Category: Business in France

June 8, 2008

Paris is Planning for the Future

A recent article in the Telegraph by Henry Samuel, announced Sarkozy’s ambition for a new Paris - President Nicolas Sarkozy of France has tasked a group of top architects, including Britain’s Richard Rogers, to dream up a Grand …

April 22, 2008

Come Up and See Me Sometime

I think the biggest pleasure in writing any blog like this , perhaps in writing anything, is getting feedback and comments from readers . A lot of my stuff is about our life and experiences in living in the South …

April 11, 2008

The Future of Realtors in France

In my blog over at New Bricks and Pantiles - I am taking stock about the work I am doing in selling real-estate.

I mention some of the techniques on the Internet which a buyer can use to search for …

March 24, 2008

Getting the Goods on You

I have been writing recently about some of the frustrations of buying property in France - these frustrations are both for the buyer and myself trying to find the right property for someone.

I work with Coast and Country , …

March 21, 2008

French Estate Agents

In many countries, including America, the UK and Australia, if I want to buy a house I select a local agent I like and I ask them what properties they can offer in the areas I am interested and at …

Building Costs in France

A useful site I have written about before is Batitel - unfortunately they charge a fixed subscription of 90 euro a year for their online service, while this is excellent value if you are a builder, it is pricey …

March 19, 2008

Getting Information about places and property Part One

If you are planning to move to France you will be searching lots of estate-agents websites and many of the online portals to get information on property and to find out what is on offer. This article is about finding …

March 10, 2008

Plan Cadastrale is on line

Two thousand years ago the Romans made careful maps of their Empire to be able to collect taxes from all landowners - so nothing has changed there. In the museum in Beziers there are some old drawings of the plots …

February 28, 2008

What the French Republic could learn from Zoology

I was sent this article by the editor of a local magazine in Languedoc, blablablah, I understand the frustration this writer feels but would point out that living in France they are benefitting from a lot of things supported …

February 27, 2008

A Day In The Life of a Property Manager

This is a note from a friend of ours who lives in Nizas, Esther runs a local property managment company she founded herself.

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As often happens, you don’t choose what you become, it just happens.

I realise that the title is …

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