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September 22, 2010

How do reserved Brits integrate with French locals?

We’ve talked to a number of folk that express enthusiasm for exploring the local lifestyle and bemoan those that remain insular and isolated … and yet my observation is that there is often quite a gap between people’s aims and their execution. So how do we achieve it? It would be interesting to get some comments to find what others have found useful…

See Len’s suggestions here and suggest your own

August 15, 2010

How do you choose a new house?

So, why did we choose that one? What are the criteria for making the selection?

I can"t really tell you what you should do but I can tell you what we did … and didn"t do!

Read Len"s tips for buying a house in France

July 25, 2010

A new project

We finally decide to buy a house near Saumur in the Loire Valley.

Read Len"s first account about house hunting in the Loire Valley

July 18, 2010

Starting the dream

Len Clark, owner of a holiday home near Saumur in the heart of the Loire countryside

Len Clark starts a journey down memory lane to the purchase of a second home in the Loire Valley near Saumur and eventually planning to make the move to France.

Read about the planning for a trial year in France