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  1. You will have to pay about 46% of your profit in social charges, It is doubtful if you will pay any income tax under microbic business structure. You will have to do the mandatory course prior to starting your business and depending on where you live in France you may be able to do the course in English. During the first two years your cottisations are based on what the authorities think you will turn over as they will not know what your actual turn over is until the third year of your business. The cottisations in the first year are around nine hundred euros per quarter and I think from memory go up to about eleven hundred in year two. I have all of the notes from the course but they are at home and I am at work so I am going from memory. Hoe this helps a little. Craig
  2. The reason they do this is to infact balance the aircraft so that they do not have to offset the controls to raise or lower the nose of the plane. In doing so it saves fuel. I know we want to find reason to hate Ryanair even more but they are doing it for a reason and not specifically to piss people off. My regular flight to Scotland has came forward by a few hours which is better for me.  
  3. I am sure you wouldn't but there are many who have. Nothing in my post was aimed at you at all. Moving to France is a lovely idea and can be a very rewarding way of living your life but it needs to be well thought out and from your post that is exactly what you are doing. If you ever get to France you will find lots of people there already who have clearly not looked too deeply into what a move there would mean for them. Their hearts have took them to France without their heads having had much of a say in the matter. They then find themselves unable to sustain themselves there and then have to see assistance from the State to enable them to live there. When they lived in the Uk what would there thoughts have been of immigrants doing the exact same thing. Others have came to France and found ways to make a living. They work hard and are not left with much to show for their labours and they too become very bitter and vocal about how impossible the whole situation is. You only have to read posts on the forum for a few hours and you should see what I mean. Unwarranted comments are regularly made toward people who are doing well or appear to be reasonably well off. One example the other day was a poster who had got into trouble for taking their land rover discovery back to the UK. They also mentioned they had an E type jaguar, there were lot's of jibes about how much these vehicles cost or were worth, which had nothing at all to do with the original post but people felt the need to remark on it. These people may well have worked very hard for the things they have. It is just a little sickening that a lot of people who post on this forum and others are so full of negativity. I believe that there are lots of members of this forum and others who have lots of relevant experience and something worthwhile to say but simply do not post in case they end up on the receiving end of someone elses bitterness. If you do decide to move to France then the very best of luck.  
  4. You can not catagorise all British people who have moved to France as people who no longer have any means and can not afford to indulge themselves. I think you will find there are Brits out there who have researched their move to France a bit more fully and continue to have the means to live in a similar manner to which they did in the UK. Mind you they are not as likely to post regularly on forums stating how hard it is so I guess you are going to pick up on a lot of negativity. My wife wishes she could find a hairdressers as good as she had in the Uk and the salon she went to there wasn't exactly a Tony & Guy establishment. If you are good at what you do and are prepared to travel and work hard then you could do Ok. Why do people have the attitude that if they can't do it nobody can? Why do they think if they can't run a business then nobody can. If you wanted to start a business prior to relocating to France you should have researched it before hand and had enough common sense to realise that the French government were not going to change the rules to make it easier and less expensive for you. The rules in France are the same for everyone, even French people have to pay cottisations and tax.
  5. Thanks all, the forms are now on there way to the DRIRE so we shall see what happens. I guess I have been lucky so far since moving to France as I have experienced none of the drama that others on the forum speak of. Cheers Craig
  6. Have downloaded the form and filled it in which was reasonably easy only questions I have are with regard to the following "pays de provenance", I assume this means current country of registration and "appellation commerciale" which I am not sure of at all. Thanks again Craig
  7. Hi Firstly thanks for all of the replies Secondly sorry to have started  debate that is now raging. technically I should as Sunday Driver has stated be able to apply to the DRIRE from a safe distance to get the paperwork I need to register the vehicle in France. This is what I will do and I will see what happens. If I experience any problems then I will worry about and deal with them as and when they occur. I see no point in stressing over something that has yet to happen assuming it happens at all.  I will then post my experiences here. I have already registered another vehicle so know what is needed come the day I go to the prefecture for the carte grise. Thanks again Craig
  8. Do I need to get the control tequnique done prior to the DRIRE visit or can I do that later. Cheers again Craig
  9. I recently transferred my van over onto French plates and it turned out to be quite a straightforward excercise. I now want to move forward and transfer my wifes 2cv over. I believe however that due to the vehicles age I will not be able to get a certificate of conformity for it. If this is true then how do I get it registered? Cheers Craig
  10. Where are you gunner, my wife smashed ours a few weeks ago whilst I was at work in the UK and she got a new pice of glass cut while she waited somewhere in Limoges. I can ask where it was if it is close enough to you. It was expensive I thought at 130 euros but not as expensive as you were quoted. From what she mantioned of the place it was just a large glazing company. Cheers Craig
  11. The invertor is a good idea, I even considerd a UPS system but what worries me is when I am out or at work and my wife is home alone and the electricity goes off. I could empty the fire and switch to alternative electricity supplies if I were there without too much difficulty. I could install a header tank some metres above the boiler but the hot water tank really needs tto be on the ground floor level of the house. Thanks for the replies so far. Cheers Craig
  12. I have poured over all of the posts this evening and think I have a fair grasp of what is needed with regard to the heating / hotwater system I intend to install soon. I have however a few questions which hopefully some of the more experienced / experts on the forum may be able to answer for me. I  had intended installing an open gravity system initially as I was concerned what would happen if I lost power to the pumps whilst the boiler was stocked up with wood. The boiler has no automatic control as such therefore it will continue to output large amounts of heat after the pump has ceased to circulate water around the heating circuit and hot water tank. After reading the posts on the forum and considering that all French heating systems are sealed and presumeably there are installations of wood boilers with little or no control in place already I am re-evaluating my plans. Is is therefore possible to have a sealed system using an solid fuel boiler to heat and generate hot water for our house? What happens if the pump fails (could I install two) or the power fails whilst the boiler is fully stoked. I assume the pressure in the system will rise sharply and the relief valve will lift in the system thus venting the excess pressure to the outside of the building. This will avoild the boiler from exploding or the pipework exploding but will this not damage the boiler or the heat exchanger part of the boiler following this event. One other question does it matter how far the hot water tank is from the boiler, I intend siting it about six to eight meters away. I would be grateful if someone could give me their opinion on this please. Many thanks Craig    
  13. [quote user="Gyn_Paul"]    I admit I haven't looked very hard, but I don't remember seeing in the Bricos motorised valves in the plumbing section. Anyone know of a cheap source of Honeywell 2-port motorised valves here in France? paul [/quote]   I have a 22mm one in the barn Paul. Cheers Craig
  14. Thanks, I will pop it on ebay as soon as I can. I have to have a trip back to the Uk in my van in the next few weeks in any case so I could deliver it to anyone who bought it in the UK. I just thought that it would be infinately more sellable in France as it is already converted to French heating fuel ie diesel.... I have looked on ebay.fr before and it is not much cop. I will include the europe sell to option in my add and see what happens. Thanks again Craig  
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