UK government changes 15-year expat election bar
Find homes in France via our property portal. Many long-term British expats were outraged at being banned from voting in the EU Referendum. At least the rule is being changed before the 2020 election
Follow Le Tour 2017 for your mountaintop French home?
Find homes in France via our property portal. Homes with mountain views are abundant in France and they’re not all in the Alps or Pyrenees. Follow Chris Froome up these three mountain ranges in next year’s Tour de France, for a rural home with four-season appeal and rooms with views
The new Normandy conquest
Find homes in Normandy via our property portal. 950 years ago on 14th October, the Normans defeated the English army at Senlac Hill in Sussex. These days the traffic is the other way, as the British pop across the Channel to grab a piece of the lovely towns, pretty houses and beaches of Normandy
New food labelling in French shops
Find homes in France via our property portal. France leads the way in making businesses socially responsible. Now new food labelling will help the French shopper to make healthy choices. Do the public really care about that anyway though, in the world’s most delicious nation? First came the ban on plastic bags being given out in supermarkets. Then France became the first country to outlaw throwing away good food. Now a new scheme is revamping food labelling in some of the leading supermarkets.
