Archive for: May 2007

Working and renovating old homes is a rewarding experience - since 1993 I have been making a home for my family in old, stone built, French houses - our first home, in Nizas, was over a thousand years …

A “Muse of Fire” would be useful when I am writing these notes about my days of working as an estate agent in France - I spend a lot of time answering questions and “walking through” the legal agreements …

Almost 18 months ago I did a deal which transferred my Internet rentals sites to a UK company. It was a big mistake, I thought they were a bright young group who could develop my ideas to their full …

A lot of my time is spent in reading and replying to emails from people looking for property or asking about making a life in France.

Carole and I came to France to escape from, what we saw as, a decaying

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Sunday morning in Montblanc and again walking back from the shops with warm bread and today’s Sunday Times under my arm. I received, and returned, seven “bonjour” and one “bon appetit” in a walk of less than 300 meters there …

Moving to live in France is the dream of many people - making a living in France is a nightmare for some.

Our new president elect promises to make it possible to run a business and employ people, to get rid of the 35 hour week, eliminate union strangleholds, remove wealth tax and find the holy grail. I await the coming of these miracles, I ain’t holding my breath - but it should happen.

My own marketing is predominately Internet driven - for over ten years I have only been using the Internet to develop business - a good thing, and a bad thing, it puts all my eggs in one basket, but it does seem that the other “baskets” are not as effective as they once were.

I spent a very positive day yesterday with Clients from the USA who are looking to invest in property in Languedoc for rental.

We are exploring a number of options, from sea-view apartments to village houses and city properties. Yesterday we spent time looking at apartments in Sete which have good sea views.

I spent a lot of the weekend editing mail and researching websites for information about missing children. Comments in the last Blog entry have produced some good ideas and I am passing these on to Child Rescue Alert . You can see a direct button on the right hand side of this site.

This is the first time I have passed on a chain letter - I sincerely hope it is the last but I could not refuse this request.

Photo and contact details http://nizas.com/madeleine/

A MESSAGE FROM MADELEINE McCANN’s UNCLE: As you are …