Turnip

Never heard of the man but...I wish I did

I know the area well. Apart from becoming an area for the more well orf, traffic in Cornwall has increased a lot. There is none of that "traffic is much lighter now the holiday season is over," indeed traffic is busy throughout the year. Green fields are turned into housing which leads to more people, empty villages awaiting the return of the second homers, more cars but no new jobs. Rant over, now back to looking at French property.

[quote user="dandaz"]Hi The crime is much worse over in Cornwall than western France , where I have a house ,I have not seen any crime at all ,but then again I am not over there all the time.........On the end of my road there is roof tiles/trailers etc they have been undisturbed for at least three years , in Cornwall they would have disapeared in a day... Good luck to anyone who moves over... He who dares wins....[:D] [/quote]     Crime in Cornwall? Gad sir - you could have you passport taken away for such disloyal sentiment :-))

Look under the "Reductions " tab... http://www.frenchestateagents.com/newdetails.php?ref=JSDV1740   The size of some reductions are amazing. Oversupply perhaps?  greed? or overpriced due to poor condition/location etc?  

[quote user="Gluestick"] This thread has created significant interest and response. 91 replies and 1,553 views thus far. I wonder, therefore, if there is a demand for a sort of "Expert's Collective" thread, like those in the House Renovation section? There would seem to be quite a good variety of potential input available, from various useful retired, semi-retired and still working professionals. Not investment advice: that would breach financial law, both potentially in France and the UK and no good professional would care to undertake such. What I am considering is the detail stuff: for example, I'm sure many members own shares. but how much do people really know about the equities markets? Options - Puts and Calls: What's a Day Trader? What's the difference between  a Stock and a Bond? What's the difference between a Corporate Bond and a Government Bond? What about the Commodity market? And so it goes on! There are already copious threads advising on the search and purchase elements: and certain aspects of law relating to (e.g.) inheritance and etc. I am thinking more basic advice on approaches, methodologies and available products which would enable members to draw up their own Action Plan and critical point list before setting up meetings with potential advisers. From personal experience, it would make the adviser's task easier too! Perhaps Mods could kindly comment?   [/quote]     Daytrading etc...this is a popular site:  http://www.elitetrader.com/ a USA site As is: http://www.trade2win.com a UK site. The above are really for short term traders. Other sites exist for longer term traders such as: http://www.fool.co.uk/index.htm?source=iemwfml10200001   The sites have their share of fools and dreamers but also many knowledgeable people, so take nothing at face value and take care. In addition; never assume that banks etc advertised on these sites are there because they are the best for you. They are there because they pay to advertise. Therefore read with care to sort the useful thread contributor from the useless. Good luck[:)]  

I am considering renting out my UK home and renting in France in order to search for a  French retirement (poss. B+B)  property ( In a village small town/small garden). I do not require a job (retired civil servant). Being nervous at the prospect of renting out my UK property I ask if anyone here has experience of renting their UK property whilst living in France. The ideal position would be to keep my UK home whilst living in France but I cannot afford to do so. Therefore, I intend to retire to the Dordogne area (Green Perigord) and eventually sell the UK property. Another idea would be to take a deep breath, sell the UK house and go to France with the cash to buy when a suitable property appears. Your opinions and experiences relating to making the transition to a new life overseas would be most welcome.[8-)]

[quote user="You can call me Betty"] [quote user="verviale"]it would be interesting to know how many french people wish to come and live in the U.K.and earn two or three times the wages they earn in France,e.g. doctors,vets, lawyers,I cannot imagine they would want to sacrifice their lifestyle for the money.[/quote]   Interestingly, verviale, there are plenty. In the last 12 months, I've worked with a French doctor who came to the UK (largely for the money) and over the last 10 years I've worked with French lawyers, accountants and other professionals, all of whom have come to work in the UK and in most cases are quite happy to stay. In my last "proper" (corporate) job, we were presented with the interesting situation of a couple of French nationals who were employed by the (French) company for whom I then worked, but had been recruited in the UK, on UK contracts with UK T&C's. In order to progress their careers, they were offered the chance to move back to France, to the company's corporate HQ in Paris. Both refused because the company refused to move them back to their home country on expatriate contracts (i.e. to treat them as if the were UK nationals) and if they had accepted to return to France on French contracts as French nationals they would have had to take a substantial cut in salary and hence lifestyle. So don't you believe it, there are plenty of French professionals working in the UK who would far rather be in  well-paid job here than a badly paid job in France, even if the latter offers better lunches and all the wine you can drink![:)] [/quote] And (according to BBC TV a while ago) French companies are not averse to setting up in the UK to avoid the choking bureaucracy suffered by French based businesses. [Www]

[quote user="You can call me Betty"] [quote user="verviale"]it would be interesting to know how many french people wish to come and live in the U.K.and earn two or three times the wages they earn in France,e.g. doctors,vets, lawyers,I cannot imagine they would want to sacrifice their lifestyle for the money.[/quote]   Interestingly, verviale, there are plenty. In the last 12 months, I've worked with a French doctor who came to the UK (largely for the money) and over the last 10 years I've worked with French lawyers, accountants and other professionals, all of whom have come to work in the UK and in most cases are quite happy to stay. In my last "proper" (corporate) job, we were presented with the interesting situation of a couple of French nationals who were employed by the (French) company for whom I then worked, but had been recruited in the UK, on UK contracts with UK T&C's. In order to progress their careers, they were offered the chance to move back to France, to the company's corporate HQ in Paris. Both refused because the company refused to move them back to their home country on expatriate contracts (i.e. to treat them as if the were UK nationals) and if they had accepted to return to France on French contracts as French nationals they would have had to take a substantial cut in salary and hence lifestyle. So don't you believe it, there are plenty of French professionals working in the UK who would far rather be in  well-paid job here than a badly paid job in France, even if the latter offers better lunches and all the wine you can drink![:)] [/quote] And (according to BBC TV a while ago) French companies are not averse to setting up in the UK to avoid the choking bureaucracy suffered by French based businesses. [Www]

[quote user="Fluffy Kitten"]An interesting factoid (though I am loath to introduce such to this forum as it seems to unsettle some people). It always used to be said that the First World War had caused a 'lost generation' in the UK. Much later, a noted historian, John Terraine put the idea to the test. He found that the number of war dead (over a period of four years and three months) at 900,000 was almost exactly equivalent to the total number of people emigrating from the UK between 1910 and 1914. This scuppered the idea of a 'lost generation' of course, but it also demonstrates that in the past even more people left the UK to seek their fortunes abroad than now. So first of all the subject certainly is old and tired, but perhaps the people who see the UK in such negative terms could explain how, in the good old days of deference and monoculturalism, so many people felt the need to leave. [/quote] I blame Nigel and Nippy for the huge increase in people leaving the UK for France ( The power of advertising)[:D]

[quote user="David_Janet"] Does anyone know when the January Sales start in france, please? Thanks David [/quote] Are the sales in France a mad frenzy of pushing and shoving, sitting all night outside of a store awaiting its' opening, or does it only happen in the UK?

If you lived oop North wouldn't you emmigrate to sunny France ? [:P]

I see there is a growing interest in selling via the Internet based estate agent ( £300) which seems reasonable now that many people use the internet to search for property via the like of "Your Move" etc. Perhaps this will one day curb the greed of estate agents?

Thanks everybody for your help

Anyone know of any French Estate agents in the Poitier area? Would they handle long term rental enquiries? Thanks

Hi Anyone know of any FRENCH estate agents offering properties for sale in the Charante area? Saw some interesting properties on Channel 4's "Home in the sun" but cannot find estate agents concerned.

What happens where an unmarried couple (parents of two grown up children who do not live at home) buys a property and settle in France - Does the surviving spouse remain in the property? or is she/he forced to sell up and share proceeds with their children? Would it simplify things to be married before one retires to France?

www.homelidays.com have been used by myself a few times. Seem OK but still urge caution - read comments left by previous renters etc.

Has anyone experience of using the below or know of anyone who has used them. The concept looks good but I have no idea of costs ie. if cheaper to buy land and use these people to erect house ( Kit Homes )?   www.siphomefrance.com

[quote user="Opas"] He is at the end of his football career, suposedly going into politics but in the interim period he will make millions on the back of this incident, I wonder what his book will be called? [/quote]   Getting ahead?

Oh to have seen Chiracs' face when France lost or to have been within earshot as he fulminated over the French defeat/blow to French pride.Well done Italy.

Probably Dicks alter ego?

[quote user="pads"] sorry yes I did get you both mixed up there ...........but im awake now.. I have come to the conclusion if you sit on the wall for to long worring about what might happen you will never do anything. How is the build going have you started yet? can you go over for holidays and camp there? I dont know the area where you are whats it like ? have you been to carcassonne which is our nearest big town? its loverly also it has the canal du midi we love canals we lived up north for eight years on a narrowboat about 9 years ago, and i havnt run this past my husband yet but im thinking we buy a narrow boat live on it in the summer, and rent our house out, we will be near enough to do the change over and look after it, rent out the house here with an agentcy this way we could earn enough to live though the winter, do you think he will fall for it..................? sounds like a good idea to me, mind you im on my 3rd beer at the mo and ideas always seem good after the 3rd one........... speak soon [/quote] When will you be goin' Pads - Dreckly?[:)]

Or buy a second home in Devon or Cornwall and help to turn local villages into ghost towns in the winter. The locals will love you and pay special attention to your holiday home whilst you are back at your main residence.(Extracted from local paper - letter re second homes in the South West)

[quote user="Dick Smith"]Winston Smith didn't criticise the government of Airstrip One, he simply didn't do precisely as he was told, for which he was imprisoned and forced to admit that obviously true things weren't. No connection at all. [/quote]   In 1984, Winston Smith lives in London which is part of the country Oceania. The world is divided into three countries that include the entire globe: Oceania, Eurasia, and Eastasia. Oceania, and both of the others, is a totalitarian society led by Big Brother, which censors everyone’s behavior, even their thoughts. Winston is disgusted with his oppressed life and secretly longs to join the fabled Brotherhood, a supposed group of underground rebels intent on overthrowing the government. Winston meets Julia and they secretly fall in love and have an affair, something which is considered a crime. One day, while walking home, Winston encounters O'Brien, an inner party member, who gives Winston his address. Winston had exchanged glances with O'Brien before and had dreams about him giving him the impression that O'Brien was a member of the Brotherhood. Since Julia hated the party as much as Winston did, they went to O'Brien’s house together where they were introduced into the Brotherhood. O'Brien is actually a faithful member of the Inner-Party and this is actually a trap for Winston, a trap that O'Brien has been cleverly setting for seven years. Winston and Julia are sent to the Ministry of Love which is a sort of rehabilitation center for criminals accused of thoughtcrime. There, Winston was separated from Julia, and tortured until his beliefs coincided with those of the Party. Winston denounces everything he believed him, even his love for Julia, and was released back into the public where he wastes his days at the Chestnut Tree drinking gin. http://www.online-literature.com/orwell/1984/   Hey Mr. Chips - I disagree. However - chill out and don't be so anal[kiss]  

[quote user="Teamedup"] LOL Saligo you are toute menue compared to me, so I rather think that the would be more of a risk of the ice cracking for me than you.   George Orwells hero in his novel entitled "1984" dared to criticise the establishment - and look what happened to him - got more than his posts deleted[:P]   TU, who used to be toute menue a long long time ago in a country far far away (well from where I am in France at least) [/quote]