Does anyone know where I could get a watch repaired locally ? I only rarely used it ( like every one I carry a mobile phone ),
but I would like to pass it on in a working condition - it's over 50 years old.

I have an old ,self propelled lawn mower. The engine is still excellent ( Briggs & Stratton) , but one side of deck is rusting away.
Does anyone know where I could get it welded at sensible price , before I go buy a new one ?

Some considerable time ago Brian gave me some very helpful information and asked me to write about my experience of moving from Orange to SOSH for our landline and internet broadband.

So first of all an apology it was a considerable time ago - I will blame the intervening year on wanting to test the swap over for issues and problems but truthfully, laziness was involved somewhere!

The salient point is that it was a painless swap over, and a year later, there have been no problems whatsoever.  The beauty of the swap is that SOSH is a division/company under the Orange umbrella and is significantly cheaper for virtually the same service.

I was able to log onto the SOSH website with my Orange credentials and begin the swap over online.  I was able to pick a date and time for the swap over so that was helpful.  I did have to make use of an online translation app a couple of times but it was all relatively simple.  All the paperwork was sent by email rather than needing to visit any Orange Boutiques.   The swap over meant we lost the internet and the phone for about one hour but that was to be expected.  The cost in November 2022 was then €19.99 for a copper line Internet and €29.99 for their fibre broadband.  There

So a year later, some thoughts - I* wish I had done it sooner!  Swapping in October 2022 saved us €17 immediately from what we were paying Orange and we have not had any problems.  I had ticked the box on the application to say that I wanted the monthly payments to come from the same bank account and there wasn't even a hiccup there.  The only downside is that SOSH are totally online and there are no shops/boutiques or an English-speaking helpline but that wasn't been an issue for us.  We also had to send back the TV that we never used and Orange provided a postage paid label for that

There has been a price rise (obviously!) and we now pay €20,99 per month which is still very cheap compared to Orange.  It also gives us unlimited calls to landlines in mainland France and to landlines in over over 100 destinations including Europe, USA, Canada, Morocco, Turkey, Morocco, Turkey and China.

Chris

Hi all, does anyone have any recommendations please for someone who delivers wood? It’s for our woodburner. We’re in La Trimouille. Thanks

Hello and Happy New Year!

A friend of ours has kindly offered to do our timber framing calculations for the new roof on our barn, however, he says he needs the local regulations???

Does anyone know where I might find these for our area - or even where I might start in terms of getting them?

Thanks all

Kit

PS: an extra thanks to the conveners of this forum - it is a real life saver, and nice to feel part of something, especially in these early days 

hello everybody , when buying a new car from a dealer do you just wait for the carte gris to be posted to you ? we were given WW plates by the dealer . thanks

I visited the Christmas Market in Place Marechal Leclerc this afternoon.

It really does not look very inviting, being entirely enclosed by 2m high barriers with one entry and exit point at the southeast corner of the square - manned by (fairly low grade) security guards who give you a grilling about what you have on your person. Some people were actually being searched.

Once inside, there was a good range of stalls selling a wide variety of handmade crafts - including a young woman who had brought along her lathe and was making bowls etc and explaining the process - it made me wish I'd brought mine along!

Light refreshments were available and it was altogether enjoyable. Just a shame about the prison camp appearance...

Hi, all! I couldn't find a thread, to post this on, I hope it's okay to do it, here. We are looking to pet/house-sit; having found ourselves without heating, for a few weeks. We live in MM, but are willing to travel. We are both hard-working, meticulous, and trustworthy, and are available after next week. Thanks so much for reading! Joanie.

Hi

We recently had a Linky meter installed by SRD acting on behalf of Soregies. The installer left a very nice set of information including details of how to access the meter remotely. Excellent I thought! No more need to read the meter and send in readings.

However, I have failed to get registered on the Linkyparsrd site as apparently my Linky meter isn't talking to my LinkyparSRD account! I have emailed Soregies and am awaiting a reply. Did anyone else have the same problem, please? The error message reads .... "Erreur The PDL ne depose pas d'un compeurLinky communicant!

Thanks
Chris

Hi - me again!

I have noticed a few times on this forum the suggestion to go back to the notaire.  

I dont think i realised that we could access the Notaire after the legalities of the house purchase had taken place.  

I have vague memories of our estate agent telling us to send an IBAN to them in case we had a refund on the payments (we didn't do this - is it too late?)

And more generally, do we just drop in, ask for an appointment - how does it work?

Any information welcome.  

Hello all,

We have a not yet habitable house on the outskirts of La Trimouille.  

Although we are far from moving in (no electric, bare walls etc) having a water supply would be very helpful.  I have a couple of questions:

• Who is the water company for the area?
  
  
• We have a meter (currently on 0) and a French bank account, but not an official french address - can we do this with our English (Welsh) address?
  
  
• How is water billed - for example is there a standing charge or is it by the litre only?
  
  
• We dont yet have a Fosse or any type of drainage - would this be an issue?
  

Hi all, has anyone had any experience buying lime plaster and hemp locally please? We can find lime plaster in most places, but have tried to buy the hemp online with no luck, as don’t deliver to our area. Castorama do it, but out of stock for home delivery and we were wanting it delivered if possible. Thanks

Hi can anyone advise me where I might get a new car battery with fitting, preferably where they speak english in Montmorillon?

Hi    Looking for someone to empty 2 septic tanks at a friends house.    Does anyone know someone local to Montmorillon.   Thank you

Hi 

Someone kindly gave me the link to this site.  Is it a website not an FB page ?.as whenever i type it in page not found.  I have to go back to link person gave me to access the forum ?

Hi all, 

We are looking to open an online account before moving at 
End of the month.. i have a revolut but tbh prefer a traditional bank for a decent amount
Of savings. 
Looking for ones with a local ish presence and english speaking. 
Looked at BNP and SG but seen quite a few negative reviews.  Hsbc is being recommend a lot and 
I see braches Le Blan, Poiters and St Benoit if i had to go in person. 
Anyone use HSBC and experiences, i am assuming english speaking advisers. will mainly be online 
and not locally ?.

Thank you for any info

We have some items of furniture and some bits and bobs to give away for free. Does anyone know of any local charities who pick up please? We don't have a van so can't drop off a corner sofa and bedroom furniture etc. Thank you.

Hello all,

My partner and I are considering investing in a few tools and wondered if anyone had experience / could advise on good places to look for things like cement mixers, petrol chainsaws and possibly a small generator?

We are not yet connected to the mains power, so we are looking for either self-powering tools or a small generator to run them from.  

Up till now, we have worked on a small solar kit which has worked well for our needs, but it won't support the bigger demands of the larger tools.  

Thanks all

Kit 

Hi 
Hopefully moving to Montmorillion next couple months.  I saw three vets on google but only one had many reviews. and quite a few recent were not good.
 Also preferably one that has an english speaking vet ( yes we are starting french but live in Spain, so no french as yet ).

Hi. Just wondering if there is anyone local to Moulismes that is available for a days gardening work , with the potential for it to become regular ?