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  1. Somebody else who can't read! The post is headed DO WE NEED AN INTERPRETER AT THE SIGNING OF THE ACTE DE VENTE and it ends with a question mark. One of these ? Therefore it was the original question. I am surprised at you Sunday Driver, you showed yourself more inteligent and friendly on another site.
  2. Watch my lips - the original question "do we need an interpreter at the signing of the Acte de Vente"? Wasn't that difficult was it? Go pick on some-one else with your silly questions  --  or read what has been written.
  3. [quote user="Will"] Maureen, which bit is codswallop? That you need a translator? That you don't? Or something else? [/quote] The answer to the original question.
  4. As a general rule of thumb, if you take a "menu", the service is always included. ( TTC ).  If you eat à la carte, service is not included, and left to your discretion. Nobody 'tells' me what I must leave.
  5. Sorry to have to tell you guys, but a warning triangle is an obligation in all transport! If new legislation comes in it will be compulsary to have two triangles and a fluo jacket for each person in the car.
  6. The worst families I ever saw for leaving a house dirty were some very rich yuppies. Two families with two children apiece arrived in very expensive flashy cars. When they left, the full bin liners were outside the door on the terrace in full sun and already stinking nicely. They was a bin liner full of babies nappies full of poo. The wall behind the loo was covered in s**t and the place was a general tip. Instead of putting up notices threatening to make people pay if they don't do this or that, just add on an extra €50 to the rental.........it's SO much easier. I remember two friends of mine who complained that people always nicked the coathangers. Easy answer go into the coat hanger trade, buy them,  and add on to the rent for them.
  7. [quote user="Kimi"]No, not an European nor EU citizen. [/quote] In that case you would have to ask your Consulate in the mystery country where you live !!!!
  8. PD from rouffignac has it in one. The Notaire cannot pay you out until the cheque has been cleared by the Bank, even though it may be in his account ( non interest making ). If you look at your paying in slips from foreign cheques you will see that there is always a waiver in the delay of payment. The person who sold me my house insisted he had the money for it on the day of the signing of that Acte de Vente. This meant  that I had to transfer my money to the Notaire's account at least a full 7 days before hand, so the cheque had time to clear. This I was quite happy to do, as I was entirely serious about buying the house, and I knew that if the boot was on the other fault, I would have liked the cheque on the day of signing myself. France is NOT closed mid July - to mid August, there are always people working in Banks and Government offices, albeit fewer staff, so longer processing. Please get it right all you posters!
  9. This depends on how you opened the account, and especially how your names(s) are printed on the cheque-book. So, it can be right - but it can be wrong also. I think the correct formula on the cheque-book has to be "Monsieur OU Madame Dufour" not Monsieur ET Madame;;;;;;;;;.
  10. I don't play games with little boys.................grow up
  11. Hi Mel  --  you wouldn't speed or break the law would you ??!!!!.................
  12. Ron - stay in the Aveyron then you won't certainly be behind me in a check- out queue. What's your problem? Misogonist? PS I don't do cheque books either.
  13. There seem to be a lot of doubting Thomas's about, and I object to being called a liar. I do not HAVE to have a passport, I live in France and have done for 30 years, and if I don't want to travel  abroad, I certainly don't need a passport. I also entered France & England on my Carte de Sejour, FULL STOP. Needless to say, I am not quite so stupid as you fellas would wish to believe as I did have my passport packed away and I was "trying it on". It worked altho' I would not necessarily do it again. And yes, thank you, I have renewed my passport, just  incase I ever have to go to UK, to a funeral for instance, in a hurry. BUT WHAT I HAVE SAID IS TRUE...............................
  14. Let's just put it simply and how it is. I had a couple of Australian friends who came here to "retire" to France. ( Ex Quantas)  They stayed just three years then went back to Australia, even though their French was excellent ( important that ). Since then I have had, photos of their beautiful new house, heard tales of their wonderful way of life, and how happy they were to be back  "HOME".  Maybe it's because they had a Peugeot...................................
  15. I have a Carte de Sejour - and I am pleased to have one. It comes in useful on lots of occasions. I was told last time, by my Mairie, that I couldn't have it renewed, but as I had had one since 1979, I had becomed attached to it. But like a lot of people I had read that I could have one if I really wanted it, and I did. So I telephoned the Prefecture in Perigueux and explained my position. They told me to go back to my Mairie and to tell them to process my Carte as they did for non-europeans. My card came 6 weeks later. The Secretary at the Mairie asked me why I so wanted my Carte. I told her that the French needed a Carte d'identitée, and I felt that it was a useful element; I also told her that I didn't want to be a "sans papiers", which I must admit made her scratch her head !! I was told, "but you HAVE to have a passport", which of course I do not ! I have also travelled to UK on my Carte de Sejour, although the Frontier Police looked down their nose, but they couldn't refuse it.
  16. Taking anybody to Court in France is a mugs game. Even if you are in the right, and win, the Court can do nothing about making people pay up it seems. We were done out of 100.000 francs by a swimming pool firm. We took them to Court, twice, won our case, twice, and the guy just declared himself bankrupt, moved to Paris and started a new business. We are still waiting for the money owed, 15 years on. Name & shame, would be my tactic.
  17. I am not forgetting my English friend had to prove residency,. I was simply remarking on the fact that even after she got her French nationality, she would never be taken for French! I have NO idea of the proceedure for Americans which is why I have stipulated what has happened to English people. One thing I find hard to understand is, that now there is no need for a European to have a Carte de Sejour, how can the length of residency be truthfully calcualted. People come and go over frontiers & back all the time, not always fulfilling the residency qualifications, or showing a passport. Go to your local Mairie, that is where my friend started on her quest to get French Nationality, for which she waited exactly 2 years, the time given by the Mairie. I still think that if one has a dream, as Henri Paul, one shouldn't give up on it, and I would phone or visit every authority to find a  possible route to the end. Us girls are goers don't forget !!!
  18. Too much information, you guys. This is a public site which gets read by all sorts of people wanting to know how you get your money into the country.................................
  19. A case of wires getting crossed there regarding two different Forums. I can see no reason why one cannot take out French nationality if one goes through the right channels - past family members being French or not. But I fear that it is not automatic even with French descendants. If you look at the spectrum of "colours" of the "French", it is certain that they weren't all born here!! Go for it, Paul; Get onto that Consulate and find out the rules. PS I know of an English woman who is now French having taken out French nationality.  However, she will never be taken for French as she can hardly speak the language and even if she declares everywhere that she is French, people are bound to question her !
  20. If you have a 'clause suspensive" in your acte de vente, this has to be respected by law. Approach your seller and ask him privately if he would be willing to extend the signing date, and if he says 'yes', then this can be done. We lost our sale twice to Brits in the same position as you. We gave them both an extension, but even so they couldn't meet the new dates as their houses were not sold. One lost his deposit as he didn't have a 'clause', the second one got his deposit back as he did. It's not a case of enforcing the sale. It's a case of deposit. Oh, if only us brits would not sign draft contracts here in France, until we had the money safely in our pockets from our UK houses. It would save so much heartache - and inconvenience to the sellers. Been there, but third time lucky when we sold to French! I think that should read SUBSTANTIF !!! Sorry. So, where has the original poster gone? Not come back to say thank-you or to make comments !!!
  21. If you are British, and I assume you are, you can I think do as you like. If you have joint Bank accounts, it of course makes sense to have them put in individual names. Same with Carte Vitale and all that sort of paper work. As for a property, you would need to see your Noataire about this as soon as possible. I also told the Tax Authorities that I should from now on be taxed on my own. Apart from that I just got on with life on my own ! ( never looked back ! ) Oh, and by the way, I was married under UK regime.
  22. Don't give up that easily !!!  I know of several Americans that live here most of the year. There is obviously a limit to how much time you can spend in the country, but surely it would be worth "popping out" of France every once in a while to enjoy la douce vie !!
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