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Forum: France

Mar 24th 2013, 1:16 pm

Replies: 22

will we won't we buy in brittany

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Posted By Wendybee

Re: will we won't we buy in brittany

You sound pretty sensible carol24. It just seems to me that so many people move to France, Spain, Portugal etc and sink their life savings into it then when they need or want to sell they either...

Forum: France

Mar 24th 2013, 12:09 pm

Replies: 22

will we won't we buy in brittany

Views: 4,382

Posted By Wendybee

Re: will we won't we buy in brittany

Hi carol24, I don't know a lot about Brittany but what I have seen of it has been lovely as is the case with most of France.

Good advice from EuroTrash I think. Don't buy to make money and don't...

Forum: France

Mar 22nd 2013, 8:36 pm

Replies: 4

Lunch on the N137

Views: 3,737

Posted By Wendybee

Lunch on the N137

Can anyone recommend a nice, typically French (ie not Macdonalds or any other fast-food establishment) and not too expensive place to stop for lunch just off the N137 travelling from Rennes to...

Forum: Spain

Jun 6th 2012, 6:52 pm

Replies: 24

I need your property opinions

Views: 2,785

Posted By Wendybee

Re: I need your property opinions

Personally I wouldn't touch it with a barge pole. In my experience of Spain the risk could end up being a lot more than 1%! 200K is an awful lot of money to have tied up in something that a) may...

Forum: Spain

Jun 5th 2012, 5:47 pm

Replies: 14

Closing Bank Account by post

Views: 4,873

Posted By Wendybee

Re: Closing Bank Account by post

We closed a bank account with Caja Granada by post last year. We sent everything ie copies of passport, utility bill, NIE, a letter written in English and Spanish and the debit card cut in half to...

Forum: France

Jun 3rd 2012, 10:49 am

Replies: 3

Beaches near Montpellier

Views: 1,465

Posted By Wendybee

Beaches near Montpellier

We will be spending an afternoon in Montpellier soon and would like to have a swim in the Med. As we don't know the area at all I was wondering if anyone could recommend a good beach for swimming? ...

Forum: France

Jan 23rd 2012, 12:21 pm

Replies: 20

Moving from Spain to France.

Views: 2,515

Posted By Wendybee

Re: Moving from Spain to France.

Hi Simon

we're in the Haute-Vienne, about 25 minutes south of Limoges so probably about an hour or so away from Fursac. I think you'll find expats wherever you go so I wouldn't worry too much...

Forum: France

Jan 18th 2012, 6:40 pm

Replies: 20

Moving from Spain to France.

Views: 2,515

Posted By Wendybee

Re: Moving from Spain to France.

Hello there. I can't answer any of your queries regarding schools or working as a builder in France but what I can tell you is that we moved to the Limousin from southern Spain about four months...

Forum: France

Jan 4th 2012, 6:43 pm

Replies: 2

France blogs

Views: 616

Posted By Wendybee

Re: France blogs

Good question! I've always thought that in theory blogs are a good idea but in practice most of them are a load of rubbish! So although I can't help you, I would also be interested if anyone knows...

Forum: France

Nov 17th 2011, 11:33 am

Replies: 4

Wooden floors

Views: 741

Posted By Wendybee

Wooden floors

We've got lovely polished oak floors in our new house. We've never had wooden floors before so we're not sure how to look after them. What's the best way to clean them (obviously you can't drench...

Forum: France

Oct 24th 2011, 11:05 am

Replies: 10

Moving to France from Spain

Views: 3,040

Posted By Wendybee

Re: Moving to France from Spain

We've moved from Spain to France very recently. Regarding the opening of a bank account, yes you most definitely can open an account before you move here. We completed the entire process by email...

Forum: Spain

Oct 22nd 2011, 7:15 am

Replies: 7

Closing a bank account

Views: 9,579

Posted By Wendybee

Closing a bank account

We no longer live in Spain but had to keep our bank account open when we left in order to pay our last few outstanding bills. We would now like to close the account without returning to Spain to do...

Forum: France

Oct 14th 2011, 7:55 am

Replies: 6

Carte Vitale

Views: 4,937

Posted By Wendybee

Re: Carte Vitale

Thank you for your replies. Unfortunately before moving to France we worked in the Channel Islands and whilst that gives us the right to live and work in the EU there's no reciprocal health...

Forum: France

Oct 13th 2011, 7:51 am

Replies: 6

Carte Vitale

Views: 4,937

Posted By Wendybee

Carte Vitale

This is my very first post ever on a forum anywhere! Having only moved into our home in France less than two weeks ago I naturally have dozens of questions but I'll limit myself to one at a time! ...

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