I live in a village halfway between Richelieu and Châtellerault (or on a larger
scale, roughly halfway between Tours and Poitiers). Here, we have the
convenience of all basic amenities within walking distance, but also a park,
fishing pond, and paths through beautiful woods with no houses in sight within
5 minutes. The fields around here mainly produce wheat, corn, and (my
favourite) sunflowers! Our local town of Châtellerault is where we go for bigger
shops and most official dealings. It’s...
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I live in a village halfway between Richelieu and Châtellerault (or on a larger
scale, roughly halfway between Tours and Poitiers). Here, we have the
convenience of all basic amenities within walking distance, but also a park,
fishing pond, and paths through beautiful woods with no houses in sight within
5 minutes. The fields around here mainly produce wheat, corn, and (my
favourite) sunflowers! Our local town of Châtellerault is where we go for bigger
shops and most official dealings. It’s right on the Vienne and since I have lived
here, there’s been a huge drive to regenerate the town and it’s really paid off -
we’ve already gained a new cinema complex and skate park, and many historical
buildings have been sympathetically restored to their former glory.
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I moved to France with my then 5-year-old daughter at the beginning of 2006,
and my partner, Dale, joined us just over 5 years later, setting up his own classic
car restoration business in one of our outbuildings. Finding work proved harder
than I had imagined, so I initially took on a series of part-time temporary jobs
and focused on improving my French, considering a decent grasp of the
language to be a key skill, no matter what route I ended up taking here. I finally
secured a permanent...
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I moved to France with my then 5-year-old daughter at the beginning of 2006,
and my partner, Dale, joined us just over 5 years later, setting up his own classic
car restoration business in one of our outbuildings. Finding work proved harder
than I had imagined, so I initially took on a series of part-time temporary jobs
and focused on improving my French, considering a decent grasp of the
language to be a key skill, no matter what route I ended up taking here. I finally
secured a permanent position working with a fabulous association set up to help
combat illiteracy. Several years later, with my daughter grown up and fending
for herself, I decided it was yet again time for a change, and I joined Leggett
Immobilier, seeing it as the perfect opportunity to combine my love of houses
and human contact with all the local knowledge I have gained over the past 15+
years.
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