On 9 May, Dennelle was featured in a TF1 documentary on French TV following the journey of 3 different families as they relocate to France.

Are you dreaming of a new life in France but concerned about the Brexit deadline to establish residency? Have you already started a property search that has been curtailed due to the COVID-19 pandemic? Are you concerned about healthcare and financial support once Britain leaves the EU?

Renestance wants to help make your dreams a reality, so we’ve put together the Renesting in France – Brexit Edition Webinar series on quick order especially for you!

IT’S TAX TIME AGAIN IN FRANCE! Do you need to file?

Yep – Springtime in France brings warm, sunny weather, green gardens – and taxes! We take this occasion every year to remind our community that if: 1) you are a French resident, or 2) you receive French income (eg, rental), you must file a French income tax declaration.

As we all know, there are many uncertainties surrounding Britain’s extraction from the EU. Unfortunately, it is now clear that Brexit will really happen, however many of us straddling life in France and the UK hoped it wouldn’t. This will have an effect on free movement in the EU for those of us holding a UK passport. We still don’t know whether having a French carte de séjour will mean we have to queue up in the ‘non-EU’ queue at passport control in airports and ferry ports.

Would you like to run your own business in France? Did you move here to escape the 9-to-5 but still want your own social security number? Do you have a job but have an idea for an exciting side project in France? Registering as a Micro-Entrepreneur could be your next best move.

Gazing out of a window during a yoga class in Aix-en-Provence, I noticed a mural depicting a stone well. The picture looked like it was from a children’s story book — wells like this don’t exist in my country, Australia. Yet in France they are real — and we see many quaint water features in almost every village and town in southern France. There are moss covered fountains in village squares, surrounded by plane trees, and small fountains and lavoirs in side streets. And I wondered — is there an interesting history behind the development of the fountain in France?