[quote user="AnOther"]Not sure but I think, like in UK, to rent in France you will have to provide references ? Good luck in putting it all back together, there is no real stigma attached to a failed business and I'm sure in the current climate you are not alone. In the US they seem to regard it as a rite of passage, a few heroic failures behind you before you hit the motherlode ! Moving to France is a massive step although if you do have a secure job here it obviously makes a new start a lot easier. [/quote] References for renting properties will not be a problem... we rented before and we're currently in rented property (we're exemplary tenants as our current landlord put it!!!) We can provide glowing references there. I hear what you say about rite of passage tho :-) and hopefully this is the case with us!! I'm sure I read some where that 80% of self made millionaires have been bankrupt at least once on their way up!