IAN ROSS

I have just got back from the Notaires having bought two parcells of land. One for 500 and another for 2000. I was suprised to find that the cost was 325 each in fees. It appears that there is a fixed rate irrespective of how much land you buy. I was not aware of this, and thought the fees would be around 10%. My fault for not investigating more thouroughly, but thought it worth bringing up if anyone else ou there is looking at purchasing a small parcell. Ian

Check the thread I posted on overseas payments in the gites forum. I have advertised for the first time this year with WWW.frenchconnections.co.uk and have done very well from it. Am also advertising on a Dutch site, has anyone had any business from that direction? Ian

Our house insurance is now up for renewal and I need to decide who to reinsure with. Our present insurers may not be the best value for money we simply went with them because their office is in the village. Is there a concensus on who is best to go with, if you have a reasonably large property with seperate gite accomodation. Ian