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With the summer getting hotter the chance of thunderstorms is ever present so we thought we would put together some vocabulary around the weather, after all it isn't just 'the Brits' who like talking about the weather, the French do too especially in rural areas.

En France, l’été is the height of la saison touristique (the tourist season). The colder months of the year do not attract as many visitors, but the hot months of l’été bring in les touristes (tourists) from all over the world to France. It definitely makes it easier to voyager (travel) when you don’t have to worry about packing les vêtements d’hiver!

Remembering ces orages quotidiens (these daily thunderstorms) does remind me of holidays in Provence, but also that la foudre et le tonnerre (lightning and thunder) used to be somewhat rare in northern France, now it gets very hot and there is even the occasional averse de grêle (hailstorm), summer thunderstorms are more regular than ever.

This became apparent when I tried to share mon expérience estivale (my summer experience) with mes amis (my friends) in France. They were used to the couple of weeks of la canicule and la fête de la musique, but mes amis loved talking about un orage rolling in every day!

Voici un vocabulaire des orages :

L’été – Summer

Estival – Summer (adj)

Le temps – Weather

La météo – Weather forecast

La chaleur – Heat

Chaud – Hot

L’orage – Storm, thunderstorm

L’ouragan – Hurricane

La saison – Season

Le nuage – Cloud

Nuageux – Cloudy, overcast

La pluie – Rain

Le soleil – Sun

La grêle – Hail

L’averse de grêle – Hailstorm

La foudre – Lightning

Le tonnerre – Thunder

Tonner – To thunder

Le tourisme – Tourism

Le touriste – Tourist

La climatisation – Air conditioning

Le ventilateur – Fan

La brise – Breeze.

Blog submitted by: Alex at The French Property Network - Cle France.

This blog was originally posted on The French Language Blog pages. 

Question: Bonsoir, I am wondering if Brexit prevents me from renting or buying a premises in France, in which I can live upstairs, and create a social venture, in the ground floor? Can you advise me please?

Merci, Sandra

Answer: Hi Sandra, thanks for your message...

Brexit is a big question, and quite complex for me to try to answer succinctly: 

but there are quite a few articles on our blog pages on the website from various sources, especially from our legal contacts, so do have a browse over those. 

My own view is that the process of 'BREXIT' will potentially take a number of years to negotiate, and in the meantime nothing changes, British people are  still moving to France to live,  in fact we've just had our busiest month in 8 years.

So the consensus of opinion is that for now not much will change. The  process of withdrawing from the EU will not be a speedy one, and the  residency of those ex-pats living in France and elsewhere in the EU will no doubt form a part of that negotiation process.  

When I moved to France a residency  permit known as the ‘Carte De Sejour’ was required; it was a  relatively straightforward application process (or at least as  straightforward as a French bureaucratic process can be!)  Perhaps this could be re-introduced for British residents in the future, but for now we just don't know. Of course owning homes abroad will remain as it is today, there is no restrictions for non EU members on owning a house in France.

Clearly there remain many questions to be answered, and fine details to be ironed out. But what is becoming apparent is that this will be a long process, possibly years in the making, and we will of  course bring further news as and when it becomes available during the  coming months. But in the meantime life continues much as it always  has done: the British have always lived, worked and retired to sunnier  climes, and that will doubtless continue, even if some administrative aspects of live abroad may change.

Here is a link to 4 articles which we have published on the subject that you may find useful on The Legal Implications of Brexit: 

Thanks, Alex.

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Hello Sharon,

We had a lovely time with your Cle France agent, she could not have been more helpful, friendly and professional. While we were happy with what we viewed and one or two were very tempting, ”I have to think with my head” not my heart as my wife kept reminding me.

We have not yet fell in love for any but so still looking.

We love visiting the region so “we will be back” as Arnold said.

Best wishes, J&S.

Buying a House in France is easy with Cle France, You can do the same, it is easy for you because WE guide YOU through the French Property Buying Process from the very start to completion and beyond!

And as several of our clients say "Follow your heart and make the move"!

Hi Cle France, If anyone is having doubts about proceeding with a move to France you need to dispel them immediately.

The people we have dealt with, the neighbours and locals in the town and village could not have been more welcoming. We are practising the language and would hope this would not be the stumbling block for anybody to go for it, we are pacing ourselves and hope to be proficient in a few weeks/months.

Many thanks for all your help during the process Sharon.

I would like to give extra special thanks to your local agent as nothing has been too much trouble and he has gone beyond the call of duty to help us during the whole process.

We just cannot wait to move out permanently and start the next chapter of our lives in France.

Once again, thank you so much for all the help we have received.

Regards, Darren.

Buying a House in France is easy with Cle France, You can do the same, it is easy for you because WE guide YOU through the French Property Buying Process from the very start to completion and beyond!

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Hi Sharon,

Cle France is a very helpful resource, it gives a wider choice of 'on the ground' French agents and the UK based office makes initial contact a smooth process that follows on with their local French agents."

Best regards, Kenny.

Buying a House in France is easy with Cle France, You can do the same, it is easy for you because WE guide YOU through the French Property Buying Process from the very start to completion and beyond!

And as several of our clients say "Follow your heart and make the move"!