Lay My Hat

Hi. We're considering buying a property and turning part of it into a gite. From your experience does having a gite that is connected to the owner's property put visitors off? In this case a couple of the bedrooms would be over our kitchen & living room. We're wondering if we might be better buy...

Following my post we did find a couple of splendid B&Bs and had a fabulous time. If you'd like to read about it... https://leroideprusse.com/2019/02/05/le-grand-tour/

Just reading about the differences between the micro-entrepreneur tax status and régime réel and wondered what option B&B owners had decided upon? I'm aware that there are turnover limits on micro-entrepreneur status which would exclude B&B businesses turning over more than €170,000 but wond...

Thanks as always for the constructive advice casasantoestevo....

La Reine and I will be visiting South West France in January and, after a couple of days cat sitting in Saint-Jean-de Luz, we'll be meandering our way back towards Limoges between 27th and 31st. We'd welcome any suggestions of where to visit and suggestions for B&B accommodation open at that tim...

Thanks Pendragon. I think having land will be a secondary consideration to finding the right house. However, we'd like enough to have a decent garden to sit in, to accommodate a swimming pool and a play area for children close enough to the house to be safe but far enough away so that visitors who w...

SPJ wrote:Not a book, but some more thoughts on what to bear in mind when moving here... I'm sure there's loads of other stuff to bear in mind. Hope this helps. Sue

Thank you for taking the time to write this Sue, so helpful.

I know that this is the France thread....but it's interesting that you've mentioned Yorkshire as we're hoping to move there (or Lancashire) from Ibiza :D After 20+ years we want a different life....and sunshine is way overated :lol: Mousie x Can I interest you in 300 year old, five bedroom semi-rur...

The best advice I can give you is to choose your location very carefully. France can be a very lonely place in winter, the French are very family orientated so it doesn't matter how well you know your neighbours or get on with them they will be tied up with their family a lot of the time. I am also...

GillianF wrote: My advice, aside from what you list, would be to learn the language and use every bit you know at every opportunity and to fix a permanent, friendly smile on your face.

Thanks Gillian. Rest assured Michel Thomas is never out of my ears and DuoLingo never off my phone or laptop.

After reading all those books I would love to know their and your over all opinion ?? Thanks for the suggestions. If I had to sum up what I've gleaned from my reading to date I would say... the more you put in the better life becomes; get to know and embrace your neighbours; budget properly for any...

Thanks Moliere. I hadn't come across "More France Please" and will look out for Graham Robb's book. The J J Norwich book was OK but I found myself getting my French kings and emperors muddled up.

In the last couple of months I've read quite a few (>25) personal accounts by people who have moved to France... you can't do too much research! However I'm rapidly running out and am looking for suggestions. If you have a favourite, or have written your own account and published it, please point me...

A blog post about food...

https://leroideprusse.com/2018/09/27/talking-coq/

Any favourite French dishes or recipes?

Sadly, I think people think that gites, self-catering is going to be easy money and a way to make money from a property. Disillusionment awaits! Anyone who has done any research will find plenty of people who will tell them how hard it is. However, that doesn't necessarily mean they, or we, shouldn...