JET

Thanks for all your replies it has put it into some form of perspective.We hope to be living in france full time early next year which should help the situation somewhat. I going to the house in december so will have a chat to the local marie and gendarmarie as it does seem someone has chosen the house for repeat visits. This should be fun with my level of french but will hang in there as i usually manage to hack my way through to some form of comprehension by both parties . Wish me luck.

When purchasing my property in france ;bellac/magnac lavel area of haut vienne i was repeatedly assured that security was not a problem. That was some 3 & 1/2 years ago and to date i have been burgled 3 times. Having installed an alarm after the 2nd occasion the 3rd attempt just resulted in the damage to door and volets. My house stands alone some 300yds from a hamlet. Unfortunately due to lie of the land it cannot be seen from the hamlet. I post this so those who are about to buy are aware of the potential risks with isolated property and to ask if anybody else is experiencing this down side of owning a maison secondaire in france; particularly in the above area. Has anyone had experience of fitting alarms that have direct call system to security or the gendames office????? Any help gratefully received as i am beginning to feel a bit of a target or am i just one of many and do not know it or perhaps is paranoia setting in???????