FRENCH PROPERTY TIPS http://www.frenchentree.com 13 January 2005 Welcome to the January 2005 issue of French Property Tips, the email newsletter from FrenchEntrée.com. Might I take this opportunity to wish all our readers a happy new year. 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. 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. Make the most of your viewing trip 2. Buying a house, step by step 3. Surveys and French property 4. Your guide to New-Build homes 5. Liquide assets - how to pay in France 6. Insuring your holiday home 7. Special needs education in France 8. Limoges airport greets low-cost airlines 9. Chocolate - less of an art, more of a religion 10. Living the good life - smallholding in France 11. Downshifting and David Attenborough 12. 60 million Frenchmen - what makes them tick? 13. French engineering beats the tsunami 14. Properties for sale from private vendors 1 When viewing property, do your homework If you're house-hunting in France, it pays to do some preparation... http://www.frenchentree.com/fe-property/displayarticle.asp?id=2536 2 The purchase process - step-by-step Your easy guide to buying a French property... http://www.frenchentree.com/fe-property/displayarticle.asp?id=2539 3 Surveys and French property transactions The French don't normally have a survey when they buy a house, but that doesn't mean that YOU can't... http://www.frenchentree.com/fe-property/displayarticle.asp?id=2680 4 Something old, or something new? What are the main differences between resale and new-build property? http://www.frenchentree.com/fe-property/displayarticle.asp?id=2427 5 Payment methods in France Rattled by the RIB? Unsure about espèce? Then read on... http://www.frenchentree.com/fe-finance/displayarticle.asp?id=2709 6 Insuring your holiday home All you ever needed to know about insuring your holiday home, but were afraid to ask...from Schofields new insurance pages: http://www.frenchentree.com/france-holiday-home-insurance/ 7 Children with learning difficulties - can the French system cope? How to integrate children with special needs into the French school system... http://www.frenchentree.com/fe-education/displayarticle.asp?id=2600 8 Limoges airport readies for low-cost airlines Flybe and Ryanair set their sights on Limoges airport... http://www.frenchentree.com/fe-transport/displayarticle.asp?id=2535 9 A visit to ‘La Chocolaterie' in Brive, France. ‘La Chocolaterie' is the creation of a master chocolatier... http://www.frenchentree.com/france-food-cuisine/displayarticle.asp?id=2606 10 What you need to succeed The dreams and dilemmas of a more natural way of life... http://www.frenchentree.com/fe-smallholdings/displayarticle.asp?id=2658 11 Words of wisdom from David Attenborough (picture 2640Tr "Click to view")I grew up with Sir David Attenborough... http://www.frenchentree.com/fe-downshifting/displayarticle.asp?id=2673 12 The latest bestseller on France This book is essential reading... http://www.frenchentree.com/fe-bookshop/displayarticle.asp?id=2669 13 French wall protects town from tsunami French engineering may have helped save lives in the recent Asian disaster... http://www.frenchentree.com/fe-lavie/displayarticle.asp?id=2685 ***Sponsors Link - Moneycorp*** The Sterling price of French property fluctuates constantly with the exchange rate between Sterling and the Euro. 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