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Forum: France
Sep 8th 2021, 7:58 pm
Replies: 64
Views: 6,553
Posted By Bill retiring to Pezenas

Re: France visa entry for retirement advice sought...

Hello All,

I’ve just spent 2 hours trying to log on properly to this system and written a long report for you all about buying my house in Pézenas yesterday . But all is lost , I won’t criticise...
Forum: France
Aug 14th 2021, 4:58 am
Replies: 64
Views: 6,553
Posted By Bill retiring to Pezenas

Re: France visa entry for retirement advice sought...

In answer to "Does it fulfil your dreams?".. it is too early to tell yet but it is certainly a joy to stroll around simply for the gorgeous architecture. Practically everywhere I look seems like a...
Forum: France
Aug 13th 2021, 5:30 pm
Replies: 64
Views: 6,553
Posted By Bill retiring to Pezenas

Re: France visa entry for retirement advice sought...

Maybe a little too much jet-lag making me feel the pastis but... neither the Swedes (where I lived for 30 odd years) nor the Japanese (12 years) ever tell jokes. A great hole in my life. Nothing to...
Forum: France
Aug 13th 2021, 5:25 pm
Replies: 64
Views: 6,553
Posted By Bill retiring to Pezenas

Re: France visa entry for retirement advice sought...

PS: you refer to OH, took me a few seconds to get that... but reminded me of EI.

(`er indoors)

:-)
Forum: France
Aug 13th 2021, 5:23 pm
Replies: 64
Views: 6,553
Posted By Bill retiring to Pezenas

Re: France visa entry for retirement advice sought...

You are so kind to be concerned on my behalf.

Yes, prior to my electronic signing of the Compromis de Vente I had read English translations of the recent diagnostic reports which purport to note...
Forum: France
Aug 13th 2021, 10:49 am
Replies: 64
Views: 6,553
Posted By Bill retiring to Pezenas

Re: France visa entry for retirement advice sought...

Hello,

Yes, I signed the Compromis de Vente by electronic signature and paid my 10% deposit a long while ago. September 7th is final signing/transfer of ownership day before which I will have both...
Forum: France
Aug 12th 2021, 7:44 am
Replies: 64
Views: 6,553
Posted By Bill retiring to Pezenas

Re: France visa entry for retirement advice sought...

Hello again Loxie,

My workaround was apparently very lucky.

Each local French consulate have their own quirks.

I was fortunate that the French consulate in Japan is still using the "old...
Forum: France
Aug 12th 2021, 7:25 am
Replies: 64
Views: 6,553
Posted By Bill retiring to Pezenas

Re: France visa entry for retirement advice sought...

Hello Anneteje,

I trust you are well.

I have just woken up on the first morning of my new life in Pezenas at the rental apartment around the corner from the little house I am buying here,...
Forum: France
May 24th 2021, 2:07 am
Replies: 64
Views: 6,553
Posted By Bill retiring to Pezenas

Re: France visa entry for retirement advice sought...

Hello Loxie,

Congratulations on your forthcoming retirement.
I bought my low cost insurance from AXA online. It took 3 minutes. You can find details here:...
Forum: France
May 23rd 2021, 2:43 pm
Replies: 64
Views: 6,553
Posted By Bill retiring to Pezenas

Re: France visa entry for retirement advice sought...

So..... this evening from Tokyo I bid the asking price for the perfect cocoon in Pezenas for me... sight unseen.

What is life without a (nearly) blind jump once in a while?

Stay tuned for...
Forum: France
May 22nd 2021, 10:53 am
Replies: 64
Views: 6,553
Posted By Bill retiring to Pezenas

Re: France visa entry for retirement advice sought...

Hello Cassandra,

I think you are not she... but perhaps her twin brother, Helenus, you may well be, as I believe you.

You seem well versed in the intricacies. I am forging ahead, but as...
Forum: France
May 22nd 2021, 10:31 am
Replies: 64
Views: 6,553
Posted By Bill retiring to Pezenas

Re: France visa entry for retirement advice sought...

Hello Tweedpipe,

Thanks so much for wise advice. I smoked a pipe for 10 years and miss it in the best moments ... also have enough tweed to worry about the survival of the Harris flocks.

An old...
Forum: France
May 22nd 2021, 7:58 am
Replies: 64
Views: 6,553
Posted By Bill retiring to Pezenas

Re: France visa entry for retirement advice sought...

Hello DMU,

Again, I do agree with your sage advice.

My cunning plan is to make a modest deposit to secure my first option to buy for two months until I arrive in Pezenas, August 1, where I will...
Forum: France
May 22nd 2021, 7:06 am
Replies: 64
Views: 6,553
Posted By Bill retiring to Pezenas

Re: France visa entry for retirement advice sought...

Eurotrash, exactly ! You are so right and this was the reason for my confusion. My understanding now is that I must get that 1 years travel insurance to be permitted enter and to have a first one...
Forum: France
May 22nd 2021, 6:56 am
Replies: 64
Views: 6,553
Posted By Bill retiring to Pezenas

Re: France visa entry for retirement advice sought...

Hello Eurotrash,

I bow to the superior wisdom of your penfriend’s grandmother and thank her for the education. I will dunk with glee in her honour for every first coffee at the cafe and she shall...
Forum: France
May 21st 2021, 11:23 pm
Replies: 64
Views: 6,553
Posted By Bill retiring to Pezenas

Re: France visa entry for retirement advice sought...

Hello Chatter Static,

Thanks for your comments.
As for church bells at 7... I rise at 6 or before each day and take my morning constitutional so I will be sipping a first coffee at some café on...
Forum: France
May 21st 2021, 11:08 am
Replies: 64
Views: 6,553
Posted By Bill retiring to Pezenas

Re: France visa entry for retirement advice sought...

Hello Eurotrash,
Thanks for the heads up... I will start searching in earnest as soon as I get down there.
Kind regards,
Bill
Forum: France
May 21st 2021, 11:05 am
Replies: 64
Views: 6,553
Posted By Bill retiring to Pezenas

Re: France visa entry for retirement advice sought...

Hello again DMU,

More sage advice, thanks so much.

I have been house-hunting online all day today (although I should really wait until I get there to see the place for myself) and I found what...
Forum: France
May 21st 2021, 11:00 am
Replies: 64
Views: 6,553
Posted By Bill retiring to Pezenas

Re: France visa entry for retirement advice sought...

Hello DMU,
Very kind of you to chip in with the three useful links. I shall use them all.
Kind regards,
Bill
Oh! You asked for an update... well here it us plus some useful info` for the next...
Forum: France
May 16th 2021, 8:50 am
Replies: 64
Views: 6,553
Posted By Bill retiring to Pezenas

Re: France visa entry for retirement advice sought...

Hello Mikelinks,

Thanks very much for your kind reply.

I was taught pétanque when I was 15 years old staying with a family in Caen, Normandy. We played it on very uneven ground in the forest...
Forum: France
May 16th 2021, 8:02 am
Replies: 64
Views: 6,553
Posted By Bill retiring to Pezenas

Re: France visa entry for retirement advice sought...

Hello again Forum members,

Following HTH’s kind advice I thought I’d be a bit more specific about my perceived needs.

That insurance thing I mentioned of course but apart from that I think I...
Forum: France
May 16th 2021, 7:36 am
Replies: 64
Views: 6,553
Posted By Bill retiring to Pezenas

Re: France visa entry for retirement advice sought...

Hello HTH,

Very kind of you to take the time to answer my message.

Dead in winter ?... I don’t worry about that too much. I won’t say I’ve lived in the fast lane but life has certainly been...
Forum: France
May 16th 2021, 3:42 am
Replies: 64
Views: 6,553
Posted By Bill retiring to Pezenas

France visa entry for retirement advice sought...

Hello All,

Bill, 63 years old, residing now in Japan but on my way to retire by myself in Pézenas, south of France.
Interested to make some connections with others who are in or near Pézenas with...
Forum: France
May 16th 2021, 3:35 am
Replies: 1,512
Views: 271,522
Posted By Bill retiring to Pezenas

Smile Re: Introduction Thread (Somewhere to say Hi)

Hello All,

Bill, 63 years old, residing now in Japan but on my way to retire by myself in Pézenas, south of France.
Interested to make some connections with others who are in or near Pézenas with...
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