Ma Maison

• la maison > house.
• chez moi > at my house, my home, at home.
• rénover, remettre à neuf > renovate, refurbish.
• construire, bâtir une maison > build a house.
• un architecte > architect.
• un agent immobilier > a real estate agent, house agent.
• acheter une maison > to buy a house.

You can use the following adjectives to describe your home:

• Big.
• Beautiful.
• Comfortable.
• Cosy.
• Huge.
• Small.
• Homely.

Terms in this set (43)

• beau* beautiful m.
• belle* beautiful f.
• grand* big m.
• grande* big f.
• ennuyeux. boring m.
• calm. tranquille m/f.
• ennuyeuse. boring f.
• propre. clean m/f.

Chez is most commonly used to refer to a home or business, but it can also be employed to characterize someone or something or as part of an expression. For example: chez mon oncle > at / to my uncle’s house. chez moi > at home, at / to my house.

at or in the home or business place

Château – French stately home, sometimes part of a wine-producing estate. Château fort – castle (fortified) Domaine – estate. Vignoble – vineyard.

Most homes in France, whether in a town or a city, are rented apartments. French streets are embellished with rows of four or five-story buildings with large doors made of wood or metal. These doors take you to the courtyard where you can then take the elevator or stairs to the apartments.

Gites are traditional cottages in rural France, sometimes restored or renovated from old farm buildings. They typically offer a rustic style and charm with original features like beams, fireplaces and stone built walls.

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It’s no secret that one of the reasons why there are so many ‘bargain’ châteaux are the exorbitant renovation costs and the relentless maintenance required. Structurally renovating a château could set you back an average of €1,000 per square metre.

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Gite Income Taxation | Letting Income Income from unfurnished letting is not seen as being derived from an activity but from the ownership of real estate and is taxed as income from property and land called Revenus Fonciers.

Gite rental guide prices : Outside of these websites, generally speaking, in 2019, good quality gîte accommodation can be found for around or under 100 € a day (for a 2 to 3 bedroom gite) and the cheapest gites in less interesting locations for under 70 € a day for a two-bedroom property.

Here are some top tips for how to run a gite successfully.

1. Location, location, location.
2. Be objective when you’re searching.
3. Make sure there’s a market for your gite.
4. Check the competition.
5. Know your client.
6. Start your business plan as soon as possible.
7. Marketing is critical.
8. Take feedback seriously.

Direct booking with owners of gites de France, self catering holiday cottages, and b&bs. Rural France has so much to offer, and traditional gîtes and holiday cottages are among the attractions.

Yes, gite is in the scrabble dictionary.

JITE is not a valid scrabble word.

A comprehensive list of two-letter words

Creuse, in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, is one of the cheapest departments in France for property and has a population density of just 22/km² so it would be easy to find a bargain rural retreat here.

Typically, to arrive at a habitable building you will need to spend around a total of around 500,000 Euros, whether you opt to renovate or buy an already renovated example. Obviously, the more you spend to begin with, the larger the chateau, outbuildings and land you will acquire.

Castle: a large building or group of buildings fortified against attack with thick walls, battlements, towers, and in many cases a moat. Chateau: a large French country house or castle often giving its name to wine made in its neighborhood.

A château (French pronunciation: ​[ʃɑto]; plural: châteaux) is a manor house or residence of the lord of the manor, or a country house of nobility or gentry, with or without fortifications, originally, and still most frequently, in French-speaking regions.

There are many chateaus because any large noble estate would have one, and France has a lot of nobility and a lot of farmland. Then when the French Revolution came along, and France dissolved it’s nobility. Estates were often broken up and sold to cover for various expenses, like maintenance of Chateaus.

With one of the most regulated property markets in the world, France has always been a great place to invest. Holiday lets are a lucrative business, and buying a second home is perhaps the best, and most assured way to invest your money.

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Mansions, palaces, hotels and entire villages have been abandoned across Europe as economic recessions force more and more people to large cities, and increasing numbers of childless owners pass away without passing property on.