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    Validity time of French Bank Account cheque

    in French Finance

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    Can anyone tell me if the six month time limit on presenting cheques for encashment is the same in France. as in the U.K.?

    I issued a french bank account cheque to a French Company 5 months ago. They haven't cashed it as they have been unable ( so far) to supply the goods I ordered. Will my cheque become invalid in a month's time.?

    Thanks in anticipation.

    Carole

    land usage

    in French Legal Issues

    Posted

    Hi  -  Lots of folk more knowledgable out there than me so I hope they can give you a more definitive answer, but ,by granting grazing rights you may have already given the farmer a right of precedence, and possible  rights of pre emption if you come to sell. Was your property offered to SAFER before you bought it.? I would advise that you take legal advice and do not put anything in writing.

    Sorry to if this sounds a bit doom mongerish but I have heard a few cautionary tales on this subject.

     

    Help ! - Idiots guide to peage please

    in Driving in France

    Posted

    Im sure it's very straightforward, but to avoid an irate queue behind us, can someone tell me what happens at the automatic peage booths. I've got a French Bank card and PIN - so I just need to know what order to put ticket, card etc in and what prompts the machine will give me. I don't function well under pressure.

    Thanks in anticipation!

    Cat Scan

    in Pets

    Posted

    Can any fellow moggy owners tell me exactly how they scan the cats' microchips when they are  checked at Calais/Coquelles prior to re-entering UK?  Does it vary depending on the Company( Eurotunnel/Sea France/P & O) Do you have to get them out of the car or can they be scanned in their travel cages? ( visions of  escaping cats disappearing into distance haunt me !) Advice and hopefully reassurance much appreciated!

    Carole

    Is permission needed? + 170 sq m rule

    in House Renovations

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    No joy with an archive search, so can anyone tell me if we need any type of permission to dig out our floor ( terra cotta tiles laid on earth) , install a dampproof membrane and  then lay a concrete floor?

    Also - sorry to be thick, but this 170sq m rule, above which you need an Architect to draw and submit plans. Is the 170sq m in addition to existing habitable space, or do you have to deduct what is already there ?

    i.e. if we have 50sq m of "liveable" space,  can  we have a further 120sq m, without needing an Architect. Might need to add that we would be gaining this extra space by converting an attached Bread Oven Room.

    Apologies to those who have doubtless answered this a million times before.

    C.

    Signed on 8 October

    in Central (Centre, Limousin, Auvergne)

    Posted

    Congratulations on the new house - we bought a place just north of Aigurande in July - lots to do, but best thing we ever did. There seem to be lots of British folk around -  in our local supermarkets at least, and lots of friendly forum members too, in my experience. Best of Luck with the renovations!

    Steve and Carole

    Advise on Clause suspensive

    in Finding/Owning French Property

    Posted

    I can only comment on our own experience - our French trained but UK based solicitior said that the "mortgage unobtainable" get out ( if that makes sense) did not apply if one was getting a mortgage outside France, either relating to the French property itself, or remortgaging a British property to finance a French one.
    I think there may also be previous postings to the effect that some compromis have a clause that allows for the selling agent to find a substitute(French) mortgage if you appear to be unable to go ahead . Hope this helps.
    S & C
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