AS the summer season comes to an end maybe your thoughts are already turning to next year and ways to promote your holiday home website.
What is important is to make sure that your site is looking its best before attracting people to it, so now is a good time to take a look around your pages.
If you have a section with prices on make sure they are up to date and tally with the rates you intend to charge next year.
OIL and gas fired central heating, electric radiators and wood burning stoves are common forms of heating in a French home.
But there is a national programme to promote the use of solar energy, which may be an option especially in the south of France.
QUESTIONS about housing and property are sure to be zipping around your mind when you are thinking of moving to France.
A useful website that can provide help is run by the L’Agence Nationale pour l’Information sur le Logement (ANIL).
IF your restoration project is taking up more time than you planned, then spare a thought for Michel Guyot.
He has set himself the task of building a 13th Century castle in the Burgundy countryside using just the tools and techniques of the time.
Michel Guyot and a team of experts scoured the French countryside to find castles from a similar period so that they could draw up plans of their own.
WHEN buying a French property it sometimes helps to be reassured by the experience of others.
And interviews with people who have bought a place in France are one of the main features in a new book.
The French Property Buyer’s Handbook, by Natalie Avella, provides a range of useful information covering everything from tax to notaires; solar power to car insurance.
INSURANCE is big business in France with many companies keen to attract new customers and extend existing policies.
A SURVEY by Norwich Union claims that nearly three quarters of people dream of owning a second home abroad and they’d be prepared to pay £130,000 on average for a property.
ONE of the things you may want to find out before buying a property are the local property tax rates for the area.
NOT everyone is able to purchase a property in France outright; many will have to apply for a mortgage.
IN the 1970s the French government introduced the leaseback scheme for property purchases to boost investment in the tourist industry.