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Forum: France
Feb 10th 2015, 12:22 pm
Replies: 47
Views: 4,033
Posted By bhouse

Re: French Retail Bank Branches with English speaking staff

Credit Agricole has an English speaking service. The individual branches are collected into regions and each region is managed separately so the service does vary. We are with the Touraine-Poitou...
Forum: France
Feb 10th 2015, 8:12 am
Replies: 4
Views: 884
Posted By bhouse

Re: Limoges car hire

All the car hire companies at Limoges are based in a small hut about 15m from the front doors of the terminal building. The cars are generally within a 30m radius. If you ask nicely, I'm sure Buggs...
Forum: France
Feb 10th 2015, 1:54 am
Replies: 4
Views: 884
Posted By bhouse

Re: Limoges car hire

Hi Todell,

We have used Buggs Car Hire and have found them to be very reliable and good value. I have found them to offer a better service than the better known big name brands.
Forum: France
Jul 23rd 2014, 10:50 am
Replies: 11
Views: 963
Posted By bhouse

Re: Ferries and Dogs !!

I've used the tunnel about 30 times over the last 12 months and just one journey was delayed, taking about 15 minutes longer than normal.
Being stuck and towed out must be very unpleasant, but it...
Forum: France
Jul 7th 2014, 5:27 pm
Replies: 22
Views: 1,977
Posted By bhouse

Re: Does anyone out there keep hens?

Whoops! Sorry for the typo and thanks for the correction. It should, indeed, be pondeuse.
Forum: France
Jul 7th 2014, 2:55 pm
Replies: 22
Views: 1,977
Posted By bhouse

Re: Does anyone out there keep hens?

Poule pondourse are what you need. Most brico type places sell them in the pet section but I haven't managed to find any organic ones.

And they adore sunflower seeds - easy enough to grow a few in...
Forum: France
Feb 20th 2014, 4:57 pm
Replies: 62
Views: 4,194
Posted By bhouse

Re: Buying timescales

We found Credit Agricola to be very helpful. They have an English web site and opening an account proved to be very simple indeed.
Forum: France
Feb 18th 2014, 9:04 am
Replies: 62
Views: 4,194
Posted By bhouse

Re: Buying timescales

Tugrin - just to add that our 8 week transaction was with a private seller. They had paid a fixed fee to have their property on a website called green-acres.com. They seemed to have a few private...
Forum: France
Feb 17th 2014, 7:27 pm
Replies: 62
Views: 4,194
Posted By bhouse

Re: Buying timescales

Tugrin -
First of all, bon chance!
We found the French system to be a breath of fresh air compared to the English system. However, you do need to be prepared to think for yourself rather than...
Forum: France
Dec 12th 2013, 7:07 am
Replies: 9
Views: 1,079
Posted By bhouse

Re: New owners, phone disconnected...

Thanks for all the helpful comments - I now have several paths to follow.

I'm sorry if my original post indicated impatience on my part. I know that bureaucracy in France has reached the level of...
Forum: France
Dec 11th 2013, 9:29 pm
Replies: 9
Views: 1,079
Posted By bhouse

Re: New owners, phone disconnected...

Thanks for the rapid response.

The nearest Orange shop is an hour away, and our time in France over the next few months needs to be focused on working on the house rather than spending time in...
Forum: France
Dec 11th 2013, 8:05 pm
Replies: 9
Views: 1,079
Posted By bhouse

Angry New owners, phone disconnected...

Hello all,

I've been lurking here for several months as I found all my questions had already been asked - and answered - so there was little need to speak.

However...

After a fairly swift...
Forum: France
Nov 26th 2013, 7:33 pm
Replies: 23
Views: 2,598
Posted By bhouse

Re: solar panels

A salutary warning there. Look out for solar panel salesmen bearing gifts...
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