Living in the Charente?....... Or maybe you just like this part of France?... This is what inspired this site and launched the Home in the Charente service. But what started as a website to offer information and advice...
Or maybe you need a fluent French speaker to negotiate on your behalf? Or perhaps you are looking for someone to take care of your home when you can't be here? Were you answering 'yes!' to any of the above? If you're just starting out, there are helpful hints and tips as well If you have been chewing over any problem and can't seem to find the solution, then let us know. If it's about living in the South Charente, chances are we can help! (You will be in good company, too, as any of these people will tell you.)
For the fifth year running, France takes first in International Living Magazine's annual Quality of Life Index. No surprise. Its tiresome bureaucracy and taxes are outweighed by an unsurpassable quality of life, including the world's best health care. Every year, they rank and rate 194 countries to come up with a list of the places that offer you the best quality of life. This isn't about best value, necessarily. It's about the places in the world where the living is, simply put, great. To produce this annual Index they consider nine categories: Cost of Living; Culture and Leisure; Economy; Environment; Freedom; Health; Infrastructure; Safety and Risk; and Climate. This involves a lot of number crunching from "official" sources, including government websites, the World Health Organization, and The Economist, to name but a few. During the years that we have lived here, we have lost count of the number of times people have asked us where they can find: books on the Charente; maps of the Charente; information on restoring property in France; wine coolers; wine racks; bird feeders; and so on. So, to try to help, we decided to find a way of bringing these sorts of things to you. With help from the good people at Amazon, you can now browse through the Home in the Charente Store. We have stocked the Store with all sorts of items that we have either been asked for or we thought were interesting. If you are looking for something in particuar that you cannot find, please do drop us a line. This site is independent of any property or travel companies and is here
simply to help with your move to the South Charente and integration into the Charentaise way of life.
Access to the site and the advice is completely free and we welcome enquiries
and feedback.
Each page covers a wide range of topics to help
with looking for your property in France and when you have found your dream home there is
advice on moving to France and living in the Charente. Site Guide: Moving with animals - and the documentation you will need to bring Improving - dedicated to moving your project forward, helping with: Living in Charente - all about the area and
the services available: Working - how to earn a living in the Charente |
