adrianpmills
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I find you can switch off the french subtitles with more than 50% of the films. Some foreign language films are available with english subtitles, but not many.
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There are several internet rental companies in France. I started off with Glowria, but found their availability of recent release titles to be poor. I have now switched to Cinesnap and I have found their service to be very good. I pay Euros 37 a month and get three DVD's in rotation (sent back individually). When the post is good, this gives me around 20 DVD's per month.
When you mean English language DVD's do you mean foreign language films subtitled in English? All English language DVD's are available in original version in France.
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I wish to convert an attached barn/cave/garage (don't know what it was used for) into a living room. However as total surface area of the house after conversion comes to more than 170m2 I will require an architect to handle the application. I should be grateful for any recommendations if anyone knows of or has used an architect in this area.
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If the rebate is in excess of your liability you get a repayment. UK made woodburners are cheaper in the UK than France. But my research on makes such as Godin, Jotul, Dovre, Francobelge, Vermont Castings, Morso - which all make premier league woodburners leads me to believe that prices in UK and France are similar.
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As long as it your main residence the rebate applies to spending up to Euros 8,000 per spouse. Yes, the rebate is only applicable to french tax residents. The rebate is limited to the cost of the woodburner. This rebate enables us to buy a half price Jotul. If you qualify for this I can't see the point of lugging one over from the UK.
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If you are french resident, if you buy a 'flamme verte' quality woodburner in France and have it installed you will qualify for a 50% rebate on the cost of the woodburner.
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We bought our materials from the local builder's merchants. They were happy to advise on all that, plus french regs. Also, they had fact sheets for each range of tiles which carried very detailed info, with pictures, on how to do your roof.
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I'm in the middle of such a renovation. I live in France and I think I would find it virtually impossible to co-ordinate such a massive project remotely. I would try and find a good project manager.
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Perennial/annual grasses grown from seed, interspersed with spring bulbs and achillea "summer pastels" (also grown from seed) for summer colour - then you could also let some 'weeds' flower.
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Ours packed in recently after about five years - it was a Pace 2200. Apparently problems with the tuner are common with this model. We bought a replacement from ebay for £20, which was way cheaper than having it repaired. There are loads going as people upgrade to Skyplus.
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I think the installations costs would be quite high. Would an electric radiator or two left on the frost free setting so the job? Alternatively, an aerothermie unit would have the benefit of also providing summer air-conditioning, so better justifying the installation cost?.
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1,000m2 is way bigger than what I would call large. Good luck.
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The weather is unpredictable and your question is very difficult to answer. You can find historical weather data on www.meteo.fr - average rainfall, sunshine hours etc for any given month. How useful that is for predicting future weather is questionnable with global warming.
The Limousin is a large area and the weather is not the same throughout. We are 30mins east of Limoges at 450m. Our climate is a bit wetter than yours and experiences greater extremes - but not significantly so. I find it a very good climate to live in - it's worth owning a pool, a woodburner, a raincoat and a sledge.
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Somewhere in the links it gives the new rates for 2006. This ups the credit to 50% for renewable energy sources. Maybe these aren't in force yet.
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Graham,
I haven't bought anything yet. I am at the research stage and here is what I have learnt. All in french:
www.ademe.fr explains the credit d'impot and gives further links.
The full legalese:
http://alize.finances.gouv.fr/dgiboi/boi2005/5FPPUB/textes/5b2605/5b2605.htm
Here's a woodburner supplier which explains the situation simply. I only found it through Google - I have no experience of the company:
http://www.brisach.com/brisach.php?rub=100
By materials I mean the cost of equipment (ie: definitely the woodburner and maybe the other materials required for installation - flue, etc. - a supplier could confirm). It looks like the woodburner must be 'flamme verte' marked. The credit is given firstly against your tax liability - any excess is reimbursed. Money from the taxman - that's an offer I can't refuse.
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If you are french resident then you might wish to consider buying and installing through a french supplier - you can then reclaim 50% of the (material) costs for ADEME approved woodburners meeting minimum efficiency standards.
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Quite right Baz - I hadn't spotted the resurrection.
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To Claire's question - there is no CGT liability on a secondary residence owned for more than fifteen years.
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Your notaire is wrong - the two year rule is the old definition. As long as you can prove the house is your primary residence on the day of sale then you not be liable for CGT. You could have owned it for only a few months.
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Would also recommend growing bushes that produce a lot of berries - holly, hawthorn, pyracantha, etc. Growing sunflowers and leaving the seed heads for the birds is good too.
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Under the current UK France tax treaty the gain on sale of a UK property for a resident in France is taxable in the UK - not in France. There is a new treaty awaiting ratification, which alters the position, but this is unlikely to come into force (2007 at the earliest) before you sell your house.
If you remain non-UK resident for at least five years after leaving, then there will be no UK liability to CGT.
If you return to the UK within five years of leaving (as a resident rather than a visitor) then the sale of your UK house will attract a capital gains tax liability for the period of ownership during which it has not been your main residence. This gain crystallises on your return to the UK (if within five years). However, the final three years of ownership are not counted towards the secondary residence period. Therefore if you sell your house within three years of leaving then, presuming your house was always your main residence prior to moving to France, you will have no CGT liability.
It looks like you will be fine. If there is a capital gain there are reliefs available to offset, but I will only go into these if you need me to.
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I would like to take that view as well, but it could be illegal. I know that UK real estate currently escapes tax for a french resident - due to an effective loophole which the new tax treaty will close. However 'moveable' property is generally taxable in the state in which resident. So if it is not taxable in the UK then it is taxable in France. My question is whether a UK with-profits bond is taxable in the UK or in France for a french resident.
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Jan. Thank you for your answer. Just to clarify - is that your french accountant talking about the french tax treatment?
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