Move to France

Don’t Move to France ... until you’ve done your homework.

Reasons to Buy a French Property and Move to France:

If you were to notionally divide your plans to buy a French property and move to France into two “boxes”, a "reality" box and a "dream" box, then this is the “dream” box:

The weather.

The food. Click here to read food in France comments from site visitors. 

The pace of life.

French property is cheap, but not as cheap as it was.

Beautiful countryside.

Good state education (although this is (i) about to undergo major changes and (ii) open to debate as in senior school it tends to favour more able students).

Good state healthcare.

Low levels of crime (in most places). Click here to read crime in France comments from site visitors.

Roads that are well made, well maintained and not too busy - except around Paris on a Friday afternoon. 

Lots of outdoor activities, skiing, hiking, camping, gliding, para-gliding, hang-gliding, beach activities, tennis, golf and so on.

Many French people are very polite and have what the British might consider a formal old-world charm about them. 

See my book selection for a reminder of some of the good things about France. 

Click here to see other general comments from visitors to the site.

We take the view that the reasons to move to France are well known and there is no need to go into them in detail. However, if you would like to remind yourself of the wonders of France, then please go to our favourite French links section where you will see a lot of good reasons to move to France as well as a virtual photo tour of France. The page may take a little while to load as it is so packed with information.

Now see our reasons not to move to France.

Don’t Move to France ... until you’ve done your homework.

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