Blogs from Poitou-Charentes

Find advice on buying and renovating your French property plus real life experiences of living as an expat in Poitou-Charentes.

Do you have news, views and tips to help expats make the most of living and working in Poitou-Charentes? If so, find out more about blogging for us.

Renovating the dream - The build

Posted on March 28, 2017 by Lost in France

Whatever your project, large or small here are a few of the crucial elements,tips and tricks to see you through your build. Having carefully selected your building…

Obtaining Quotes; do's and don'ts - this is where your project succeeds or fails.

Posted on February 6, 2017 by Lost in France

Congratulations! You've got plans, consent and are, by now, very keen to start turning your dreams into reality. The tendency is to get this stage done and dusted as quickly as…

Hope Association Twice-Yearly Booksale

Posted on April 30, 2017 by Emma

It's nearly time for the twice-yearly Hope Association booksale in Clussais-La-Pommeraie (79190). The association are looking for help getting the books out from Tuesday 9th May, getting…

First cuckoos

Posted on March 28, 2017 by Emma

I heard my first cuckoo of spring last Thursday, and another one this morning. The warmer mornings have been much welcome for me, although I would appreciate…

An interim radar report ....

Posted on June 26, 2016 by The Dog

Our paws stumble over the keys this evening, so months and months out of practice are we, but we will give it our best, as always, even…

Telephones, t'Internet and a long length of string

Posted on April 16, 2016 by The Dog

Are there jungle drums beating out there? Is there a really, really long length of string attached to some grapevine outside our garden walls? A grapevine that…