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  1. We are looking for a gite/apartment (married couple, no children) for 17-24 October in Bordeaux or Angouleme.  Any contacts?  Please email/PM me. Thanks              
  2.  Thanks everyone for your prompt replies!  I hadn't forgotten the telephone costs, health cover or car insurance, as I am more concerned at the moment for the time whilst we are going to and from UK and what bills we should expect to pay for the French home.  Forgotten the TV licence tho - where do we apply for that? Marjorie
  3. We're planning on buying a house in the Charente and permanently moving into it in a couple of years, during which time we will decorate/furnish etc it and use it for holidays. What utility bills will need to be paid apart from electric, house insurance, water - rates (does anyone know roughly what they might be for a small house in a village?).   I think the best way for us to pay would be via the bank account in France (once it's opened!). Many thanks Marjorie  
  4. Thanks for all your help!   We're over again in October to have a look around and find out prices etc.
  5. Thanks Buns for your help.  We're visiting the department in October and pricing up a few 'bits'! Did you transfer your household furniture etc from UK - was it successfully done, or would you have done it another way in retrospect ie sold some of your things beforehand and buying new/secondhand in France?  
  6. Is it possible to find out BEFORE purchasing a house if it needs a fosse septique?   How much do they cost, do you have to pay a yearly charge?  How does the financial bits & pieces work??? Help!
  7. Is it possible to find out BEFORE purchasing a house if it needs a fosse septique?   How much do they cost, do you have to pay a yearly charge?  How does the financial bits & pieces work??? Help!
  8. We are planning on moving to this department next year and, of course, looking into all the 'ins and outs', especially the finances.  We thought we'd go to an accountant near us in the UK (does anyone know one in West Sussex?) who specialises in the French tax etc, but can anyone also recommend a good one between Angouleme and Poitier? Many thanks
  9. Can anyone recommend a reasonable shop in the Charente area for furniture ie beds, linen, chairs, tables etc??  Something like IKEA.   I believe that the bed and pillow sizes are different from the UK?
  10. Gay & Arnold, thanks for your replies.  Do we need to visit the Mairie before we buy the house and get his/her permission to start the CdH?   Also, if we need to install 'en suites', do we need permission before we go ahead with the work??
  11. Hello everyone We are seriously thinking of starting a B&B in France and have read all the messages on the Forums with great interest!   However, we should be really pleased if you could answer the questions we have! where do we find guides and regulations on starting up such a business - we read lots of magazines, but there must be a magazine on this subject or do we approach the Chambre de Commercedo regulations vary from department-departmentwhen we find a house, how do we know if we are allowed to start a B&B in that villageThese of course are the start of many questions, but I thought I would start with a few!!    
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