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  1. Have found english builder willing to work in the area. He is currently working in the pays de la loire region. Willing to travel & stay down in puy-de-dome region.
  2. The farmer did not sell us the house and we have been back to our Notaire who confirms that he has no legal right of way over the garden. We have tried to keep things civil with the farmer at the moment but the last time we at the property the bull had crashed through the fence on our boundary and prompltly died on our front garden. The farmland is actually owned by the local hospital and it is our intention to buy the framland once it comes available - basically when the framer dies. looks like we need to sit this one out - anyway he bought us a bottle of his local brew the last time we were there, apparently he is the only one in the area who has a licence to brew alcohol  
  3. There is an alternative route that the farmer can use but being set in his ways he refuses to use it.
  4. Does anyone know the law on established rights of way in France? Our french farmhouse in the Puy-De-Dome department is situated at the end of 1km track which is marked privee no right of way at the start of the track (just off from the main road). The house itself sits in grounds of 1/4 acre and is then surrounded by the local farmer's cow fields on all sides with a cattle shed butted up against our fence on one side of the property. On our first stay at the property we were waken early by the farmer driving his cattle truck up our private track accross our front garden and then through a gate into his cow field. He then proceeded to herd some of his cows into our front and back garden with the intention of herding some cows into the sheds which are then loaded into his cattle truck headed for the market. Our local marie has spoken to him on several occassions to explain that the land is private and requested that he builds and access to his cattle shed around the other side of the field so he does not need to go through our garden. This has resulted in some heated discussions with the farmer who refuses to do this and continues to use our garden as he see fits. It is quite clear that he has been herding cattle into the garden for some considerable time therefore I would be interested to know what the legal position is on his right of way over our graden.        
  5. Has anyone any further news on Ryanair restarting their flights to Clermont Ferrand Airport? Currently we go into Lyon Airport which is 2-3 hours away from our house in Thiers.  
  6. Hi there just joined the Forum. We have owned for the past to a large french farmhouse on the outskirts of Thiers, which was previously used as a children hostel offering activity holidays in the Auvergne Region.  We are looking for a english speaking builder to convert the old shower rooms into 2 self-contained gites. Does anyone out there have any experiences of english speaking builders in this area? Thank you for any comments posted.   David G      
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