Category: Investment

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 …

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 …

February 2, 2008

Plus Ca Change

I am back in England today. The reason is very exciting, for part of their school curriculum, my son Jack (age 13) has to do a week of “work experience”. As we live in the south of France in the …

January 19, 2008

Selling Property Shares in France

The hot topic at the moment seems to be buying and selling shares in French property. The usual French structure for this is a SCI (societe civile immobiliere) which is a simple company specifically designed so that two or …

Lifes Certainties are Death and Taxes

Filed under: French life, Investment, Living in France, Personal, fruk - 19 Jan 2008

Napoleon sorted out a lot of things, many of which are the basis of French legislation today - possibly the most tenacious are the laws relating to property and inheritance. All children have an irrevocable right to inherit from their …

January 17, 2008

The French Mediterranean Cerbere to Menton

The south coastline of France runs from Spain to Italy, with Monaco interrupting this near the Italian border.

Today I was in Cerbere, right on the Spanish border and I thought I would write an occasional article about each coastal …

January 12, 2008

Building and Construction Costs in France

How much should a builder charge me? What is the right price for repairing the roof? Is 200 euro a square meter a fair price for tiling?

I get many questions like this and all I can usually suggest is to …

January 8, 2008

Hot Property Locations in France

A popular question I get is “where is the best place to buy property in France” - there is of course no simple answer apart from “wherever you like and whatever makes you happy”.

With predictions of falling property prices in …

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