What if any permissions are required to operate a B&B

[Mike1958]

I would be glad of any useful advice from existing B&B owners and forum members.

We will be completing the purchase of our 5 bedroom house in the Haute Garonne next week with an aim of moving out permanently probably next summer. Our intention is to not to kill ourselves working all year round rather than focus on providing catered accommodation for skiers during the 12 - 14 week ski season and B&B  for probably 8 - 12 weeks during the summer. This will hopefully generate enough revenue to pay the bills and keep us fed and watered.

Once we have the house the way that we would like it to be we will probably register with the Gites de France as either a Chambre d'Hotes or a Table d'Hotes (again unlikely until we have been in the house for a year).

My key question is "Do we require any form of authority to operate" and if so where can this be obtained?

 

Many thanks

 

Mike 

[Quillan]

Look at the following (use http://babelfish.altavista.com/ for translation)

http://www.livingfrance.com/instantforum/shwmessage.aspx?ForumID=17&MessageID=3504

http://www.livingfrance.com/instantforum/shwmessage.aspx?ForumID=17&MessageID=3522

http://www.livingfrance.com/instantforum/shwmessage.aspx?ForumID=17&MessageID=3524

 

This will give you a start, you can then try searching through this part of the Forum on keywords you have found in the above links. It's all here (somewhere) all you have to do is find it. The info is sound as I used it to register and had no problems.

[Mike1958]

Chris,

Many thanks indeed for your response, I will trawl through the threads over the next week or so to try and find more detail about the certificates/licenses to ensure that we have everything covered for when we hopefully open up next year.

 

Regards,

Mike