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Wow lot less than I am paying which is €20 pp but maybe France is different to Spain?? I am finding as non resident my expenses are escalating rapidly year on year.

Can anyone give me a guideliune what to expect a 'manager' overseeing my changeovers to charge for laundry of a single bed - duvet - plus one bath towel please?

Hello - should we have the renters pay tax d'habitation in a long [more than 3 month] let? I am looking to change from short to long lets as tho less income less everything else!

Thank you all - most helpful.

We have satellite dishes on house and gite - and UK cards and boxes [we do not subscribe to Sky]. The programmes we get seem to vary and recently have diminished to a fewer numbe fo channels. We get mnimal BBC and ITV. Can anyone help me with what I can expect as the norm - or is my card too old or ...

Dear Sarah, and Alan Thank you for helpul info - local knowledgable person says similar to Terry Taminen's book - coming from under pool. Ugh! 4 more weeks of lets. Hammering it with commercial cleaner, anti algae and chlor choc today with firm brushing and bleaching brushes, hoping will improve, al...

Sarah thank you for helpful information. Were there any sore throats? We have also got a liner that would maybe benefit from being renewed, and will address changing next year I htink, so very good to have your input.
Best wishes
DrearyOgre

Our pool is going dark round the edges and bottom. Chlorine and pH normal. Water clear. Will not clean with usual cleaners, or come off with hoover. Tenants saying some have sore throats. Have not visited doctor. Has anyone any experience, thoughts, advice?

A friend of ours is looking after our pool - we are non-resident owners. He is very experienced long-tern resident himself in a letting property. Can anyone give me some guidance on the going commercial rate please for an experienced person?

Can anyone familiar with this be kind enough to tell me how it works re paying for casual labour like cleaning?

Can anyone let me have an idea of costs for changeovers, linen and cleaning [hourly rate] in France? We have managed to hotch potch for some years and I wish to regularise our arrangements - at current prices. I would like to include all-in our charges but need to identify a 3 hour change-over, char...

Last week I had a PayPal scam - all the logo etc looked legit and said Limited Account Access Details. Stated as random security check they were limiting my access and to remove the limitations, I was required to confirm all my details - giving bank account and pin no. PayPal confirmed not legit. Ha...

Update - after refusing to have a builder or other inspect the odour issue, as they said he/she would be biased in our favour, the party have left. House clean and in order it apears. Keys secured. Post visit inspection showed no evidence of any bad smell or mustiness at all! However subsequent phon...

Thank you everyone for the helpful, strengthening and cheering comments - as hard not to get a bit upset with such an event. I shall certainly keep you all posted. Move out date is Sunday 10 but I am arriving Thursday 7th pm previously arranged. Hate to confess as security cheque in euros Irish bank...

:( we have after 5 years with 2 properties current clients who are unsuited to rural France. They will not open any windows as they are v frightened of the gekkos - no amount of assurance re their not entering the house etc has any effect. They say the house 'smells of dry rot, v v v profoundly' - t...