Category Archives: Diary
A Bargain Property in the South of France
Would you like your own home in the South of France? It is a dream shared by most of the visitors I meet here and, after a quiet year with most of the world (according to the Daily Mail) hopping … Continue reading
Now I have Stopped Working – Not
Now that I have stopped working (well almost) on the house, I am back to marketing and getting guests for our apartments and BandB. We first started this in our old home in Nizas 12 years ago and did all … Continue reading
Guide2Languedoc
I went to Bristol in the UK for a few hours last week to meet a publisher who is developing a network of websites. Beziers airport is only twenty minutes from our home at VillaRoquetteand with Ryanair, if you select … Continue reading
French Letters
Alexandra, my daughter, helps me a lot with translations. I am impressed with the letters she has composed for me. However she has a secret weapon there is a website www.Conso.net which gives help and one of their services is … Continue reading
Once More Unto the Beach Dear Friends
On my blog at Twiku.com I have started to get back into the Internet after more than a year away. This is a long time in cyber-seconds. Many things happened in the last eighteen months – I worked in Paris, sold … Continue reading
Twit
I seem to be having problems with Twitter in my margin – a long title makes my pages wrong – so I have made a post with a short title
Fractional Ownership and Pets
The interest in Fractional Ownership is hotting up and I am writing a lot more about this and talking to a lot of journalists. There are many questions to answer and this is a point about pets in a shared … Continue reading
More on French Estate Agents
In a recent post I wrote…. “Recently I had the unpleasant experience of dealing with two agencies in Pezenas who proved to be dishonest, deceitful and devious – combined with a client who was a sad and silly little man.” … Continue reading
Fings to Fink About in France
I have been writing about teaching English in my blogs and this has opened some email conversations which often bring many other things – this is the usual sort of reply I give, and an interesting reply from the USA. … Continue reading
Living in France and Working for a Company not in France
The Internet has made it much easier to work from home or at a distance from the traditional office. In theory many jobs can be done from a desk in own your house in the South of France just as … Continue reading