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  1. Thank you all for replying, I have marked gas as yellow, electric as red, water black, and drainage as white or grey. As for the misleading heading, Oh dear, I can see what you mean now, some people have smutty minds , and I always thought it wasn’t the colour or taste that mattered, surely it’s the size and quality of longevity that make a sheath able to last the distance. Whatever, I’m still enjoying practising.    :
  2. Does anyone know the colour of the protective sheath for services, which are buried underground like: Sheathing colours for services Water = Gas = Electricity = Telephone = Sewerage pipe = Television Cable = and the colour and/or wording on the tape laid above them.
  3.   Sorry!!! My post was quoting English size units and worktops. I would be interested to hear if it is cheaper to buy and cart your kitchen from England, or get it locally in France. I also wondered if all French made kitchens offer the same standard sizes as were quoted by the Kitchen sales person correcting my post???
  4. Flat pack is normally much cheaper as the factory did most of the work for you. If your kitchen is of any size, all you have to do is work in the sizes buyable. 1)     Draw a scaled drawing of your kitchen. 2)     For the floor units, Measure out from the wall 600mm (do this all the way around your kitchen) this is the normal depth of a kitchen work top, but there is nothing stopping you having a smaller unite space i.e. 550mm, 500mm or what ever (but it can stop you having carrousel swing shelves). 3)     Using drawing 2 (above) you will see where you can practically put units on the floor (remember you have to be able to get in and out of your kitchen) allow a 600mm + gap. 4)     Units come in 300, 400, 500, 600, 1000mm widths (if the depth is 600mm allow an extra 100mm empty space for the corner units to but up to). 5)     If you have a space of less than 300mm left over, position your units to make best use as a bin/towel rail/wine storage space. 6)     Leave 500 or 600mm gape for white goods (measure yours, but 600mm is normally best, in case you have to change white goods in the future). 7)     Floor units (with work top fitted) should be about 900mm high 8)     Wall units come in the same widths as floor units, but go back 300mm. 9)     Worktops come in 600mm depth and you can buy 900mm for breakfast bars. 10) I think it is worth putting the kitchen up you and using a carpenter to fit the worktops (mitre joints look much nicer than those metal strips).   Enjoy the saving on getting fitters in, and remember if you mess up one or two of the units, it can still save you hundreds of euros (if not thousands) on what you might have paid. This was in reply to someone who seemed to want to save a few pounds. The rich out there can squander as much as they can afford and enjoy only having to see the finished product. Good luck whichever way you go. If you need any help drop me a line Euge
  5.   Hello Richard I am going through the stages of building my own house in Confolens (area 16). I have the land and have the Architects drawings which have just gone in, so I will have about two to three months before we can start the build. I'm doing a block construction. If you need an architect, contact me on [email protected] Put 'house build' in the subject box (so that I can pick it out of the junk mail which comes from time to time). There is much to learn about house building in France. best of luck   Euge
  6. Thank you to everyone who offered assistance here, I’ve read every post and will take on board your thoughts. Again thanks   Euge
  7. Here is a tip to get your money to France fast.   Normally if you book your transfer before 2am it will be at the receiving banks holding section the next morning. This is where it sits until it is (often only once a week) claimed, hence the normal eight-day period needed for it to be seen to arrive.   So here is how you speed it all up. When you send your money from an English bank to France, ask your Cash Teller to ask the international department doing the transfer for the trace number. This number (reference or what-ever) is how banks track the route your money took en-route in case it gets lost. (Your Cash Teller may not have heard of it, so insist contact is made with the international transfers section). When you have the international trace number, give it to the people at the receiving bank and they can use it to claim the money which is sitting in THEIR international department just waiting for it to be claimed. I have done this several times in an emergency situation and it worked for me (normally I allow eight days as this can be a pain). Try it yourself before you rely on it, as a late payment may cost you dearly. Euge
  8. With speed ferry, remember it is only a 50 min crossing time, so if they are running 45 mins late (this has only happened once for me as normally they are well on time) you still arrive earlier than if you had taken the more expensive other crossings. I have used them many times and find it a great service at a cost, which is often half, or more lower than the other companies. I just wish they did Portsmouth to St Mao as well.
  9. Hi I’m trying to find out what I need to do to work legally in France. I’m currently in England and expect to be coming over soon. I have been told I will need to go on a 5 day course and as such have contacted the Chambre des Metiers. As helpful as they seem to be, they couldn’t speak English and my French doesn’t go to understanding everything they said, but I figured there is some waiting list. So I was wondering if someone who has been through the process could guide me here. Thank you
  10. I’ve just been reading this stuff about electricity cutting off when a kettle is turned on. Umm, is there a problem with electricity in France? I’m readying myself to build in Charente area 16 and would be interested to know what the problems are and how to avoid them if possible. Should I cost up a generator, or like one poster, use oil to heat, gas to cook and electric for light and computers?
  11. Hello to all and thanks for your imput, it make great reading finding out what is what. just a breif question, what is SOFARTH ? and has anyone had a quote on the cost of installing thermal heating? Regards Euge
  12. I'm about to open a bank account in area 16 (Charente), Nr Confolens, Q1) Is there a bank that others here find best to use? Q 2) Is there a bank which is not that good to us?  Q 3) Is there a type of account best to open (easy to take payment from UK)? Q 4) Is it best to convert money in the U.K to Euros or From France? Q 5) Do the french charge for banking services when you're in credit? Q 6) The bank which my local estate agent (French) has sort of arranged for me is 'Credit Lyonnais' does anyone use it an know if they charge for banking? Thanks for reading this and answering it if you do Regards Euge  
  13. Can you? I didn't know that.Do all providers do it? I'm with Vodaphone I’m not sure about all network providers, as I only use O2, but I would assume it would be the same, so call yours and ask. On O2 the one-off set up fee is about £5 and covers you for a month, then you pay about £2 there after per month (they deduct it by way of equivalent calling time or cash, on pay as you go), you can opt out at any time by sending a cancellation text (it’s a good idea to get the HOW TO CANCEL details at the time of ordering, as they can be hard to find later). But I found it very worth while and cost effective.   To the Estate Agent who was letting off steam, well yes you are right, there are few good reasons to account for lack of consideration and I apologize if my post upset you personally. Most every business will suffer from those who are needlessly thoughtless no matter how well the business is organised.
  14. Hi I'm also going to be building in France (I intend to self build) I have done it before (but in England) and was wondering if we could share or exchange experiences to help each other (no fees either way). I know much about building and will be finding out the costs of materials and the labour I will need. I am not in your area, but it would be interesting to find out if it is worth a journey (out of area) to get certain items.   Hope to hear from you   Eugene [email protected]
  15. If you go on the internet and type in translations, you should get a few hits from sites offering FREE translation (it isn't perfect, but does give you an idea of what is being requested). Here is one I use http://ets.freetranslation.com/ The translation from this: Pour nous permettre d'assurer l'établissement correct de l'évaluation cadastrale de ce bien, et ne pas commettre d'erreurs qui pourraient vous être préjudiciable, j'ai l'honneur de vous inviter à nous faire connaître l'état actuel devotre propriété en remplissant la déclaration ci-jointe. IS sort of: To allow us to assure the correct establishment of the land evaluation of this good, and not to commit errors that you could be prejudicial, I have the honour to invite you to do us to know the current state devotr property while filling the here joined declaration.    In a nut shell it is asking you to: Please fill in the joint declaration to allow them to correctly evaluate your property.
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