FRENCH PROPERTY TIPS http://www.frenchentree.com 14 July 2005 Happy Bastille Day and welcome to the July 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. FrenchEntrée has two exciting developments this month. The first is our property database, which you can find at: http://www.frenchentree.com/french-property-sales-france/ and the second is our new regional site covering the Charente, which you can find at: http://www.frenchentree-charente.com For local news, views and issues affecting your area, visit our other regional sites: Deux-Sevres http://www.frenchentree-deux-sevres.com Brittany http://www.frenchentree-brittany.com Limousin http://www.frenchentree-limousin.com Lot and Quercy http://www.frenchentree-lotandquercy.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. How your pension can fund a property purchase 2. The A-Z of planning permission 3. French census shows more housing needed 4. Required for renovation - the certificat d'urbanisme 5. What exactly is a Siret number? 6. French IHT law set for an overhaul 7. How to minimise UK inheritance tax 8. Book review: Buying a Home in France 9. A tale of happy porkers 10. A writer's life in France 11. FrenchEntrée's property database 12. Properties for sale from private vendors 1 Buy a French home with your pension The pension rules in the UK are changing next year, increasing your buying power... http://www.frenchentree.com/france-tax-advice/displayarticle.asp?id=6522 2 Planning permission - all you need to know It's essential that before starting renovation work, you check the procedures that apply in your commune... http://www.frenchentree.com/fe-property/displayarticle.asp?id=6519 3 France still a magnet for foreign buyers A rising level of immigration and relocation to France from other EU states, especially Britain, has been revealed in the 2004 French census... http://www.frenchentree.com/fe-property/displayarticle.asp?id=6598 4 To turn that ruin into a home, you need a CU The Certificat d'Urbanisme (CU) isn't a building permit, but you'll need it in order to obtain that permit... http://www.frenchentree.com/fe-property/displayarticle.asp?id=6505 5 The perils of 'black' labour If you're hiring labour to work on your house in France, you should be aware of the SIRET system and how it works... http://www.frenchentree.com/fe-property/displayarticle.asp?id=6529 6 Changes to law could bring more properties onto the market France's inheritance law is being reviewed in a bid to bring it more into line with modern family requirements ... http://www.frenchentree.com/fe-legal/displayarticle.asp?id=6593 7 Don't get hit by IHT Inheritance tax (IHT) is a thorny issue that continues to affect British expatriates... http://www.frenchentree.com/fe-legal/displayarticle.asp?id=6599 8 Book review - Buying a Home in France This small volume is absolutely invaluable for anyone buying a house in France, and even has a thing or two to teach those of us already here... http://www.frenchentree.com/fe-bookshop/displayarticle.asp?id=6477 9 Free range and guilt free Gemma Driver is delighted to find this source of healthy, free-range French pork... http://www.frenchentree.com/france-food-cuisine/displayarticle.asp?id=6567 10 Genevieve Brame talks to Gaynor Wingham Genevieve Brame, author of ‘Living and Working in France - Chez Vous En France', is fortunate to have an apartment in the grounds of a château... http://www.frenchentree.com/fe-maisonsecondaire/displayarticle.asp?id=6228 11 FrenchEntrée launches property database We are pleased to announce the launch of our sister site http://www.frenchentree-property.com an independent database listing over 2000 properties for sale in France. Over the coming months we will be adding many more properties across all the regions of France. Visit the site to search all kinds of properties in France http://www.frenchentree-property.com 12 Properties for sale from private vendors Properties for sale from private vendors this month include a 15th-century château with 160 acres in Aquitaine, a house with two cottages in the Côtes d'Armor, an apartment with sea views in the Alpes Maritime and a plot of land with views of a castle in the Lot... http://www.frenchentree.com/french-property-sales-france/ ***Sponsors Link - Moneycorp*** The Sterling price of French property fluctuates constantly with the exchange rate between Sterling and the Euro. Get the best available exchange rates and protect yourself from these fluctuations. Click here: http://www.moneycorp.com ************************************************* ***Sponsors Link - Siddalls*** Thinking of moving to France? 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