Alexis Stratfold

Alexis Goldberg

Alexis loved visiting France as a child and always dreamed of living there one day. Fortunately she met a man who had the same dream! So they married, then bought a beautiful 300-year-old character house in a pretty village in the Languedoc Roussillon. Alexis has been writing about France for a decade, inspiring and helping hundreds of British people to move there. She says: "Our only regret is that we did not move to France earlier! The lifestyle is tranquil, the summers are long and hot and the sun shines almost every day (or seems like it does!). We’ve made friends of many nationalities here."

Getting your home renovation done safely

New rules being implemented in April are designed to make it easier to find a qualified and trustworthy tradesman for all your home renovations.

Visitors flood back to France and its cuisine

Forget the feeble attempts of terrorists to sew doubt and fear, France is still the land of the friendly welcome and the gorgeous, wonderful, stunning cuisine. The best things in French life don’t always come cheap though!

Expats seek French citizenship as Brexit Bill progresses

With the Brexit Bill clearing legislative hurdles at a pace, British citizens in France have been looking to their options.

France’s most liveable cities in 2017

France Property Guides explores the most popular places to live in France as voted for by the French.

The cheapest homes in France

France has been tipped as the top place to buy an overseas home in 2017, and you don’t need to break the bank to do so. Property-hunters in search of a real French bargain should head into the interior to the Indre department and neighbouring Limousin region – the two most affordable places to buy a house in France, according to the latest report by France’s official Institute of Notaries (Notaires de France). There certainly is very cheap French property for sale, but where can you find it?

Expats urge UK to protect residency rights, of the French!

With the British and French so embedded in each others’ countries, it is time for the British government to make a “magnanimous gesture”, says group of expats in France. From a personal point of view, the British are so firmly in France, the idea of significant change is unthinkable, says France Property Guide’s writer in France, Alexis.