FRENCH PROPERTY TIPS http://www.frenchentree.com 17 May 2005 Welcome to the May 2005 issue of French Property Tips, the email newsletter from FrenchEntrée.com. Our aim at FrenchEntrée is to provide you with a monthly digest of news, views, articles and other information which might help you with a French property purchase or a move to France. For local news, views and issues affecting your area, visit our regional sites: Deux-Sevres http://www.frenchentree-deux-sevres.com Brittany http://www.frenchentree-brittany.com Limousin http://www.frenchentree-limousin.com You registered to receive this newsletter at our site - if you do not wish to receive it please follow the unsubscribe link at the bottom of this text. FrenchEntrée.com does not sell or pass on your details to anyone else. CONTENTS 1. French apartments and the co-ownership system 2. An ancient system - buying via the viager could furnish you with a bargain 3. Watch out, the Germans are coming... 4. How low-cost airlines could affect your property value 5. Buying off-plan - the legal aspects 6: The tax consequences of French property ownership 7: Integrating your child into a French secondary school 8: Cooking holidays in the Dordogne 9: The joys of rematriculating your British vehicle 10: How classic cars proved a route to France 11: Summer bargains from Motorail 12. Properties for sale from private vendors 13. New Contents Menu - tell us about it 1 Buying a community property in France In France, properties with common elements shared with other properties are owned outright through a system called 'co-ownership'... http://www.frenchentree.com/fe-property/displayarticle.asp?id=5339 2 Buying a home via the viager system The viager method of French house purchase is almost unused by the British but it's a way to pick up a bargain if you're prepared to wait... http://www.frenchentree.com/fe-property/displayarticle.asp?id=5338 3 British could lose out in French property market Britons may soon be elbowed out of the Continental property market as the rest of Europe looks to snap up a second home... http://www.frenchentree.com/fe-property/displayarticle.asp?id=5337 4 How proximity to an airport affects your French home The ease with which you are able to reach your property in France will have a real impact on its success as a holiday home... http://www.frenchentree.com/fe-property/displayarticle.asp?id=5336 5 Buying a French property off-plan When buying a house that doesn't exist yet, it pays to read the small print... http://www.frenchentree.com/fe-property/displayarticle.asp?id=5340 6 Tax and your French property Choosing the best method of ownership is crucial... http://www.frenchentree.com/france-tax-advice/displayarticle.asp?id=5269 7 Integrating your child into secondary school If you want to prevent your child repeating a year, you'll need to put your foot down... http://www.frenchentree.com/fe-education/displayarticle.asp?id=5451 8 French cooking holidays in the Dordogne. Masterchef finalist Jim Fisher has transplanted his cutting-edge skills to the rural Dordogne... http://www.frenchentree.com/france-food-cuisine/displayarticle.asp?id=5413 9 Re-registering a vehicle in France Lynne Peacock finds rematriculation red tape almost more than a Brit can bear... http://www.frenchentree.com/fe-lavie/displayarticle.asp?id=5438 10 Two for the road The Adams's love affair with France began some nine years ago - with an argument... http://www.frenchentree.com/fe-lavie/displayarticle.asp?id=5436 11 Summer savings on French Motorail French Motorail is offering bargains to the south of France... http://www.frenchentree.com/fe-transport/displayarticle.asp?id=5468 12 Properties for sale from private vendors Properties for sale from private vendors this month include a peripatetic clothing business in Normandy, an impeccable cottage in the Lot, an architect-restored property near Chambery and a pied-à-terre to renovate in Deux Sevres.
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