prospect Posted October 3, 2009 Share Posted October 3, 2009 Hi,me and my family are thinking of moving over from the isle of wight,We would be joining family that have been in MAYENNE northen france for around 5 years.I have been working as a stone mason restoring old buildings from manor houses to farm buildings repairing and repointing using lime mortar and enjoy every minute of it.Would anyone have any ideas of any opportunities for this type of work.I know there are many great stone propetys to work on but not sure about leaving the uk and the best way of finding more work.Also we speak good french,also would any know how much a mason charges for work such as repointing, replacing stone etc is it per hour or is it per job would be great to get some feed back .many thanks jamie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
virginia.c Posted October 4, 2009 Share Posted October 4, 2009 Hi there and welcome. There are plenty of threads on the forum about living and working here which you can look up. I can't give you any specific advice, but i do know that registering properly for work is very important. It does sound like your trade is one that could find plenty of work here. If you were in the Dordogne I could probably call on your services myself, and I wouldn't be the only one. Best of luck. Great that you speak French and already have family and a base here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
La Guerriere Posted October 4, 2009 Share Posted October 4, 2009 One of the great advantages of being a mason is that it is not a trade subject to different French normes (unlike electrical and plumbing). Good luck ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prospect Posted October 4, 2009 Author Share Posted October 4, 2009 Thanks for the feed back,i have had alot of bad feed back from another french forum,so not sure what to think at the moment.thanks anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony F Dordogne Posted October 4, 2009 Share Posted October 4, 2009 [quote user="virginia.c"] If you were in the Dordogne I could probably call on your services myself, and I wouldn't be the only one. [/quote]Virginia, depending where you live in the Dordogne, there are plenty of good stone masons here and a couple of them are Brits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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