Julie Clare

Hi,   Can I just throw this one into the pot - my husband and I will both be 60 when we eventually move out to France to live. How does this affect our Health care entitlement, are we treated as pensioners by the French system and just need the Mutuel top up, or do we still need E forms from England ? Thanks Julie

Thanks Ian,   Yes, we burnt some suspect skirting boards last year. I will take the rest off when we go back down. In the meantime I will see whether I can email the Mairie and get some info. I also have my Pages Jaunes with me so I will look in there. Many thanks Julie

We have had a persistent damp patch in our downstairs bedroom ever since we bought our house in the Morvan (10 years ago). Last year we decided to remove the plaster and let the wall breath.  On arriving at our place for the first time this year, the wall that we had left to ``breath'', was covered in a brown cobweb -like fungus with a topping of white in places.  We brushed this off, but there are stringy bits coming out of the wall, rather like roots.  I consulted our trusty Readers Digest book of DIY, and the picture in there indicates we have dry rot.  Could someone tell me what the French for dry rot is, so that I can buy the appropriate treatment for it, and also is this a job we can tackle ourselves as we have not got pots of cash to play with !! Many thanks.