johnv

on the flight back from poitiers last night, about 10 rows at the front and the back were fenced off, leaving everyone crushed in the middle. I've been on a lot of flights in my time, and a lot of fairly empty ones and have never seen this before ... why would they do this?

I am looking for a bi-lingual project manager to oversee some basic work on my house. It will involve engaging a local plumber / electrician / builder to install basic services and make the house habitable. I'm not changing or adding anything , so no planning permission will be required, but I will be having new windows installed and repairing the external rendering, so I may need permission to do that. The house is in a village with all facilities. It's not a huge job, but I will find it difficult to manage remotely, and my French is not at the level required! Project manager is maybe too grand a title .. someone who can speak the language and organise builders ...  

thanks all .. booked now! but I did  notice that the site has changed in the last few weeks since the last time I booked ... they automatically add on £9 insurance now, and you have to check it off, they charge for the bags, and when it is all over, they charge you £7 for using a credit card .. even though mine is a debit card .. AND they no longer have that nice link to hertz, which went straight in to the cheapest car - rental, atomatically suppying your flight details etc ... oh well, it's still cheap ..

thanks for that, I thought it was probably the case .. this is so frustrating, as I'm trying to set up a meeting with my notaire, but it's about one email a day, he checks back with his boss, and the costs of the flights go up and up ...

do these ever go down as the time approaches? eg a flight back on the 12th April is 29.99 at the moment, will it only go up from here, or might it come down?   thanks

Oh, come on you guys.....cool it. I suggest that the person learns french then he/they will be saved from all this hassle! nope ... he still wants a 'certified translation', not my translation

thank you for all your replies. I did not go through an agent, so I guess that this is why he requires a certified translator.  I have found Surrey Translation Bureau, not cheap, but they will certify it.

not sure if this is the right place to post .. My Notaire expects me to get a 'proper' translation of this document, signed by the translator with his/her qualifications  .. any takers?

I opened a money corp account with a view to using it as the 'middle man' to convert when sending money from UK account (First Direct) to France (CA Britline). the exchange rates today are 1.45 & 1.449 respectively, making a difference (by my calculation!) of £5 when transferring £5000 ... what's the point of them? am I missing something? thanks as always

looking for somewhere to stay (a hotel would do!) near argenton chateau 17th and 18th march as i try to sort out my house purchase .. does anyone know of anywhere?   thanks

I am about to use moneycorp to transfer my money from english to french bank account .. are they a reputable company? has anyone used them? thanks, .. just a bit nervous about these things!