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Friday, 06 July 2007 |
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I have been told that irrespective of
whether you are a large building company
or a small one, next year, decennial
insurance will be obligatory. Can you
please say if this is true? Many thanks
J Martin.
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Friday, 06 July 2007 |
Dear Jo,
I would like to build a wall for the
purposes of security and privacy. Are
there any restrictions on the material used
or height? I also hope to incorporate a
glasshouse/conservatory.
I find your newspaper both
entertaining and informative and hope you
can offer some advice in this case.
J Hewitt
The rules vary according to département,
size of commune and situation of your
property – is it in a lotissement? Is it
within 500 metres of a historical
monument such as a church, for example?
–so I’ll have to answer you in
general terms.
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Friday, 06 July 2007 |
Dear Jo,
If you work in France and pay cotisations,
when you go on holiday and take out
holiday insurance, the insurance company
will pay anything in excess of what
CPAM (state healthcare) would have paid.
If you, like us, contribute to your
insurance (8% of worldwide income after
an allowance of nearly €7,000) you have
the same cover.
However, if you have a carte vitale
after having submitted €106 or €121 if
you take out insurance in France for
holidays outside the EU you are not
covered by the CPAM.
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Friday, 06 July 2007 |
We have owned 50% of a cottage in the Lot-et-Garonne for
nearly 20 years. We have reached agreement with the other party
and are trying to buy their half. Both parties notified the notaire
of our intention in August 2006 and sent him a letter on
September 21, explaining that we had agreed a price.
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Friday, 06 July 2007 |
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When you have been forced to sell your
house as a last resort in order to escape
neighbours from hell, you are of
course going to check out the new
neighbourhood thoroughly for
noise and zoning laws before you
buy the next one. Judging by the
number of letters we receive at
‘French News’, the sad story is
you can never be sure you are
safe, no matter how careful you
are – Jeanne Livingstone was
bitten twice
Properties change ownership: the old farmer next door dies and is replaced by a young
couple with screaming kids; the hunting dogs in the kennel across the road give tongue
every time you poke your nose outside and they bark all night; the farmer who owns the
field out the back rents it to gypsies; a previously-empty building is rented out to a noisy
business; the neighbour’s son takes up motor-biking and roars up and down your quiet road…
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