The Rental Process in France.

It is kind of standard to find kitchens with merely a sink and no units, surely there'll be no bulbs, never mind fittings. The best kind of property to lease is frequently a property which has been formerly been employed as a gite, or for short term rental find a property that's still a gite but hired out of the primary vacation season. Ads for rental properties will generally include a shortening like T2 or T3, this is the standard way of describing the quantity of rooms excluding the kitchen and lavatory. Here's a superb resource on the topic of france accommodation. You'll find advertisements in local papers and on noticeboards in shops. Also some property owners don't use an agent as the property isn't of a good standard or the rent seems higher than it should be. The documents and guarantees you'll be asked to provide are like those you'd need if hiring a property in the United Kingdom. You could be demanded a guarantor if you're working on short term contracts, retired or self employed. My next attempt at going skiing came a few years after when I used to be a member of the Royal Air Force and attempted to take up the choice of going on a forces led ski trip, sadly I slipped foul again, this time because I had applied to leave the air force and that was decided, quite properly, I Had ruled myself out of this option and wasn't qualified, somebody else who wasn't leaving the air force got the place. I didnt bank on my better half though who'd been skiing on 1 or 2 occasions and was totally hooked on the game. You'll need to provide evidence of identity, sometimes your passport and you'll also require a French account. Signing a contract for 3 years doesn't mean you've got to stay for this period of time, you can leave at any point but generally have to give a quarter notice in writing.