Jacqui Too

I think I have just answered my own post. I found this on a web site for log burners. Hope it helps others make up their minds, I know which one I'm going for. Comparatif des prix d'achats des énergies pour le particulier en centimes d'euros par kWh         2004 2005 2006   Electricité 11,7 11,7 11,9   Gaz propre 7,6 9,1 10,6   Fioul domestique 4,5 5,8 6,8   Gaz naturel 4,1 4,5 5,2 Bois (moyenne nationale) 2,9 3,2 3,5

[quote user="Wibblywobbly"] " However, those who have been living in France for more than 5 years would not recognise the UK nowadays. Drugs have infiltrated every corner of public and business life, they are driving up crime and destroying the entire social infrastructure. You can go to work and have no idea that the person sat next to you is on cocaine or smokes dope, you just notice that their behaviour is rather 'odd'. The politically correct brigade have turned life on its head, no one can say what they think anymore, they can only say what has been 'approved' using terminology that is 'appropriate'. In short life in the UK is now a 'controlled' existence, one in which the good guys are paying for the bad guys. We have more CCTV's per person than any other country in the world, we run the risk of fines for just about anything that we do in our everyday lives, we are fast becoming shackled wage slaves, and wage slaves don't rebel. It is this that people want to escape from. I find myself in conversation with many normal everyday folk who use the term 'police state', and its 'like Germany must have been before the war'. People talking in private about things that concern them, things that are wrong, and the hopelessness of the situation. The UK government is blindly interlocked with US military policy. The US invaded Iraq, killed its head of state, and is now building up forces on a massive scale ready to invade Iran. On 7 January three Israeli F15's were intercepted heading on a one way trip to Iran. One was carrying a 20 megaton nuclear bomb. Recently China blew up an American satellite, so they have technology too. Things are going from bad to worse and the likelihood is that the balloon is going to go up sometime soon. You can add climate change to the list, and that means massive increases in insurance, fuel and anything that uses either. The UK is becoming a target for anyone with a grudge, the economy is on the brink of a recession with house prices falling, unemployment rising, interest rates rising, pensions in deep trouble, and immigration increasing. Our manufacturing industry has gone. The immigrants are selling cheap labour and putting UK workers on the dole. When someone comes on to the forum and says that they would like to live in France, it is most likely a plea for help, rather than a naive jump into the unknown. I live and work in the UK, I am an analyst by trade and saw what was going to happen years ago. I bought a shell in France, it is now a 70% renovated shell. It is there because if the balloon goes up then I have a bolt-hole. If the balloon doesn't go up then it will hopefully become a retirement home. Sorry for prattling on... Rob G   [/quote] Not sure where you live, but If I lived in your world I would  have slit my wrists by now Come to Shropshire and CHILL OUT  

Dave wrote: "and to think in as little as 12 years you could be going through it all again" Are you saying that even if we use 'Eparcyl' and 'dead bodies' [+o(][+o(] that the fosse could be obsolete in 12 years!! What a wonderful thread this has turned out to be[+o(] Chipie

[quote user="pcwhizz"] (maybe flushing a rat every 2weeks [:P]) ? [/quote] Do you have someone in mind[;-)] Chipie

Let me tell you a story 27 years ago we bought a property in the country with no mains sewage, Installed septic tank number 1 with appropriate soak away in garden/orchard, Lived there 13 years, no smells, no emptying, no fat trap, no additives, still works today as far as I know! Bought another house in country, this already had a septic tank installed 7 years previously, lived there 13 years, only cleaned it out once, when we came to sell it! Again no smells, no fat trap, no additives, still works as far as I know! New barn conversion: installed septic tank number 3 two years ago, no smells, no emptying, no fat trap, no additives! Father in law always swore by adding a dead rabbit to a new septic tank did the job! Now I know you all say that we can’t expect things to be the same in France as they are in Britain, but surely a septic tank is the same in any country!! We shall be installing septic tank number 4 soon, but this time in FRANCE!! We shall see!   Chipie  

Hi Just wanted to tell everyone about my great deal from Ryanair. I got two return tickets from Liverpool to Limoges for 2p each plus taxes, came out at £34.28 total. I booked online in Dec. and we travel 28th. Jan. Worth a post ! Chipie

Hi clair Check out my Joining Date! I'm just the quiet type Chipie But thanks for the advice

Thank you Clair I will keep the old Email address, I was trying to finish all my web based email addresses and just keep the one that I can open in my outlook express, Hey Ho Thanks any way Chipie

Hi Clair OK  Lucky I still have access to the old email address! What happens if I didn't ! Chipie

Hi Clair Thank you I think all is well now. but will I get new mail to my new or old email address? Chipie

Hi I'm having the same problem can you help. I also changed my email! Thanks Chipie  

Hi   I was about to ask the same question!!! only we are in the Dordogne ( central/east), perhaps we could share the post?  After reading the other posts on the link I think I would rather pay someone to do it! Chippy

Thanks everyone for your time to give some info, we are in a small hamlet so I think there will be little chance of connecting to any form of town gas, I would prefer gas as I would like a gas cooker! Anybody got any prices on gas per litre and what the standing charge for the rent on the big bottle might be? Thanks Chipie

Hi I would like some info on central heating / boiler running costs I am just about to complete on the purchase of a property near to Perigueux. The house needs  full restoration including a new central heating and domestic hot water system. This is our first French purchase and would welcome any advice on the comparison between oil and gas running costs We know that here oil is by far the cheapest (we changed from big static bottled gas to oil some time ago) but I have no idea of the the prices in France I read in another post that oil is aprox. 0.58 euros compared to 30p ( approx 44 euros) per litre here ! Thanks Chipie