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  1. [quote user="Just Katie"] Gawd, no wonder you dream about being stuck in a broomcupboard with Chabal.  [:D]   [/quote] Uggggh, really?  He's a bit neanderthal looking for my taste and  you would need a pretty big broom cupboard to accommodate him!   [IMG]http://i216.photobucket.com/albums/cc149/ahoward99/1sebastien-chabal.jpg[/IMG]
  2. [quote user="Albert the InfoGipsy"] Panda <I live about 10 minutes from a larg(ish) town > Rural, maybe, but not 'la France profonde'. In some areas you have to drive further than that to get to a village with a single shop. [/quote] [quote user="Scooby"] Life for a woman in rural France is pretty awful - unless you are the kind who has a very high boredom  threshold and delights in looking after everyone else - happy with no life of their own. [/quote] I was responding originally to Scooby's post, he specialises in making sweeping statements like this so we are comparing rural with rural (in fact his rural is less so than mine he says he has a city 20 minutes away), my use of the term deepest france has obviously brought out the semantic police, my point remains that life for a woman in rural france  is not  'pretty awful'  for everyone and no I do not have a high boredom threshold, but I do have a life, something you might want to think about [:P]! 
  3. [quote user="Scooby"][quote user="Panda "] I live about 10 minutes from a larg(ish) town [/quote] So you're not in 'deepest rural France' [/quote] That would depend on your difiniton of rural, I live in the middle of 20 acres of my own land, mostly woodland, I have 1 neighbour who is about 800 metres away, no others.  It's a very rural area I assure you. Panda
  4. [quote user="Scooby"] I have not accused you of being bored.  I stated that my french neighbour frequently tells me that she is bored and that one of the reasons I wouldn't wish to live in France permanently is that I, personally, would be bored.  Life in rural France is not a whirl of excitement and anyone contemplating a move to rural France should be aware of that.  You are very fortunate to have so many things to do in your area - though if you are in deepest rural France I would be interested to know how long it takes you to travel to participate in some of these activities? As an aside you are probably aware from my previous posts that I would be unable to do most of the things you mentioned as I am disabled. Edit: I don't think I've ever seen any drunken youths near our home in the UK.  One of the villagers did, however, lose their son to a heroin overdose.  Apparently he died in the downstairs bedroom of our house in France at a time when the house was unoccupied.  There are drunks, drug addicts and violence in a lot of countries - including France. [/quote] Hello I live about 10 minutes from a larg(ish) town and that's where most of the activity takes place aside for horse riding, walking whihc I can do from home and the keep fit which is in the village (2km). Of course there are drunks and drug takers all over the world and plenty in France, but I was referring to the pub to pub walking the streets type drunkeness, in France if you see someone out in our town after about 10 you would be surprised, in the UK in a similar sized town it would be heaving (literally) from 9pm till 3am with people the worse for a few drinks.  I should know I used to be one of them on a regular basis and still am on occasion!  I wasn't trying to say one was better we were comparing boring situations between the two I think and I said that nowadays I prefer the peace (most of the time)
  5.   BUT..... then when the new buyer comes to sell..... the price shown on the paperwork would be just the 10% and so CGT they would pay on the gain would be huge, unelss the same deal is done with the next buyer... IMHO not a great plan!!!
  6. The disappearance of the nativity was all over the BBC news yesterday, they reported that schools with a multi-cultural intake did not think the nativity was the right thing to do. On the other hand it was reported today that councils will no longer be translating their documents into 10+ languages as it has been discovered that contrary to local opinion there is no legal requirement for them to do so and it's costs a fortune.
  7. Can someone just clarify If you have a gite which is run as a non professional business (i.e. it is not your main income and you do not pay cotisations to URSAFF etc. on the income) you are charged taxe professionale but that you do not pay tax d'habitation on the house in which the gite is being run. That, I think, is a summary of what has been said in this thread.
  8. Hello Our plumber contacted GDF to say he had finished the work, they sent an inspector around and then it was switched on, very simple and no forms to fill in. Panda
  9. Hello I'm still not convinced you should have received this.  Yes you have a siret but you are not one of the items you listed, not professional, not an artisan etc.  Where do you put the amount of income from your gites on your tax return form, this may be the crux of the matter, perhaps you've filled it differently this year? Panda
  10. [quote user="Jura"] Maybe we should get some tampax to the old guys in my village and then they can lead such an active a life as you do?. By the way, my Grandad was Welsh. Haven't found anything to knock about 'em yet. [/quote] HA, yeah that might work!  My Granny was welsh too, perhaps if we looked into it we would find we all orignate from the same welsh village where they all sat around and dreamed of living in France!!!!
  11. [quote user="Panda "] Have you never visited Greece or Spain Jura, there you get not just the old men but the old ladies all in black too, they sit watching the world go by, it's what they do!  As for France I have lived in two very different places and I've never seen old men sitting about anywhere, isn't it too hot in the summer and too damn cold in the winter for a start! And Scooby, I am an active young(ish) woman and I live in deepest rural France, I walk daily, go to the gym, go horse riding, and with my son I go to weekly handball training and matches, drama club and karate,  as well as athletics meetings there is lots of 'active' things to do.  Now at night there is not a great deal going on granted, but I prefer the tranquillity to the herds of drunks I used to see go by in my old home in England. I am confused by both Jura's hatred of all things French (and Welsh) and Scooby's obsession with telling us we are bored, if you don't like something then don't do it but please don;t insist we all shouldn't like it or that we are disillusioned, as I've said before it's weird! [/quote] Forgot to say I do of course work as well, when I can fit it in! EDIT, just realised my list of activities reads like an old tampax advert, remember those...
  12. Have you never visited Greece or Spain Jura, there you get not just the old men but the old ladies all in black too, they sit watching the world go by, it's what they do!  As for France I have lived in two very different places and I've never seen old men sitting about anywhere, isn't it too hot in the summer and too damn cold in the winter for a start! And Scooby, I am an active young(ish) woman and I live in deepest rural France, I walk daily, go to the gym, go horse riding, and with my son I go to weekly handball training and matches, drama club and karate,  as well as athletics meetings there is lots of 'active' things to do.  Now at night there is not a great deal going on granted, but I prefer the tranquillity to the herds of drunks I used to see go by in my old home in England. I am confused by both Jura's hatred of all things French (and Welsh) and Scooby's obsession with telling us we are bored, if you don't like something then don't do it but please don;t insist we all shouldn't like it or that we are disillusioned, as I've said before it's weird!
  13. It is confusing but perhaps you can tell the OP Moorejw,  as I read it, he was set up as a full professional micro-bic and paid cotisations and professional taxe, he then realised he didn't need to be set up as a professional business  (presumably as discussed before because it's not his main income) he then deregisted as a professional business, so no cotisations to pay.  The big question is should he still have a taxe professional bill if he no longer registered as a professional business, I certainly only get a bill for my professional business not for my gite (when I had one). The OP is confused about siret numbers, as you say you always have a siret number regardless and in his case the confusion for the tax office probably comes from the fact that he was once registered as a full business under the same siret.
  14. My puppy has just leapt on the worktop (off the back of a chair, she is wee but boy can she jump) and drunk my tea all whilst I'm on the phone to work so I couldn't shout, I'm sure she knew this!  But most of the time yes, they are wonderful!!
  15. Hi Good luck with finding what you want, we too were worried about putting our current dog out when we rescued our new young dog and at first it was tough, they were lots of growls and snarls  (only from the old dog) but I'm looking at them now, curled up together, they play all day and really do get on, this is after a couple of months but they seemed to bury the hatchet after about 2 weeks.  I was advised not to overly fuss the new dog in the house and to make sure top dog knew he was still top dog, gets his maels first, etc., that seems to work and I still do this to an extent although they both jump on my lap for a hugs these days! Panda
  16. Hello Jazzer If that was question was aimed at me quoting 3.5k above then that includes social charges (social charges being a cotisation the way I see it)  but is just for year one, charges then increase dependent on income. Panda  
  17. We have just acquired a Godin too and we are going with just the metal flue as we don't have a chimney either and I'm assuming planning permission would be required to erect one, probably for the flue too but I've got more chance of getting away with that I think!
  18. I'm with Lucky Luke on this one, my eight year old loves Dr Who above anything else!
  19. and think of the cleaning bill.......
  20. [quote user="aj_dr"] Also, if there are any breeders out there, how often due you normally let a bitch have a litter? aj [/quote] Never if you've ever visited a refuge!  I hold my hand up to having bought a pedigree puppy in the past but I will NEVER do it again now that I have seen the suffering in the eyes of all the dogs wanting homes.  Please consider this when trying to intententionally bring more dogs into the world. 
  21. Gosh how awful for you Cathy, I'm sure it never gets any easier despite what they say.  I had a traumatic experience with my son on holiday when he was tiny and seven years on I still can not recount the tale without feeling the same panic and utter despair.  I'm sure for you it's a million fold worse, I hope you can draw some comfort from the rest of your children. Best wishes Panda
  22. What about the shed loads of the stuff on sale in the airports! I also came back recently with half a suitcase full for my chocoholic son, Terry's Chocolate Orange being his favourite, followed by Flakes which are a euro a hit in my local intermarche and only 3 pounds for 9 when I was back in the UK.
  23. Hi Whilst I don't agree with all of the sentiments expressed on this thread I have to say that I feel more 'at risk' because of this situation which does not affect me in the least.  I guess it's the way it came about, it makes me feel less sure of the future somehow, I know there are a few of my aquaintances who feel the same way and so whilst it may not affect many it has still impacted how people feel.  As Scooby has said you are in a very small minority and this situation has really brought that feeling home. I really do expect it to have a knock on affect on many things for sometime to come. Panda
  24. Hello As I understand it numbers are never transferred between old and new owners regardless of whether the old owner wants to keep the number.  This happened when we last moved, we were movng to a different area but the new owners were still not able to have our old number, I arranged for a new number to be allocated to them and it was live on day one.  I think if you have all the info, old owners name, old number etc. you will be able to set it all up now and have it actioned on the day of the move.  They will even give you the new number when you call so that you are all set, as for broadband they may need to visit the house but again you can take an appointement now as Cooperlola suggested and have it done on say day two! Good luck with it! Panda
  25. That's interesting I never knew that.  I used to pay tax d'hab on the gite but  it was registered as  non-professional so that would be right then.  The other issue must be when you come to sell, if it it registered as  a professional business I guess the tax incurred, CGT etc. would be different. Do you agree on my take on the tax professional, is that how you understand it?  My knowledge comes from my understanding as explained to me by my accountant, I'm no expert but I'm surprised the OP was not queried as to whether it was his main income.
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