
Views: 2,097
Posted By lambchops

Re: French Aires - business venture

Hi ET
OH was not planning a big moho service site so if there are restrictions on nos. even more ammo to put the OH off 😋... and OH' s plan was to do this solo with no staff.
Forum: France
Jan 24th 2020, 7:01 pm
Replies: 18
Views: 2,097
Posted By lambchops

Re: French Aires - business venture

Hi CSE
Yes we have both worked in high temperatures (45c avge in summer) as we lived in Cyprus for a number of years. One of our businesses was actually cleaning villas/apts so toilet cleaning was...
Forum: France
Jan 24th 2020, 3:48 am
Replies: 18
Views: 2,097
Posted By lambchops

Re: French Aires - business venture

@DMU / Listen Very Carefully - thanks also for your thoughts, appreciated.
Forum: France
Jan 24th 2020, 3:24 am
Replies: 18
Views: 2,097
Posted By lambchops

Re: French Aires - business venture

Hi EuroTrash - :goodpost:

Thanks for the 'rant' but you raise a lot of good points so let me dissect and gave some sensibile responses.

Location – we are not fixed on any one area but plan...
Forum: France
Jan 23rd 2020, 8:27 pm
Replies: 18
Views: 2,097
Posted By lambchops

Re: French Aires - business venture

Thanks Cyrian - will take look
Forum: France
Jan 23rd 2020, 8:55 am
Replies: 18
Views: 2,097
Posted By lambchops

French Aires - business venture

Hi - my OH has this mad idea to open a motorhome aire as a small business but I fear if he has his way, it could morph into something bigger when we are supposed to be slowing down (well me anyway)...
Forum: France
Jan 23rd 2020, 8:40 am
Replies: 16
Views: 1,981
Posted By lambchops

Re: French Canals

What a contrast!...so sad :(
Forum: France
Jan 23rd 2020, 1:43 am
Replies: 16
Views: 1,981
Posted By lambchops

Re: French Canals

Thanks AlianCo - good to know about the tree situation as some of the pics make it look really idyllic so we will take on board (no pun intended) your route suggestions. Fortunately we are ok with...
Forum: France
Jan 23rd 2020, 1:37 am
Replies: 15
Views: 1,801
Posted By lambchops

Re: Moving to France as an EU citizen

Alianco

Re your point on savings being taxed, excellent point, I checked and got a shock to see savings taxation is 30% (flat rate) which is very high compared to UK and it can rise up to 34% so...
Forum: France
Jan 23rd 2020, 1:21 am
Replies: 15
Views: 1,801
Posted By lambchops

Re: Moving to France as an EU citizen

Thanks Brit in Paris - aware of the timescales...yikes! ;)
Forum: France
Jan 23rd 2020, 12:44 am
Replies: 16
Views: 1,981
Posted By lambchops

French Canals

Hi
Looking for advice on canal cruising, do's/dont's, best routes /stops, who to hire from, who to avoid 🌝

Cheers
Lambs
Forum: France
Jan 22nd 2020, 10:45 pm
Replies: 15
Views: 1,801
Posted By lambchops

Re: Moving to France as an EU citizen

Hi

Living on a boat sounds wonderful. We are going to have a go at canal cruising this year - Canal du Midi so any tips / advice if you have them would be appreciated but I might spin up another...
Forum: France
Jan 22nd 2020, 9:33 pm
Replies: 15
Views: 1,801
Posted By lambchops

Re: Moving to France as an EU citizen

Hi

Many thanks for all the info particularly the guidance on budgeting for the mutuelle, we have factored 10% of our total income but are shopping around 🌝.

Re Irish citizenship - "If you...
Forum: France
Jan 22nd 2020, 9:07 am
Replies: 15
Views: 1,801
Posted By lambchops

Re: Moving to France as an EU citizen

Hi- tx for the feedback. What are the acronyms? 🌝
Forum: France
Jan 22nd 2020, 1:57 am
Replies: 15
Views: 1,801
Posted By lambchops

Moving to France as an EU citizen

Hi everyone, I am a newbie to this part of the forum and I wondered if anyone had any knowledge of the position in terms of Healthcare in France. My husband and I (both early retirees 50 & 59) who...
Forum: Canada
Oct 7th 2003, 6:08 am
Replies: 29
Views: 3,057
Posted By lambchops

I've just come back from Canada for a...

I've just come back from Canada for a pre-migration visit and decided that the grass is not always greener on the other side.

Like you I'd thought long and hard about moving to Canada but until I...
Forum: Canada
Sep 4th 2003, 7:50 am
Replies: 26
Views: 2,389
Posted By lambchops

Thanks to every1 who has posted a reply to this...

Thanks to every1 who has posted a reply to this query. Hope it helps others....certainly has helped us a lot.

Cheers

:beer:
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