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Forum: France
May 24th 2016, 6:06 am
Replies: 56
Views: 5,744
Posted By NickB62

Re: Where in France?

Check that the SNCF is providing a train service, before booking any train tickets. :unsure:
Forum: France
May 24th 2016, 5:49 am
Replies: 56
Views: 5,744
Posted By NickB62

Re: Where in France?

Apologies - I've missed the web address of a useful link in my earlier post :eek:; my penultimate sentence should have given the following 'lead-in' example:
...
Forum: France
May 24th 2016, 3:11 am
Replies: 56
Views: 5,744
Posted By NickB62

Re: Where in France?

How are you getting on with your search, butch1961?

Once you have narrowed it down, have a look at the candid 'pros and cons' given by the locals;) (although you'd need an understanding of (the)...
Forum: France
May 10th 2016, 1:42 am
Replies: 35
Views: 5,836
Posted By NickB62

Re: Retiring to France...questions re healthcare

To expand on this point further, would this mean that having a separate healthcare policy and being able to prove that a lump-sum is being used to finance an individuals cost of living during this...
Forum: France
Apr 29th 2016, 2:43 am
Replies: 35
Views: 5,836
Posted By NickB62

Re: Retiring to France...questions re healthcare

+1. I regard healthcare as a very important topic, just as ET kindly mentioned to me some months ago - I believe that it can 'make or break' a decision to move to France in the first place.
I'm...
Forum: France
Jan 22nd 2016, 3:57 am
Replies: 7
Views: 2,163
Posted By NickB62

CPAM replaced by Protection Universelle Maladie (PUMA).

Interesting - perhaps French Intelligence have been reading our posts regarding French bureaucracy?!

The following article has been sourced from 'Your French Matters':


'PUMA –Protection...
Forum: France
Jan 22nd 2016, 2:30 am
Replies: 28
Views: 2,608
Posted By NickB62

Re: BUYING AGENTS (aka ' PROPERTY FINDERS').

Damn! You spotted my deliberate error (or laziness) - the words 'published by...'
are missing.

Yes, there are plenty of (raw) sexual references; they didn't consider the use of asterisks to abate...
Forum: France
Jan 22nd 2016, 12:23 am
Replies: 28
Views: 2,608
Posted By NickB62

Re: BUYING AGENTS (aka ' PROPERTY FINDERS').

Another useful phrase is 'J'ai besoin de...'. I enjoy using 'leading words' that then require the infinitive; I believe that this saves conjugating the verbs (despite this being simple for the first...
Forum: France
Jan 19th 2016, 10:49 pm
Replies: 28
Views: 2,608
Posted By NickB62

Re: BUYING AGENTS (aka ' PROPERTY FINDERS').

Thank-you for your post - which you had written on the very day that I visited Pontivy! I looked round in the pouring rain for the Tourist Office which (upon asking) turned out to be a moored boat!
...
Forum: France
Dec 10th 2015, 3:33 am
Replies: 33
Views: 5,220
Posted By NickB62

Re: I FEEL THAT I'M IN A PANIC!

Yes, that's the gist(e) :lol: of it.

But would your OH regard the city tax as forming apart of the total due or an additional sum due, in a contrat de location?

I've written to the gîte owner,...
Forum: France
Dec 10th 2015, 12:23 am
Replies: 33
Views: 5,220
Posted By NickB62

Re: I FEEL THAT I'M IN A PANIC!

Then I totally understand your position.


Can't you take a snap/mobile picture of the meter; scan it and e-mail it to them to trigger a new facture:cool:
Or would you need to submit the readings...
Forum: France
Dec 10th 2015, 12:12 am
Replies: 33
Views: 5,220
Posted By NickB62

Re: I FEEL THAT I'M IN A PANIC!

It's 'Part de percentum', dmu. Perhaps it should be the 'phrase of the day' - so slip it into a conversation:starsmile:

To put my posting into perspective, the gîte owner wants an 'upfront'...
Forum: France
Dec 9th 2015, 11:26 pm
Replies: 33
Views: 5,220
Posted By NickB62

Re: I FEEL THAT I'M IN A PANIC!

Surely they can check and apply a discount to the next facture?
Forum: France
Dec 9th 2015, 10:20 pm
Replies: 33
Views: 5,220
Posted By NickB62

Re: I FEEL THAT I'M IN A PANIC!

Thank-you for your positive posting ET!

I received the contrat - all one page of it! The subject of the document is the cost of the stay, which has raised an eye-brow, in that she has calculated...
Forum: France
Dec 7th 2015, 2:37 am
Replies: 33
Views: 5,220
Posted By NickB62

Re: I FEEL THAT I'M IN A PANIC!

At last! A response from the gîte owner (having chased up my booking, it appears that her e-mail address was not accurate).

She is going to send to me in the post, un contract de location:eek: -...
Forum: France
Dec 5th 2015, 3:10 am
Replies: 28
Views: 2,608
Posted By NickB62

Re: BUYING AGENTS (aka ' PROPERTY FINDERS').

Thank-you very much for your posting - I may well print your guide before visiting in Jan. :thumbsup: - I wonder how much the UK press would pay you for your insider's view!
Forum: France
Dec 3rd 2015, 3:37 am
Replies: 28
Views: 2,608
Posted By NickB62

BUYING AGENTS (aka ' PROPERTY FINDERS').

Hi all,

In my New Year's quest to visit areas within the Morbihan Dépt. with a view to getting a feel for the property market, I have come across the following info.from the Daily Telegraph's...
Forum: France
Dec 2nd 2015, 2:38 am
Replies: 2
Views: 913
Posted By NickB62

Re: Ive made an offer...

From one 'Just Joined' to another - welcome to BE!

I started a thread 'I'm in a panic' having read so much information from different sources, that I took certain steps literally and then realised...
Forum: France
Dec 2nd 2015, 12:47 am
Replies: 33
Views: 5,220
Posted By NickB62

Re: I FEEL THAT I'M IN A PANIC!

Thank-you for your post EuroTrash - I see that there are loads of companies offering insurance, e.g. BUPA.
In my position, I'll have to take private health care insurance.
The information on the...
Forum: France
Nov 26th 2015, 11:05 pm
Replies: 33
Views: 5,220
Posted By NickB62

Re: I FEEL THAT I'M IN A PANIC!

Yep! That's what I'll have to do!
Or come over on the Dover ferry with a repeat prescription:lol:
Forum: France
Nov 26th 2015, 1:48 am
Replies: 33
Views: 5,220
Posted By NickB62

Re: I FEEL THAT I'M IN A PANIC!

Healthcare in France may well be a problem; I had a heart attack back in June and the NHS introduced me into a cardiac rehabilitation programme which is about to finish.
I am not the normal retiree...
Forum: Back Home
Nov 25th 2015, 11:17 pm
Replies: 69
Views: 46,107
Posted By NickB62

Re: Moving back biggest mistake

What aries (and other forumites under this posting) has said, further enhances my belief that I should just get on and move to France!
Forum: France
Nov 25th 2015, 9:52 pm
Replies: 33
Views: 5,220
Posted By NickB62

Re: I FEEL THAT I'M IN A PANIC!

Hi all - thank-you so much for your replies - I feel as though I've made a load of friends already!

Your posts are very helpful!

To shed some light on my position, I had retired (too early) at...
Forum: France
Nov 25th 2015, 2:05 am
Replies: 33
Views: 5,220
Posted By NickB62

I FEEL THAT I'M IN A PANIC!

Hi - I'm new to this Forum!

I would be very pleased to hear from those who have experienced selling up in the UK and moving to Brittany.

I have read a number of forums from expats and read...
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