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Forum: France
Apr 20th 2025, 5:31 pm
Replies: 3
Views: 1,908
Posted By Chatter Static

Re: LeBonCoin difficulties

I buy stuff on it all the time and have no issue contacting sellers as when it’s local I will just try to arrange a meeting somewhere public. To avoid the fee’s obviously.
Forum: France
Apr 20th 2025, 5:27 pm
Replies: 22
Views: 3,292
Posted By Chatter Static

Re: Internet fibre-optic connection difficulties

Thanks got sidetracked which is easy for me, hope your ok.
Forum: France
Apr 19th 2025, 12:55 am
Replies: 22
Views: 3,292
Posted By Chatter Static

Re: Internet fibre-optic connection difficulties

Normally they’d pull out your copper feed from road connecting a draw rope in the house then pull it back with the copper and fibre cable on it even old duct would have potentially collapsed by now...
Forum: France
Aug 12th 2024, 5:26 am
Replies: 11
Views: 1,331
Posted By Chatter Static

Re: Dog Trainer - Alsace

what’s woof in French?
Forum: France
Mar 3rd 2023, 8:58 am
Replies: 27
Views: 8,697
Posted By Chatter Static

Re: Why are French realtors so useless?

I always thought “Cave du vin” just meant we never got round to concreting the floor in the basement room furthest from the back door.
Forum: France
Mar 2nd 2023, 8:44 am
Replies: 23
Views: 1,840
Posted By Chatter Static

Re: Flat rewire in France

The conduit “Gaine” does come pre-filled most folk will do it the fishing way as it saves money it comes with a wire in it to aid pulling a nylon puller through.
Forum: France
Aug 31st 2022, 8:18 am
Replies: 18
Views: 4,884
Posted By Chatter Static

Re: French Immobilière. A warning

if you’ve already visited a immo the visit dockets you sign are normally per house or per visit round as they normally go to a few. Because another immo could have the same house as well as the...
Forum: France
Aug 30th 2022, 8:36 am
Replies: 18
Views: 4,884
Posted By Chatter Static

Re: French Immobilière. A warning

The address isn’t there because of the number of private sales in France. Street view and reverse image searches are your friends just as web developer tools built into the browser are.

then go...
Forum: France
Aug 7th 2022, 11:48 pm
Replies: 7
Views: 3,799
Posted By Chatter Static

Re: Getting a loan for a holiday home in France

You could try a specialist broker like CAFPI, you create a dossier with them and they then approach all the lenders they will know your odds from the get go. But as an non EU resident they’re going...
Forum: France
Aug 7th 2022, 11:34 pm
Replies: 14
Views: 1,609
Posted By Chatter Static

Re: Supermarkets

im aware of that but the point I was making was the franchising of French supermarkets.
Forum: France
Aug 5th 2022, 7:13 pm
Replies: 14
Views: 1,609
Posted By Chatter Static

Re: Supermarkets

Anyone that likes decent fresh veg should use Grand Frais if you have one. They also have good cheese selections nice meats etc. They only sell food.

One of the big differences between UK and...
Forum: France
Jul 19th 2022, 8:10 am
Replies: 21
Views: 8,852
Posted By Chatter Static

Re: Plastering in France

Plastering internally here does include wet plasters known as plâtre comes in court and long amongst other. It’s great for filling big holes as it sets so fast sparkies use it like expand foam as...
Forum: France
May 30th 2022, 1:52 am
Replies: 24
Views: 3,148
Posted By Chatter Static

Re: Garden services

You have an echo…
Forum: France
May 24th 2022, 8:02 am
Replies: 13
Views: 2,123
Posted By Chatter Static

Re: new member

Are you Clarins or Phytomer trained? obviously having additional certification from bigger known names on top of your fundamental beauty therapy training will go a long way here as will where you...
Forum: France
May 17th 2022, 5:18 am
Replies: 8
Views: 1,886
Posted By Chatter Static

Re: Moving to France Rent or Buy First?

At retirement age I’d want to be a shorter ride to Urgencies. This also means paying attention to what direction the hospital is headed in as needs of communities change and before you know it you...
Forum: France
May 17th 2022, 5:11 am
Replies: 67
Views: 15,971
Posted By Chatter Static

Re: HSBC expat banking

We used hsbc and they did what they said on the tin, we don’t bank with them anymore and brexit has occurred since then so your mileage may vary.
Forum: France
Apr 20th 2022, 10:51 pm
Replies: 2
Views: 1,242
Posted By Chatter Static

Re: diagnostics report

I’d prefer to see the original text but my suspicion based on your translation is that the waste drainage still passes through either a fosses or tout eau and old style pipes are still present....
Forum: France
Mar 4th 2022, 6:18 am
Replies: 17
Views: 3,413
Posted By Chatter Static

Re: Communicating in French with hospital staff

Urgencies is well versed is a carte vitale turning up later, everyone is entitled to life saving care. But if you don’t turn up with it they will hound you. Our local hospital have had a lot of...
Forum: France
Jan 25th 2022, 11:42 pm
Replies: 36
Views: 11,291
Posted By Chatter Static

Re: French debit or credit card

Supermarkets here can use a pre authorisation service for checks, it will alert them to insufficient funds.
Forum: France
Jan 13th 2022, 10:35 pm
Replies: 5
Views: 828
Posted By Chatter Static

Re: Un coup de baguette tragique

I never get a baguette it’s so over cooked here if fall over on the way home I might stab myself. They got offended when I asked if they would mind pulling one of the loaves out 10 minutes before...
Forum: France
Dec 30th 2021, 8:36 am
Replies: 14
Views: 1,300
Posted By Chatter Static

Re: double jab certificate to enter france from spain

Uk residents can’t go in any direction transiting through France.
Forum: France
Dec 30th 2021, 2:12 am
Replies: 14
Views: 1,300
Posted By Chatter Static

Re: double jab certificate to enter france from spain

You can no longer transit France from another country by car to return to the UK unless you are a resident of France.

Unless you have a compelling reason.
...
Forum: France
Dec 28th 2021, 8:23 am
Replies: 8
Views: 1,048
Posted By Chatter Static

Re: Happy Christmas thread

Meh…. Merry Whatseecallit to you all…
Forum: France
Dec 22nd 2021, 6:48 am
Replies: 18
Views: 1,810
Posted By Chatter Static

Re: Start micro entreprise: social security

It’s a matter of perspective we pay higher social charges but have cheaper homes, England pay less social charges but pay more income tax individually and have road tax and higher house prices.
Forum: France
Dec 15th 2021, 2:47 am
Replies: 5
Views: 1,120
Posted By Chatter Static

Re: French 'howlers'

Our child’s English teacher is convinced that us brits when pronouncing dates do the full one thousand nine hundred and ninety nine marlarky. Said child was sent back to school to point out that...
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