In this month's Moving to France newsletter we look at how to make French real estate agents return your call, converting a second home into a main residence, new banking laws and France's dirty little junk food secret,
Here at The Local we’re an Anglo-American team living in France – which means all of us have been through the simultaneously exciting and terrifying process of moving countries.
We share a monthly selection of practical tips aimed at people who are in the process of moving, have recently moved and are still grappling with the paperwork or perhaps are just thinking about it. You can sign up on the link below to receive this as a newsletter.
One way to make moving to France a bit less daunting is to do it in stages. One of the most common routes is to buy a French property, use it as a second home initially and then make the move full time.
This is an especially common long-term plan for people who are approaching retirement - they use their French property as a holiday home while they are still working, and then make the move full time once they retire.
