Thanks for the help everyone, wasn't expecting so many answers so soon! Is there no minimum age to start a gite too? I want to try running a gite because i see no future in england atm (unfortunately) and really want to invest my money into something, tourisms good in france, nice culture, plus then i'll have a property in france! =D I'm thinking if i can find somebody close by in the same village as my holiday home to employ as a houekeeper it could work? I just don't have a full understanding of the french laws. Ha I'm not french wilko, that's just the name i use on a night out .. Le John Pierre ... God of looove =P Yeah ... it never workds ..