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    Post Brexit import duty

    in The Complete France Post Bag

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    3 minutes ago, DaveLister said:

    It does appear, from what I've read, that it's almost become like the wild west getting stuff imported from the UK.

    Not if you check the terms related to the purchase and make sure the vendor is using an appropriate export scheme to reduce the cost.

    Post Brexit import duty

    in The Complete France Post Bag

    Posted · Edited by ssomon
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    Some time ago I had the same problem as Menthe with a book from Amazon UK. It was sent under Amazon's export scheme and I should not have been liable, so I also refused the delivery and phoned the third party vendor.

    They told me they had had the problem with other shipments, that Amazon was sorting it out, and refunded my money.

    I have had no problem since then, as I check carefully if there is any liability, and that any duty or TVA due is included in the price. Sometimes the price is even less then for the same item on Amazon France.

    I bought a new laptop from Amazon UK on Jan 27 this year, and paid an Import Fee Deposit of £76.36.

    I was happy with the price as I wanted a QWERTY keyboard and it was about the same price as on Amazon Fr.

    Yesterday I was delighted to get an email from Amazon to inform me that the deposit was being refunded in full, and it appeared on my credit card account last night.

    How to Create Personal Space on impots.gouv.fr website for Property Declaration

    in The Complete France Post Bag

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    I think the problem is that they no longer have the manpower to deal with the mass of queries arising from erroneous data in the system which has accumulated over the years.

    The description of one of our our properties, a barn in another village, with no services, is totally wrong. I never looked at it before, and it didn't matter anyway, but now it appears to be habitable.

    I sent a message on May 17 explaining that the questionnaire is not appropriate. I received no reply, and continued getting reminders to complete it.

    On June 6 I saw a notice saying the declaration should be completed even if the description of the property is wrong, so I completed the declaration to the effect that the property is vacant, and has been so since January 2000, when we bought it. At least this has stopped the reminders, but I still have no reply to my message.

     

     

    Fire cement?

    in House Renovations

    Posted · Edited by ssomon

    I don't know the temperature where you have to seal, but I successfully sealed the flue connection on the back of our pellet stove to the flue using high temperature (black) silicone sealant.

    It is still OK and flexible after 12 years.

    The mean flue gas temperature is quoted in the manual as 218C, but I've never measured it.

    Covid-19 vacs.

    in The Complete France Post Bag

    Posted · Edited by ssomon
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    We had our 5th jabs on 17 October 2022.

    Soon afterwards I developed a persistent blocked and runny nose, my wife had no problems.

    I bought two Covid tests on Dec 17; we both tested positive, but still had no other symptoms.

    We had our 6th jabs on May 15, no side effects except slightly painful arms for 2 or 3 days, which didn't happen before.

    I still have a blocked and runny nose, but my wife has no symptoms.

    Carte Vitale

    in The Complete France Post Bag

    Posted

    On 31/05/2023 at 07:09, Ken said:

    just why, if there is fraud, don't the government ( and chemists, doctors et. al.) ask for I.D when giving over the Carte Vitale. Surely that would be just as valid and a lot less  expensive than setting up a whole new system! It also raises another question for ex pats who don't have an I.D. card. How are they going to accommodate us, there are many in this situation!

    My Titre de Séjour has always been accepted as identification in situations like that. Try using yours.

    Fire proof external insulation?

    in House Renovations

    Posted

    One thing I would like to know about arises from a comment I heard by a Grenfell resident who escaped from a flat some way up the building.

    He said that the first he knew about the fire was when smoke seemed to start coming out of the wall below and around the window(s).

    This suggested to me that perhaps, when the insulation was installed, this caused the windows to be recessed into the walls, by the thickness of the insulation and cladding, restricting the view, which led me to think that maybe the window frames were moved outwards so they were again flush with the walls.

    This would mean that the "exterior" insulation would now be inside the building around the windows.

    Also, the windows would have to be fixed in their new positions, and having seen how new windows in our son's house in England were installed, I just wondered if they could have been held in place with the ubiquitous polyurethane foam.

    Doesn't bear thinking about, and it's all disappeared now.

     

     

     

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    Fire proof external insulation?

    in House Renovations

    Posted

    I notice that the facade is of the building in Nantes is covered in wood, which to me  is quite obviously inflammable.

    Our nephew was in York university until recently. I looked on Google Street View at the residential buildings at his address on campus and was surprised to see they are clad in wood.

    The latest timber clad buildings were finished in 2022, five years after Grenfell. https://www.dezeen.com/2022/05/18/tateco-supertexture-creative-centre-york-st-john-university/

    Does someone think that timber is less inflammable than plastic materials?

     

     

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