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If the link to that website near Le Mont St Michel, that you have on your post is something to do with you, then can you say why are you not getting cover through that activity ? If it is you, then surely you can then simply add on an activity like B&B to your farming activity.

Nice name Mr/Ms banana ! Yes  quite right, Foncières is the one that is found in the acte and is  "normally" shared pro rata. What some people do not seem to comprehend is, there is not much chance that a French person would do what Tony did and my point was only to say, that the  person moving would not lose, as the house he would be going to would have been paid for, for that year. So Tony's seller may well have thought all his Christmas's had come at once. He got remboursed for his place and took over a house that payment was due for, by the previous owner.[:)] I think we all know and do not need to make cheap points, is that there are little differences between nations and sure, we can often be left something or be offered something but these two taxes are seen as sancrosanct and legally bound and that is adhered to when buying and selling. For obvious reasons if one wants to offer to pay, can't think of many people who would say "No please don't" [:)]

I am sorry but that is bringing foreign thoughts in to France.You try to make it sound as though that would be the normal thing to do and you should feel guilty of not having done the right thing  if you do not do it as you did, which sorry, it most certainly is not. Here people  would not think twice about not doing what you did, they will be moving to another place that will also mean the person on the 1st January will be paying for the place they move in to. Taxe Habitation is seen as quite different to Taxe Foncière. Habitatation has a house's income in it's final outcome and yours may be less, or more, than the sellers. As everyone knows I'm sure, Foncière is normally added as Pro Rata on the Acte and it is common for that to be shared on a day for day in the house basis.

Tony, you had no legal reasons for doing that, it must be something you agreed upon but I can't think why though.

Taxe hab is not due by  you but to the owner of the property on the 1st January. The previous owners must have been on the fiddle (can't see how though)  because a second home normally generates the full cost of this tax. It takes a house to be in a pretty poor inhabitable state for a second home (or any home for that matter) to be classified as non habitable.

Two names on the deeds make it a little more than just taking one off and carrying on as though nothing happened. See a Notaire as suggested, in fact you can't do anything, until you do.

Insurance is cheaper in France. I think that your statement is rather general I'm afraid, unless you have insured in Paris, Marseilles, Lille and other large cities along with some of the suburbs, in which case I take it back.

Hi Leo, Sorry but when did speaking French come in to the equation ? This was, I thought, a general question and none of us actually knows if he speaks French anyway. I would think it pretty obvious that anyone with no language skills of the intended country, may well find it pretty difficult but certainly not impossible (or zilch as you put it) in something as technical as the World of electrics. Please don''t say zilch as if it is a certainty. I know of British plumbers, sparks and chippies who have succesfully found work with a company here and their French was pretty awful in the beginning. Some of them went on to become self employed after. [quote] Nick Trollope has helped many people with his sound technical advice and his prudent comments and , has definately gained my respect![/quote] Oh ! fair enough that being the case, let him feel free to insult my opinion then.

[quote user="Nick Trollope"]I wasn't trying to discourage him, just tell him that he is unlikely to get a job. Which bit of that didn't you understand, newbie? [/quote] Well, I would say, just about all of it I guess. He won't get a job but all the sparkies are working flat out. Littlemouse said they were crying out for sparkies near him (and his is not the only town desperate for trades people) but you said that was too far for you but perhaps, not too far for the OP. And as I said before look in the temping agencies, seen quite a few places advertising for Electricians around France. Is being called a newbie an  insult or just a sign of someone who lost an argument and feels the desire to call someone a very silly name ? Never mind Nick, I am saddened for you but not disillusioned by your feeble attack.

[quote user="Nick Trollope"] That aside, are you recommending that the OP ups sticks and arrives here on the assumption that he will get a job? That is a little presumptious IMHO. [/quote] [:D] Read this, you might even recognise yourself.............. Not many. You don't need French qualifications to be an electrician here.............. So encouragement there I notice If you are employed or self-employed as an electrician in the UK, dig out your certificates and have them translated by an official translator when you arrive. For good measure, bring employer pay-slips or self-empoyed accounts to prove that you have some experience in the field. Hello ! Even more encouragement there If you don't fully understand French methods, I'd suggest that you find an electrician to "shadow". Hello, again even more encouragement there Do a forum search and see what is required of self-employed people here (I doubt if yo will get a job). 8 in the morning and I am drowning under paperwork which I have to present to the bank at 9:30.   Well here we have even more, take a look at how much work this chap has on his hands That said, every electrician I know (self included) is up to his eyes in work... Come over to France, just look how much work we all have !! Now what was you saying about presumption ? All that adds up to the OP seeing just how much work there is for a sparks. I simply implied that France was crying out for skilled men, such as electricians, what the OP does about that, is for him to decide. I suggest you go in to a temping agency, especially around the big towns and see what they offer you. And that is only for starters but my bet is that you much prefer to work for yourself if truth be known

Ever applied, or is yours pure presumption ?

You would go a long way to find an unemployed sparks, well one that wanted to work. Good chance of finding work with a company but it will depend on where you want to live.

But there should never be a battle with either of the chambres, they are there for you, the very reason for them even being there is to help anyone wishing to register, or who has registered already

The SMIC stated earlier seems rather low ? Pour information, 8,44 euros de l'heure, pour 35 heures de travail hebdomadaire, soit 151,6 heures mensuelles = 1280 euros brut. This of course the general rate and does not take in to account all the variations, such as ages, apprentissage, Bac etc