Recent Posts Tagged With 'france'

• Thinking of buying a gite in France?

  Posted on Thursday June 18th, 2009 at 03:04 in business, france, inns

  When people think of moving to France their first thought as to how to generate an income is to buy a gite complex and rent it out to people from back home. It sounds like an idyllic lifestyle, doesn’t it? You work one day a week and the rest o...

• Why is it that the diesel in Spain lasts longer than the diesel in France?

  Posted on Sunday June 8th, 2008 at 11:28 in spain, france

  One thing that constantly confuses is that whenever we have a trip to Spain the diesel that we’ve bought there seems to last considerably longer than when the diesel that we ordinarily buy in France. A LOT longer too. For example, we filled the...

• Selling property in France?

  Posted on Monday May 26th, 2008 at 14:02 in france, buying a house in france

  If you’re selling property in France, you soon find that it’s an expensive business when you go through traditional estate agents. Typically you’re looking at anything from 5% to 10% of the list price going in charges. However, it d...

• It’s vacation time: let’s close up!

  Posted on Thursday May 1st, 2008 at 08:45 in holidays, france, cultural differences

  Whilst we all love our vacation time, we all assume that places that thrive on tourist business will be open during the holidays. That’s not always the case in France where many attractions are closed today because it’s Labour Day (May 1s...

• Tours of Paris

  Posted on Wednesday April 16th, 2008 at 04:59 in holidays, france, holiday in france

  Paris is a wonderful city to explore but there’s so much to see that many people miss out on really fantastic experiences even if they’ve been to Paris quite often. Tours in Paris come in all shapes and sizes of course and you’ll fi...

• A possible sale?

  Posted on Wednesday April 2nd, 2008 at 13:51 in france, family events, home improvements

  We’ve had our place listed with several estate agents for a while now and had sort-of settled into the thinking that it would sell “sometime” but probably not that soon. These days, you get a lot of “window shoppers” whe...

• Hectic days a-coming up

  Posted on Wednesday March 19th, 2008 at 16:11 in spain, france, tourist events

  Over the next few days it’s going to be pretty hectic here as the Spanish are coming, as usual for their pre-Easter break. Also, as usual, they wait ’til the last minute to book. Just a few weeks ago, we had nobody down for the next few d...