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Services From new kitchens and bathrooms to complete house renovation, City and Guilds qualified carpenter Vic Thurling, based in Chagny, works in the Saône-et-Loire and Côte d'Or departments. He is fully French registered, with decennal insurance. www.burgundymadeeasy.com
tax and investment consultants Keeping up with changes to the French tax system is a full-time job. Enter Kentingtons Tax and Investment Consultants who operate throughout France and who have recently expanded their operation into Burgundy. They principally help people moving from the UK to France and those already living in France providing expert advice to avoid the many pitfalls. learn french in semur-en-auxois If you want to learn French in a friendly, delightful surrounding, take a look at La Petite Classe based in the ancient convent in the Armançon valley in Semur. Maryse Planel teaches one to three students at a time offering 22 hours tuition a week, accommodation, meals and two visits per week to places of interest. French culture is also included. property services Make the property transition to France as painless as possible by seeking the help of the professionals. Caroline Giganet is a Property Finder, based in Beaune, who will then act as a Project Manager to assist in all aspects of buying, restoring and the interior design of your purchase. A Piece of Burgundy work around the Chatillon-sur-Seine area and apart from helping to find your new home, they will advise on renovation, builders, and permissions, helping you to not only save time, but in the long run, money too. See Property for Sale for more details. financial know-how Steven Grover is a locally based consultant for The Spectrum IFA Group who are regulated to provide financial advice in France and have several years experience advising expatriates who have moved to France to work or retire. Steve says, 'our philosophy is to fully understand our client’s individual situations and fit solutions to help each of them achieve their short and long term financial goals. Though every client is different these solutions can include savings plans, life assurance, investments, pensions & local mortgages from globally recognised and local providers'. Contact him for further information or to arrange a free no obligation financial review. tel: 00 33 (0)6 87 98 09 41
plan your wedding in burgundy Festive France will cater for your every wedding need in Burgundy from permissions to the ceremony, the venue and the catering. On their website you can do a rough calculation to estimate the cost, then discuss everything first hand with them. Having worked for a barge company, they have experience in all kinds of troubleshooting to ease the anxiety of this happy occasion.
Ecrivain Public – for documents in perfect French If you need help with an official letter in French, a CV, leaflet, press release, theses or website for instance, call in the professionals. Evelyne Gelin, an ‘ecrivain public’, who lives west of Dijon offers a writing and proof-reading service. Strictly speaking it is not a translation service, but her English is so good that you can be sure that that your writing will be correctly adapted to the context. bURGUNDY webSITE optimiZation Once you have set up a website, the next challenge is to get that site found by the search engines and by the visitors. This is where E-comm. Consultant Judith Un - van de Toorn comes in. She does the 'behind the scenes' work on search engines optimisation, web editing and translation, keeping her clients and their websites up to date on new developments in this meteoric medium. Judith is Dutch and has lived in Burgundy since 2000. Project Management If you need an overall project manager for your house construction or renovation Roger Bishop is a building contractor who offers this service throughout Burgundy. Plumbed In and Wired Up Marcus Acton-Bond undertakes plumbing and electrical projects in the northern Burgundy sector installing everything from central heating to air conditioning, rewiring, and battery systems in houses or on barges. Having many years experience, he provides an efficient, no-nonsense service, just what everyone needs. Tel: 00 33 (0)3 86 81 98 55 or 00 33 (0) 6 21 19 95 34 Avallon.net Need help getting ADSL installed? Servicing areas within a 25km radius of Avallon in central Burgundy, Avallon.net sell, set up and repair computers. French and English spoken. Work on your computer is charged at 44 euros per hour in their shop at 64 Grand Rue Avallon, or 55 euros per hour for house visits within the allotted radius. Tel: 00 33 (0)3 86 34 00 69 |
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