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  1. thats what I thought to, which is why I replied, this is what we have done.
  2. I have just heard back from CA Britline re the validity of car insurance as we are non french resident. As far as they are concerned the car is insured as it is registered in France.
  3. I try my best with my neighbours, but sometimes I say something and they get the blank look, probably the wrong word or ive said it the wrong way, but then again our french neighbour chatters away to us, somethings we understand other we dont. Think it is really nice that one of them now says 'Good Morning', his only bit of english. I did manage to tell his wife how to make the jelly I had given her, just to be on the safe side I wrote it down as well for her, really pleased when they do understand tho. I am deaf but with a cochlear implant, so only hear (sort of) in one ear,so understanding takes a lot of concentration
  4. 5 years and you havent tried the remote control on the blinds.....surely you checked this before the builder had been paid and left. Bit too late I would have thought.
  5. [quote user="Braco"]Hi Having checked out LHD car prices and failed to win the Euro millions we have taken the plunge and purchased a four year old UK registered Renault Laguna diesel car. For the foreseeable future we are planning to base it in our house in Pezenas and use it for our, and family visits. I have a few questions and will be very grateful for your experience’s. How long will it roughly take to complete the re-registration? I ask this as I suspect that it will probably require us to use it for a few months as a UK taxed and insured vehicle. I have found German sourced LHD headlamps on Ebay. Are they available in France as grey market (non main dealer supplied). Can anyone please point me in the direction of an English speaking insurance broker/website as my French only extends to ordering food and drink. And finally as I have read on this site a certificate of conformity is required, can this be obtained in the UK. Thank you.[/quote] We bought a lhd car in Uk, we insured this in UK with a policy which meant we could take it abroad, we got all the necessary paperwork ready before we left for France. On arrival we got a CT on the car, visited the tax office and then the prefecture, got car re-registed within 2 hours. Got new number plates on the way home. Two days later through the post we got the official registration documents. Once we got home, we informed dvla that we had exported the car and have now insured the car through CA Britline. Just one thing I have to check, reading another thread on here.. maybe wrongly... I need to check that the insurance is valid as we are not french residents, although the car is now on french plates and CA Britline know we live in England. Provided you have the correct paperwork and the car passes the CT you can do the re-registration in one day.
  6. We love our hamlet in France and so look forward to retireing there. There are other english people around, some we like, some we dont.... we wouldnt be friends with them in UK so why would we be in France? Will be watching this evening,hopefully it wont make me cringe too much lol
  7. Fishnchips in my uk local £5.80 (very large) Fishnchips from van in Limousin 8.50e (medium) Very expensive for two,eating with plastic knives and forks and out of cardboard box. 11e 3 course meal at a local bistro,much better value
  8. Nice to put a face to a name. Wig looks great... good luck with the chemo xx
  9. julienne carrots and courgettes. Stirfry in a little oil, just towards the end add small amount of sugar...........mmmmm
  10. When the going gets tough The tough get going! Nought much I can add to everyone elses sentiments. thinking of you
  11. I thought it looked ok, would prefer to see the price on the Home Page. Dont know your area so cannot comment on price. I would be put off by the picture from down the road, showing the side of the neighbouring building, however nice the house was this would put me off viewing..jmo Good luck
  12. Im probably a lurker. We have had a place in France for 10 years now, visit as often as we can. I love France, hope to live over there in the not to distant future and find this forum very informative re health,culture etc, probably the rules will change before I get there, but I like to keep uptodate with these things. I dont post often, as I dont feel I have much to contribute - yet. Also, with someone in the same position say as Cooperola, who is poorly at the moment, forums can provide daily contact with people,as good a tonic as anything. I will continue to lurk and learn lol
  13. Best wishes from me too........chin up
  14. Welcome home, hope its for much longer this time. Best wishes x
  15. Blimey, you really are going through it at the moment, my very best wishes and hope that you are home soon x
  16. So sorry to hear this,thinking of you, keep positive. Love and best wishes x
  17. Morris Minor - named Gertie, 1st car bought for £20, my dad hand painted it with one of his paint brushes - say no more, it had fat wheels,sports seats and binatone cassette lol Fiat 127 - less said the better Triumph Dolomite - rust bucket 2.0s Capri - gorgeous 2.8i Capri- brilliant Lotus Sunbeam - fastest thing on four wheels at the time Kids turned up:- MG Maestro Cavalier SR and SRi Escort XR3i Toyota Supra Mondeo ST24 Mondeo ST220 Lotus Esprit Turbo Lotus Elise 135r Clio 172 sport Z3 Z4 and now: BMW 320M - posh car Toyota MR2 - my shopping car Petrolheads lol
  18. Hope they get to the bottom of this soon
  19. Ladies (and maybe gentlemen) probably travelling with ryanair in a couple of weeks, if I take a cabinsize suitcase on the plane, can I also carry my handbag?? Or would that be classed as an extra bag?
  20. Wishing Coops a very speedy recovery x
  21. Papachapa, I do expect to pay my way in France, just seemed a very large increase and just wanted to check it out. Our resident neighbours have had no such letter yet.
  22. Thank you Dave, My letter starts like that and then in a later paragraph: En appliquant les taux d'imposition votes l'annee derniere, votre taxe fonciere s'eleverait a 666euros Ce montant ne tient pas compte des eventuelles exonerations dont vous pourriez beneficier. Which I read as an increase in the Fonciere tax. Last year the base was 379,cotisation 70, so presume would now be 666,less the cotisation.
  23. omg... more than mine, will try to get hold of neighbours, see if theres has also gone up, not sure if my french will be upto phoning the impots in Limoges
  24. Had a letter today, stating that our Taxe fonciere has been increased. Last year 228e now 666e It has never increased this much before,has anybody else heard anything. Haute-vienne
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