This French Life

Author: Craig McGinty

  • Tackling Capital Gains Tax

    Coins1803_1JUST getting your head around the ins and outs of Capital Gains Tax can be a big enough challenge, but recent changes have only added to the mix.

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  • French dream in tatters

    Frenchlife_square0612_10_9IT is difficult to know just how many people head back to their home country with their dream of a life in France in tatters.

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  • A paradise lost and found

    Churchview0504ESCAPING Britain for a life in the sunshine is a dream of many, but for those who have made the leap why did they do it and what are the consequences?

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  • The treasures of spring

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    YOU know what it’s like when you buy a new house. You open all the cupboards, look in every nook and cranny hoping to find an old newspaper or perhaps a time capsule, writes Phil Voice.

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  • Finding builders in France

    Qualibat2303FINDING a reliable builder to help with major work on your property can be a long drawn out process.

    If you are new to an area then it is often difficult to get a personal recommendation but there is a website that may be of help.

    The Qualibat site is a database of builders that covers the whole of France and is run by an independent organisation to ensure the quality of the artisans’ work.

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  • France in spring

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    SPRING has arrived at full speed in Villefranche du Perigord with blossom, bugs and sunshine making the recent cold weather a distant memory.

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  • Au Revoir Angleterre

    Aurevoirangleterre1903WHEN thinking about leaving their home country and heading to France people will have many hopes, questions and dreams running around their heads.

    It’s with this in mind that Au Revoir Angleterre, by Paul Jenner and Christine Smith, should be read by anybody thinking of leaving their own country to live permanently elsewhere.

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  • Talk is cheap, on the net

    Skype_1403THE increasing popularity of talking to friends and family via the internet, either very cheaply or more often for free, has seen services like Skype take off.

    Skype allows you to talk to people via Voice over Internet Protocal (VoIP), which is just another way of saying telephone services via the web.

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  • Promote with postcards

    Frenchlife_square1603_2_19MY email inbox has had a few messages from Vistaprint in the last couple of days so I checked out their site.

    They are well known for producing cheap business cards but they also provide a range of other stationary including letter headed paper and postcards.

    Seeing the postcards got me thinking that you could leave a dozen or so behind at each changeover, and promote your property for peanuts.

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  • Keeping ‘la chasse’ away

    Ligueroc0703IF you buy a property in rural France it won’t be long before you meet members of the local hunt for the first time.

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