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  1. Gee I'm awfully sorry that I appear to have actually annoyed people by not 'revealing' my Frenchness! That was certainly not my intention, although I don't see how it changes anything advice I was asking for as I have said I was brought up in the UK and only visited France, just like any other Brit, and as I've already said why I'm not asking my French relations....they're all too old and the one that isn't has enough on her plate and unfortunately the rest are dead.... I wasn't aware that having French relations or having 50% French DNA despite being raised as a Brit in the UK should mean that I can't join this forum and ask questions without being reproofed for this. Again - as I said, I've never lived in France before, filled in a French form or had a French bank account. I just wanted to check whether the monthly income I would need in France was comparable with what I would need in the UK. I've established now that I would need roughly the same, if not slightly more due to all the taxes etc...so thank you, as I wanted to be able to forecast and budget as much as possible in order to plan as thoroughly as possible, as obviously a move would be a big life event. By moving to France we would be seeking a better quality of life, particularly in regard to providing a better life or future for any children we had. From my financial question I have since gathered that there are apparently of lot of British people in France who are not necessarily happy that they have moved and finding their children have ended up going back to the UK, so obviously my partner and I will be talking this all over very carefully. So thanks for your replies and sorry if I appear to have annoyed some people.   
  2. Thank you, that does certainly clear things up a bit. Think my partner and I will have to have a serious talk about what to do, we hate the way the world is going, but I suppose that unless we go to a mountainside in the middle of nowhere, which would be no fun for kids, we won't be able to avoid the bad sides of humanity.
  3. Hi Leo, thank for your reply, I did ask a lot of questions, as I have so many things I want to know. It wasn't that I didn't like the replies I had as such, but that nobody seemed to give the impression that they enjoyed living in France, which is obviously a bit scary when you're about to do that yourself. I do have strong French connections as you say, but at the end of the day, living in a country and visiting it are two different things. As I've just posted, unfortunately my relatives aren't in a good position to answer my financial/employment questions and I would rather get answers to questions from people who have actually made the change from the UK to France, as the systems and processes over there are apparently very different to the UK, which will be a lot to take in, and hope that I don't mess up when I move and am able to plan things as much as possible.  
  4. My family over there have been retired for some time and the only member of the family that is still working has a husband recovering from cancer, three young children and a full-time job, so I do not feel it would be right to disturb her at the moment, nor have any of them ever been self-employed or worked in my industry or moved country, or seen things from a Brits point of view....I thought that is what this forum was for...... I would be in the countryside as we'd need somewhere with enough land for our two horses as we're used to living on a farm, and we've neither of us got any real desire to go to any large towns/cities, so that should suit us.    
  5. Hi and thanks to everyone that replied - I am aware that the question was very much how long is a piece of string, but was curious as to the response I would get. I am concerned that everything I have posted on here seems to get replies which are mostly rather pessimistic - my partner and I want to move to France to start a family in the future (I'm 28 and he's 38) as we're both sick of the binge drinking low moral tone, benefits culture that is now becoming the norm in the UK, as we no longer see it as a place we want to bring up children. I have dual French / British nationality as my mother is French and I acutally have more family over there than I do in the UK as well as having visited France several times a year since I was in the womb. I would be moving to Vendee/Loire area where most of my family are situated and hopefully my parents will also retire here too in the next couple of year. Although I am not completely fluent, I am able to communicate very well, and have been able to talk to the estate agents over the phone and in person etc in French, as well as having done a couple of weeks work experience here. My written French is not up to an awful lot, but my mum will be able to give me some lessons to bring me back up to speed. My brother works in France half the week and his French was the same level as mine, and has now become practically fluent, as we had the building blocks installed at an early age as it were... Job wise, I am qualified in animal science, but am happy to be a poo shoveler in a stables or something similar, for which I would be unlikely to need a great amount of written French? This would be on top of running gites. I realise that it is not easy. Is is all that bad living and earning a living in France?
  6. Hi, has anyone brought their ducks/poultry into France? When we move we want to bring our three pet ducks over and wondered if anyone had any experiences of this? Thanks :)
  7. Hi, I'm planning to move to France with my partner. I keep hearing different things regarding driving licences etc.... As I have a UK licence, do I understand correctly, that I have 12 months to change it to a French one? Do I have to take my driving test in France? Are insurance premiums comparable to the UK? Any info appreciated? Thanks :)
  8. Hi, my partner and I are planning to move to France, we're not sure how much income in France is a reasonable income to comfortably live off. We need help deciding whether we get a smaller house and live off the money we have left and try to find work - I usually work with animals and have no idea how easy jobs like that are to come by in France, or I could do a TEFL course as I have teaching experience. Otherwise, we could spend more money and get a larger property with at least 3/4 gites to earn from, as well as my other half popping back to the UK for work....not sure what to do....we also have a few animals and would someday like to start a family. Any thoughts on what would be the best investment/earner appreciated?
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