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Thanks all. Sounds like for the moment, keeping a UK address is probably the easiest, especially as I can get the post easily if needs be.

Just recently moved to France, and I've been in the process of changing addresses with all list of my UK banks, cards, and the rest. For things like my UK buy-to-let mortgage and cards I've used my parent's address in the UK, simply as this seemed the most convenient without embarking on a longer painful process of them accepting me living abroad. I'm also opening a current account with Nationwide for the use of their free card use abroad. Seeing as I do everything online aanyway, I'm less concerned about getting the post. Throw into all of that, I still work in the UK 4-5 days a week and am therefore paid in sterling into my current account. I'm interested to see what other people have done regarding UK banks and other financial institutions and your experiences. Has it caused problems or difficulties providing a French address or have you used a convenient family member/friend's address in the UK? Thanks in advance.

Thanks for all the replies. It's a muddy minefield all this. Does the EIHC cover you in the same way as an E106 or E109? I understand the dual residency thing. France would see me as residence with primary residence (plus family) being in France, whlie the UK would see me as residence through days spent in the UK (just). Residency is in the eye of the beholder! In parallel, I was trying to get through to the International Pensions gang in Newcastle but had to leave a number for them to ring back on because of high call numbers. So, once I get a response from them, I shall post an update here. Thanks again.

Hello all, I'm a first time poster having only just come across this forum. I've poured over a lot of the previous threads covering working in the UK while living in France and I'm still a little confused(!). I appreciate that getting advice from the experts is always the better option, but I've had just as much fun trying to find said experts, so in the meantime, I was hoping to get anyone's insights or experiences to back up (or destroy) my view on this. We are moving down to France in July, primarily so my better half can return to be near her family and friends having put up with being in the UK for the last 10 years. However, I will still commute back to the UK during the week, generally travelling on a Monday and coming back on Friday. My wife will also return to work in France as well. Unfortunately, due to the somewhat bleak UK housing market and being unable to get a buyer, we are now renting out our UK house and will be renting in France for the foreseeable future (or until the property market here turns the corner again). So, as far as I can tell, my salary will be taxed at source in the UK, including N.I payments, which I will have to declare in France, but will not be re-taxed upon. As the rent on our house in the UK will not cover our mortgage here, we will not be liable to any UK tax on that, although I'm a little unsure of the implications of this in the French authorites' eyes. I will also need to get hold of an E106 (or E109?) to cover health in France. My wife will be liable to tax in France and will pay the usual social security payments through her french employer. One question I had was when taking looking at what the UK counts as days in the UK for residence, is travel to and from included? I've always gone on the assumption that our case was not particularly out of the ordinary for 'euro-commuters' but I'm happy to be corrected. I'd be really grateful if anyone's got any similar experience they could share or to point me in the right direction. Thanks all in advance.