In September we realised one of our dreams and bought our maison secondaire in the Languedoc region. God willing we will be able to move over there, lock stock & barrel, in a year or so, once our business is more established. In the short time since we bought the house we have been inundated with folk expecting to use our new home as somewhere for them to have cheap holidays. I would be more than happy for them to visit when we are over there, but feel a bit resentful that they expect to come and go whether we are in residence or not. Some of this resentment comes of the fact that few people bother to visit us up here in the north of Scotland but are more than happy to avail themselves of our hard-earned dream home. Has anyone else found this? Is this the norm?