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Hi Johnross, thanks again for replying, the information is really helpful.We are hoping to be in france on the 18th of this month weather permitting this side (not too much snow) to look at the house, its my sisters, she bought it ten years ago and has never used it only too check up on it, So she does not know anything about the winters there as she has not been at that time. The winters get very cold here, at times we have minus 25 and it is too much for my partner Chris, I dont mind it so much as its very beautiful here and I like snow, We pay here for four cubic metre of beech trunk cut at one metre lenght and split into eight aprox... delivered 230 euros, for oak, four cubic metres, they deliver the whole trunks and cut them up when they arrive into one and a half whole lenghts for 120 euros. We dont have logs as such apart from the ones we collect from the forest ourselves, so its chain saws and axes for us, Chris cuts up with the chain saw and I split it with the axe. It would be interesting to know how much they sell those log splitters for your side, I know we can get them here but I have never looked at the price. Anyway thanks again.....

Hi thanks for the replys, no mac donalds is not for us either.. Johnross you very kindly answered a question about heating a house with wood, I was going to pm you (as I didnt want to go off topic on someone elses thread) and ask what a stear of wood is? as we measure here by the cubic meter. Thanks again

Hi, thanks for that,have just read through it.

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Hi Frenchie, could you please tell me exactly how cold its gets there in the winter, does it drop much below zero and stay there for long? the reason I ask is my partner and I are thiing about buying a town house there and are looking at costs for heating this.. It has storage heaters and a open fire place. Regards

Hi, my partner and i are looking at buying a town house in maixent and what people thought of it? Regards

Hi, has anybody drove from slovenia to france, my partner and I will be doing this next month, looking for a good route, will be driving a old Skoda just us two and the dog, will be heading towards la Rochelle. Regards