johnycarper

Yes thanks its about what i thought I would have to pay,just got to find someone now,if anyone knows anyone near la ferte bernard please let them know. Thanks.

We will need to get some help from August to November to clean our gite on a Saturday morning,can anyone advise what the going rate for a cleaner is.I would estimate no more that 2 to 3 hours a week. Thanks

Totally agree the service is great and the new box seems to be better and you get a lot of extras with it now and the installation disc is now in english as well as french and very easy to install.

It was the live box that as faulty as i phoned the English orange help line as a last resort expecting the usual waits,but the phone was answered each time in 1 ring and great service and a follow up call to check.

We have had no problems with our orange phone and internet for 5 years now,but suddenly about 2 weeks ago the voip phone is very bad with a lot of crackling and the engaged tone that suddenly clears.The main phone is fine and the internet works ok its just the internet phone and of course thats what gives us our free calls. Any suggestions, thanks.

Can anyone tell me exactly what the law will be as far as sat navs are concerned and speed cameras,I know it will be illegal to have a radar warning device but what about the ones on sat navs. We have customers due over this year asking and i am not sure, Thanks, john

No worries just looking at ways to help out the money and this seemed to be a good idea but only if its relativly hassle free. john

Hi,Thanks for the reply and at the moment i am just trying to see what is involved in selling like this,but it looks like its going to be a lot of form filling so nort sure its worth all the hassle and effort. Hopefully someone will have all the answers and i can then judge if its worth the time, john

Can anyone advise what tax you would have to pay if any if you exported goods to the uk from France.I am thinking of taking household goods purchased here and tva paid here and selling in the uk.I have looked on the tax site in uk but its not clear what i would be liable for,any help would be appreciated. Thanks, John

yes its the ms one as fitted from new.

Can anyone help me with my firewall as its slow to start up,It used to start up very quickly but now its the last thing to load and obviously stops the internet loading. Any simple to action help would be good. Thanks, john

Thanks for that it was senior moment as we already have it in the gite,but thanks for taking the time to answer. John

We had in the post today a list of emergency numbers and one of them we had never seen before it read, appel d urgences europeen ....112 Does any one know if this puts you in contact with English speaking operators,as if it does it will be good to put up in our gite. Thanks, John

I think you are correct as we went to collect the post yesterday due to being snowed in for 5 days and the secretary said we should have phoned as they would have come down and cleared the drive and put de icer down.she said its part of their responsibility so i guess that sort of agrees with what you say. Thanks.

Can anyone advise as to the law or process for a drive to our home that goes through farmers fields.The house we own has a long drive and our boundary only starts at the bottom near the house,the drive goes through the middle of the farmers fields.The farmer rents the fields from the previous owner of the house who kept the fields either side o f the drive,my question is who is liable for the upkeep of the drive up to our boundary.I have been told that the commune can help but not sure this is true,the drive needs to be leveled and the ruts filled in but it is about 500 yards long at least. Any advice plaese.

We have had our cards and got them easily but we have a friend who has paid tax in France for 2 years now and has no card.I thought i read somewhere that once you paid tax in France for a certain time period you were entitled to the health care cover. Any advice please, John

Thanks for all your replies,but I am still not clear about the payments.We receive from the rsi(our mutuelle) an invoice showing what they have paid as a percentage of the total bill and there is a column that has a header saying votre mutuelle but there is never anything in the column.I hope this is clear as i cannot see how I can copy a invoice onto the site to show people as that would be easier. John

After 5 years of living here we thought we had been getting all the money we should back,part from carte vittale and the rest from the mutual.A french friend now says we have been doing it wrong and we should send all the invoices to our insurance company as not all money is sorted by the rsi.I believed that they sent the part outstanding to the insurance for them to pay us back, I hope this make sense and can anyone explain in plain English please.

Thanks everyone I had asked this before and could not remember what i added,now added google toolbar and got spell check back. John

A simple one I know but I have just had a problem with my computer and now i cannot find the spell check for checking things like this forum when i put something on,can someone please tell me how to reinstate. Thanks, John

Hi Steve, I agree having looked on line at various garages in the uk and got prices there does not seem a lot of difference anymore. john

the other money is for a full service which i think is over the top but why the car is in there it all done and out the way.

The price we were quoted included the water pump and its 330 euros,having looked at vw garages in the uk i don't think the price is a lot different over here and at least you go back with no worries.

Thanks for all the replies must admit did not understand a lot of it and just checking the quote it does include a water pump as well,I think its a question of biting the bullet as they say and getting it done.We are off to the uk for a holiday soon and would hate for anything to go wrong. john

Has anyone any idea about the cost of having a cam belt fitted to cars,we have a passat 19tdi and the garage has just quoted for a full service and the cam belt replaced 700 euros,it sounds a lot but am not a mechanic and i know its a bog job to do. Any thoughts please, John