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trying to work out what the rules are for running wiring behind plasterboard walls, if the original wall is insulated i presume any wiring should be exterior of the insulation ie plasterboard side, does this need to be in fixed conduit or how do i need to secure the wiring behind the plasterboard and the insulation. anyway if anyone has any ideas ....... 

www.reflexeurope.org/landeninfo.htm (this should be a start)

got some info somewhere ill try and hunt it out and yes you can get inserts with fan operated piped heating outputs

what do you want to know my gf works in a school in this area she can maybe answer your questions

it would appear that artist libre is a flexible and good statueto have i am in a similar position and intend to go down this road i had a french accountant and would not recommend him to my worst enemy look more in the direction juridique

just replyed to same question on french artisans, main supply trips disjoncteurs

if you are going to be away for the winter months and there is a hard winter not only may your electric cut but your pipes may freeze and shatter joints and or the mains water counter here in normandy i can have pipes freeze in the property  if you are unsure of your your insulation heating and the electric probably will trip over a three month period you wouldbe advised to cut your utilities and drain down the water system. or ya need les bon voisins

p.s www.impot.gouv.fr click documentation then impot practique there is some stuff in english,theres a lawyer on this forum that dinks good french wine and hasnt got a 4x4 offer to pay him for his time it wil be worth it.

get some serious advise before you sign you may be getting pushed into something are you sure you have to pay cgt there are some other threads here go to a seperate notaire take advice juridique get assurance juridique at your french bank or at an avocat he really needs to spend some time in france doing some serious reseach before he gets ripped off make sure you know exactly how much cgt will be liable before selling dont sign anything untill you are sure of what you are doing get everything verified by independant parties outside the selling of the property this is common sense the buyer can wait till you are sure, this is paris everyone is on speed, everyone is out to make a buck your friend is an easy target to rip off his flat will sell easily in paris take your time to make sure you know what you are doing if the flat is paid for then it is costing very little to sit there empty in six months if it takes that long the value of the flat will have increased anyway. i may be ignorant but im not stupid....

your credit on you pay as you go needs to be used every month or six weeks ( ie the credit will only be valid for a period of time after you bought the credit) go to buy another credit and test it in the shop if you go sfr theyll suss it out dont bother using it inthe uk swap sim cards to uk provider

of  course its a scam uurrgg

check out www.degrouptest.com you can tap in your number and see whats service is available cost speed etc free is good in the big towns but may be poor in the country it will depend where the nearest receiver mast thingy is lots of money beeing spent here topromotebroadband and new isps thedegroup siteshould give info on availabilty as theisps start to fight for customers so the offers will get better.

hello i am looking for work in manche normandy i am located near avranches. i have owned a property here for the last 15 years and have lived full time in france for the last 6 years. i speak reasonably good french and have a french girlfriend so the language  barrier (although a bit frustrating due to my unfrench accent) is not a problem. I am a reasonably competant mechanic and am a keen diy enthusiast so manual work is an option. i am also reasonably competant with a computer and enjoy web deseign. i can provide references from both english and french employers. i am looking for either full time or part time employement and can be contacted either through this forum or at [email protected] if you would like further information i can give you a telephone number where i can be contacted direct. anyway thanks for looking at my post and please dont hesitate to contact me if you need someone to help with your french projects.

hello i live near fougeres aswell right try the pages jaunes there is a honda dealer at avranches and another at cherbourg you might be better off checking out ebay uk i tapped honda cm125 and fell to this company www.wemoto.com located in brighton they can sell you a clutch cable they can probably get other bits besides i'm sure there is a good bike shop in brighton. do a good search on ebay fr and ebay uk if the local dealers cant help you may find exactly what ya looking for or a company that can put you in contact with someone enjoy just checked ebay uk someone selling parts from a complete bike so squat with ebay for a bit youll find lots of bits not expensive ps jaime bien avoir une chinwag with ya man about paint spraying one day

the present economic climate in france is making it difficult to sell a fond de commerce yes the price may well be reasonable however the cost of running a business in france is not reasonable especially if you intend to employ staff you will need to earn a lot of money in order to pay all your taxes and charges which is soul destroying when you see your income eaten away by the the charges imposed on your business

iwould appreciateit if you could contact me if you have any experience of dynamic pages using php in dreamweaver if  you can advise me on this subject please give me a contact email so we can talk privately the more i try and learn the more involved and complicated it gets

the red and blue would appear to be most common you would be advised to do it the same way as a french plumber brico depot bricomarche gedimat and any other diy shop will sell the material most often used talk to plumbers and choose the easiest and most readily available material

you could well aim for a job within the realm of agence immobilier or legal secretary i would like to make a point however there is a growing industry built up of encouraging english to restart their lives in france this is profited by the agence immobilier and the building trade and also those working on the black helping the english acheive their dream home. a large percentage of  these people do go back to england after either not finding work or by finding that if you try to start your own legitimate business in france it will be complicated hard work and you will pay a large portion of your earnings in tax and other charges. im sure it is profitable to sell the same houe twice in three or four years especially when your friends or involved with the builders that do the renovations. if you get involved with the legal side of administartion i would think that you would have many english clients that will need an intermediary between the english and the french you will need a good understanding of french and you will need a patient boss who is prepared to explain all the little clauses if and buts surrounding the subject you are dealing with i would think there are more and more adminstartive positions that will need to be filled by an english speaking person in order to deal with the english in france that are trying to deal with the ridiculous amount of administrative nonsense that needs to be dealt with in order to earn legitimate money while in france if you get a job on salaire this will be your best option. you should aim for agence immobilier, notaire or even working for urssaf of the hotel des impots in the dordogne there is a section at the tax office given  over to exclusivly to dealing with the english in the region your husband may find work here either on salaire or on the black then again he may not ive watched these forums for some time and have lived in france even longer it is not always easy but if you can manage to earn enough money to live on it is definately different to living in england

if you are planning to live in the country you are going to find it very difficult to find clients that will be interested in your service if you are planning on living in a town you may well find clients but there will also be established beauty salons that have their clientbase already do not expect to be able to earn a living from this you may find it possible to find a job in an established salon if you are prepared to live in a town and are able to speak and intergrate with the  french if you decide to work on the black you may well find some clients mainly english if you do not intergrate this may cause you problems at a later date with the impot and urssaf etc if you decide to start a legitimate business you will need  a stable clientbase willing to spend a reasonable amount of money in order for youto be ableto pay your charges you may well earn some money doing this but it will not be easy

ill answer my own question apparantly i can set up a "societe civil immobilier"   for the property after which i set up the sarl or eurl as a seperate societe. the sci rents the property to the business therefore protecting the property. i learnt this today talking to a friendly comptable ive not heard of what your talking about so if anyone has anyexperience of this or you can give me some more info on the other suggestion it would be appreciated anyway thanks enjoy

im not an expert but i believe you need a certfcate as usual in france for you woodburner instalation with regards to your insurance should you have a fire your insurance company will be more than happy to reject your insurance claim if you cannot prove that the burner was installed by a registered artisan pretty crap i know but it will give you piece of mind rember you need a certificate for most things the more you ask the more you need each office will send you to another office and so the french economy turns huge administation costs and a rich beaurocracy

ive read with interest that chaux will allow stone walls to breath should the chaux be used both for interior and exterior walls or just exterior there is literally no mortar in the walls so can i plug the walls with a ciment mix and just use the chaux for the final coat? any ideas willl be appreciated  

after running a successful busines here for three years i am confident but in case you hadnt realised france is becoming more and more difficult and is increasingly adapting the american attitude of im not happy so im going to sue so my concerns are reasonable as the outright owner of the property can i rent the property to the business which is free of debt and in the red thus keeping the business and the property seperate if youve had any dealings with the french authorities and administration you should no that it is never black and white so if anyone else is in this situation can they advise me

where exactly are you based and how bad is the roof

sorry to hassle but youve just got a bill for 10 grand sterling and basically theyre going to clean out the wall and repoint it how long is it going to take how many people will be working on the pointing is it going to be done by hand or with machines definately get other quotes the scaffolding price is ive seen scaffolding selling for less than a grand euro whats the garde corpet pose scellement chimique  are you sure you want this done are you in effect getting a complete damp proof process with all the latest blah blah do you live in the property or do you just visit if you live there and have time the work will cost you much less if you do it yourself you will pay for sand and cement clearing out the shit and pointing a wall can be done over a few weeks if youve got a couple of friends i recently had a complete corner of my house collapse it was taken down and rebuilt from the ground roof and guttering repared for less money by a registered building company if you want some more advise let me know get another quote