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Welcome to the Living France website where you will find all you need to know about French property, travel and lifestyle. Search the thousands of properties on our database for your dream home and then read up on expert advice and real-life experiences to help you along the way. For inspiration, our travel section will show you a whole new side to your favourite country. For more of the same, take a look at the latest issue of the magazine and in the meantime, start searching and make the dream a reality…

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  • DOSSIER: SOCIAL SECURITY
    French social security minefield 
  • CREATURE COMFORTS
    Running a gite in France
  • TRAVEL: CENTRE
    Loiret - undiscovered jewel 
  • TRAVEL: PROVENCE
    Other side of the Riviera 
  • EXPERT ADVICE: LEGAL
    French succession laws 
  • EXPERT ADVICE: FINANCE
    Relevant tax authorities 
  • Q&A: COTTAGE INDUSTRY
    Starting a gite business 
  • NEW BUILD: A TO Z
    Final part of the guide to construction terms 
  • ASK THE AGENT
    Haute-Savoie: Rhone-Alpes
  • PROPERTY: STEPPING OUT
    Choosing the right staircase
  • Q&A: UP TO SCRATCH
    Marketing your gite with Gites de France
  • France Property Shop

    Only a four day week for most schools

    Earlier this week schoolchildren returned to classes but not all was gloom for primary and junior secondary children as the tradition of Saturday morning classes has been scrapped...
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    UK/France tax treaty

    A new UK/France tax treaty should be in effect in 2009. Bill Blevins looks at the implications...
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    Setting up a holiday business in France

    David Utal from Derbyshire, moved to France with his family to set up a holiday business...
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    Building & Renovation in France - outdoor kitchens

    Dining alfresco has got to be one of life’s simplest pleasures. With an outdoor kitchen, you can enjoy it more often, as Catharine Higginson explains...
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    Building & Renovation in France - luxury B&B

    Doing up houses has been Jennifer and Helmut Gorlich’s passion for decades. Their latest masterpiece is a beautiful French manoir south of Calais, as Greg Cook discovers...
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    Moving to France Forum