EPISODE 12
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MJ - How is the construction project going, close to being finished?
LA - Had some news this week, the doors and windows are in. They are putting in the partition walls and the ceiling is in. They do have some catching up to do as basically nothing happened over August and September.
As for completion. We don’t have an actual date yet. They did say when we started back in January, that it could be anytime between September and December. So in theory they are still on target.
MJ - Had a good visit a few weeks ago. Loir problem update. Trip to Sarlat. Only bad summer weather in July. Red squirrels
LA - As your place is in the Dordogne or as it has become known as Dordorgneshire as there are some 20,000 British living there. Have you been watching any of the series.
MJ - No! Little England - http://www.itv.com/itvplayer/video/?Filter=285003
FlyBe update - frequent flyer program
SECTION 2 - Main Subject
MJ - “The winter blues” - many second home owners, or even those living there, go into a phase of ‘why do we have this house in France’ at this time of year!
So I have to remind myself about all the good things about being able to spend time in France. So we thought we would talk about some of them.
10 Reasons to have a place in France:
1 - The food
2 - The Wine
3 - The weather
4 - The way of life
5 - The peace and tranquility
6 - The scenery
7 - Family focus / lunch closures / sunday’s
LA - One thing I would like to add even though I don’t live there yet.
It would seem that - There is less temptation to go shopping in France. People do tend to socialise more. We have had dinner with our neighbours down the road already and the house isn’t even finished.
8 - Escaping from England
9 - The cost (lower property prices / tax)
10 - The challenge!
SECTION 3 - Hints and Tips
LA - Something which missed the last episode was the fact that I had to pay my first Taxe Foncière This tax is an annual property ownership tax imposed on the owner, whether or not the property is actually occupied by them, or rented out. Firstly it was not clear who is should be out out to.
So on digging around the small print I found it
“libellez votre chèque à l'ordre du Trésor public”
“make your check payable to the Treasury (Trésor public)”
The main problem I had was actually how to write out a French cheque. Having never actually done one before, I needed to look one up on the net
(show image - AHIF FR cheque.jpg)
So here is a short brief
Amount: You need to fill in the box on the right with the amount in numbers, like a British cheque. Then write the amount in words in the first space along the top of the cheque, after 'Payez contre ce chèque non endossable'.
Payee: The name of the person or company you want to pay goes underneath, on the line after 'à'.
Place: Under the box with the amount in numbers, there is a line after 'A', where you need to fill in the place where the cheque is being written ie Perigueux
Date: Under the location, you will find the line for the date, after 'LE'.
Signature: Finally, you need to sign the cheque in the space under the place and date.
MJ - Or like me you can pay on-line!
SECTION 4 - Our websites for this episode
MJ: -
LA: - How to Fill Out Your French Cheque
http://www.euro-cheque.com/EC-fr.htm
http://kitchenplanner.ikea.com or B&Q do the same
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