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Our French Lives - Harriet & Sarah
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Добавлен 18 ноя 2023
As two 40something women who took the plunge and moved to France in 2021; post Brexit; we have created our channel to give you, the viewer, a glimpse into what life in rural France can be like as an expat. Whilst our channel will show us getting stuck in with renovations of our 250+ year old former dairy farm; we will also be showing you what else the French life has to offer; from day trips, to coffee shops, to brocantes...The work life balance we came here for!
We will talk about our experience of buying a property here in France; managing the visa process; coping with complicated French bureaucracy; setting up a business & learning the language. We hope to give those of you thinking of moving to France, a good idea of what it is really like.
Some of you might know us from the UK channel 4 TV show 'Help we bought a Village' but for those of you that don't… Welcome to our channel!
Please support us by clicking the subscribe button now!
We will talk about our experience of buying a property here in France; managing the visa process; coping with complicated French bureaucracy; setting up a business & learning the language. We hope to give those of you thinking of moving to France, a good idea of what it is really like.
Some of you might know us from the UK channel 4 TV show 'Help we bought a Village' but for those of you that don't… Welcome to our channel!
Please support us by clicking the subscribe button now!
Back with updates on our latest French renovations - at last our farmhouse gets its turn!
Our gites reopened this month and it is fair to say we haven't stopped! We have had a continuing cycle of guests and changeovers and we are just trying to get back into a routine; whilst trying to balance renovations.
So far; we have created a new office; so we at last have a dedicated space to to do all our paperwork.
The hall in our farmhouse has now gone from a terrible dark red colour to a fresh and bright white; all ready for us to fit new double glazed windows next month.
We also had a bit of time to create a more pleasant veranda area where we get to chill in the warm summer evenings.
Work on the Chambre D'Hotes suite began with a refresh of the balcony and next we move onto 2 bathro...
So far; we have created a new office; so we at last have a dedicated space to to do all our paperwork.
The hall in our farmhouse has now gone from a terrible dark red colour to a fresh and bright white; all ready for us to fit new double glazed windows next month.
We also had a bit of time to create a more pleasant veranda area where we get to chill in the warm summer evenings.
Work on the Chambre D'Hotes suite began with a refresh of the balcony and next we move onto 2 bathro...
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French Property tour; converted dairy barn - La Laiterie 2024
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La Laiterie (translates as The Dairy Store) is our 3 bedroom gite which sleeps up to 6 people. It has two double bedrooms and one king room with a walk-in ensuite shower, all are located on the ground floor, where you also find a downstairs cloakroom/WC. As you head up the first set of stairs, you are greeted by a set of glass double doors, which open out onto the sun and bbq terrace over-looki...
French property tour - La Vieille Grange 2024 (Converted barn).
Просмотров 4979 месяцев назад
This converted dairy barn, is now our one bedroom gite. It has an open plan living space, sun terrace with views across the garden, a shower room and WC downstairs and a large ensuite bedroom upstairs, with walk-in wardrobe! This gite sleeps up to four people and is most popular with families with young children! #renovation #diy #frenchfarmhouse #restoration #france #frenchlife #renovation #ga...
French Cottage tour - Wishing Well Cottage 2024
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Our quaint little mezzaine cottage is perfect for a couples getaway. Renovated in 2023, this country cottage has a new fitted kitchen, wet-room and a bedroom with the added luxury of a stand alone bath. Offering privacy with its own secluded garden and lake views, nature lovers can absorb the peace and tranquility with only the birds for company. #renovation #diy #frenchfarmhouse #restoration #...
BONUS VIDEO! First Lamb of 2024 taking her first steps!
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Less than an hour old... watch as she takes her first steps and has her first feed! #france #farm #frenchfarmhouse #lamb #sheep #diy #frenchlife #subscribe #lifeinfrance
First time rendering...What could possibly go wrong?! How to | DIY | Have a go | How do you render?
Просмотров 4489 месяцев назад
This is our first time having a go at rendering. Thought we would start small with the pizza oven. #renovation #frenchfarmhouse #diy #restoration #france #video #subscribe #garden #diyprojects #homestead #landscape #build #like Please show us your support and subscribe to our RUclips channel! Lots of insights into our daily lives and the renovations to come! Social Media Facebook - facebook.com...
Chopping trees… all part of our French life | Property in France| French Farm House
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Living the rural french life with 7 acres, requires a chainsaw, to cut the fallen trees! Watch as we attack one of winter jobs! | Homestead #renovation #frenchfarmhouse #diy #restoration #france #retireearly @lesrougesterresgites #livinginfrance #home Please show us your support and subscribe to our RUclips channel! Lots of insights into our daily lives and the renovations to come! Social Media...
Episode 7 - Part 2 - Adapting to life in rural France
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This week in Part 2 of adapting to life in rural France, we discuss French healthcare, bringing and owning animals in France and the internet! #renovation #frenchfarmhouse #diy #restoration #france #retireearly #lifeinfrance #livinginfrance @lesrougesterresgites #helpweboughtavillage @OurFrenchLives Please show us your support and subscribe to our RUclips channel! Lots of insights into our dail...
Episode 6 - Adapting to life in France | Living in France
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Episode 6 - Adapting to life in France | Living in France
Episode 5 - Setting up our business in France!
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Episode 5 - Setting up our business in France!
Furniture transformation…Chair reupholstery | Timelapse Reupholstery project
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Furniture transformation…Chair reupholstery | Timelapse Reupholstery project
Transforming an old stove…Restore an outbuilding | Restoration | French farmhouse | Renovate
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Transforming an old stove…Restore an outbuilding | Restoration | French farmhouse | Renovate
Episode 4 - Taking the plunge! | Moving to France from the U.K.
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Episode 4 - Taking the plunge! | Moving to France from the U.K.
Transforming an unused outbuilding on our French estate… Home renovation | French farmhouse | DIY
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Transforming an unused outbuilding on our French estate… Home renovation | French farmhouse | DIY
A tour of our French estate...Home renovation | French farmhouse | Renovate in France | DIY
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A tour of our French estate...Home renovation | French farmhouse | Renovate in France | DIY
Episode 3 - Applying for French entrepreneur Visas after Brexit | Moving to France
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Episode 3 - Applying for French entrepreneur Visas after Brexit | Moving to France
Becoming self-sufficient in rural France - Sarah tries out her new chainsaw | French farmhouse | DIY
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Becoming self-sufficient in rural France - Sarah tries out her new chainsaw | French farmhouse | DIY
Episode 1 - Answering our most asked question! |Moving to France | Life in France
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Episode 1 - Answering our most asked question! |Moving to France | Life in France
Following us, Harriet & Sarah living our FRENCH DREAM | FRENCH FARMHOUSE| House Renovation
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Following us, Harriet & Sarah living our FRENCH DREAM | FRENCH FARMHOUSE| House Renovation
Welcome to @OurFrenchLives with Harriet & Sarah. French renovation | French life | DIY
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Welcome to @OurFrenchLives with Harriet & Sarah. French renovation | French life | DIY
Gee guys, really miss you. What are you up to ?
Hello Harriet & Sarah! I’ve really enjoyed your videos and admire your move to France! I just spent two months volunteering all over the French countryside and have fallen in love. I want to move to France from the US and start a stone pointing business. I have funds to start the business and had talked to clients mainly around the Dordogne region and have work available for me. What would be my first step to acquiring the right visa and moving over as quick as possible? Thanks!
Thank you for your kind comments. We are British so I believe our visa requirements are perhaps different to yours. Perhaps, the first step, for you, would be to enquire at the French consulate in the US, they will be able to give you the information you need to move over
@ Thank you so much for getting back to me! I will do that when I get back home! Keep making awesome videos!:)
You talked a bit about a hand holder, would you mind sharing the company or person you used? Thanks!
Hi, they are called AngloSOS and they were great for dealing with paper work once we got to France 😊
You may not take a two-hour lunch break but you don't seem to have given up the old tea break, do you? 😁
There is always time for a tea break!! 😊
Allez vous battre contre les islamistes nous en France obt se battre les couille de vous
Two hour lunches in Paris last about 40 minutes. Nothing shuts.
That’s great!
i live with 8 cats two dogs 3 goats and one chiken .the chiken is the big boss
The chickens are our most well behaved and productive animals! ❤️
welcome :o)
Thank you!
So sorry to have stumbled across your estate for sale online! Will miss seeing your dreams developing the entire estate. Have really enjoyed watching you on TV as well as your own channel. Best wishes for the future!
Yes we are moving on to a new and exciting adventure.. keep your eyes peeled 😉😉. All will be revealed in a couple of weeks xx
@@OurFrenchLives It’s been a lonnng couple of weeks😩
Sunday is God's day and it's related to Catholic religion since several hundred years...People (most of) don't work on sunday and enjoy life and being together.
Vous ne pouvez pas comparer Internet en ville aux UK avec internet en France à la campagne.... Vous auriez déménagé dans la campagne UK vous auriez peut être eu les mêmes problèmes.... Il y a encore des zones blanches qui vont finir par disparaître avec le temps.
Merci pour votre commentaire.... Nous avons quitté la campagne britannique où nous disposions d'une fibre souterraine pour la France rurale où il n'y avait pas de fibre disponible (et il n'y en a toujours pas). Tout ce que nous pouvions obtenir, c'était l'ADSL sur la ligne téléphonique avec 2MB ! C'était vraiment un choc culturel. Nous utilisons l'internet par satellite maintenant ; c'est fantastique et ça nous donne 200-300mb au lieu de l'ADSL que nous avions au début. J'ai entendu dire que les villes françaises n'ont pas ces problèmes, mais cela ne nous a pas vraiment aidés à l'époque 👍.
@@OurFrenchLives vous pouvez trouver sur internet une carte de france qui vous indiquera quand votre village sera equipé en fibre .
Just subscribed to your channel, I got my Long stay visa in October 2023, When at the TLS contact center for your appointment you have to ask for the extension form at the time and that entitles you for the one year Long stay visitor visa, Or they just give you the 6th months temporary visa. I had a medical for my visitor visa in France, You had to prove your funds I am under retirement age by a few decades so self funding, being younger i have to prove my income as part of the application. I have a house in France so lucky then most people. If your of retirement age you apply on the S1 form, The long stay visa can be renewed also in France for 5 years in a row, Then the carte de Sejour. So Iam in the process, So been here for almost my 1st year. Amazing channel ladies hope my comments help others, I imported my own car from the UK, and got the carte gris myself, You can do it and it is stressful, Merci, Marc
Girls, I am an American and have been here for the last two months. I am in love with the idea of the two hour lunches and the three hour dinners, but its hard to deal with when you weren't brought up this way. They dont know any different. I have to plan out my entire day around food. And lets not forgot their holidays.
Hello ladies, I gotta say at first I was giving the rendering award to Sarah, but Harriet came back at the end to tie it up. Great job ladies.
We went to your property on our motorbikes one year ago…very charming place and welcoming !! Merci encore !
Thank you very much for your lovely comment Bertrand! We hope you guys are all well! 😃
Etrange humour britannique... Pour info, en France, les magasins de bricolage ouvrent à 7h00 du matin et ferment à 7h00 du soir avec une heure de pose. Donc 11 heures d'ouverture par jour. et sans 1 heure de pose à 17h00 comme en Angleterre.
Bien souvent sans pause d'ailleurs...
Et je dois payer pour la fibre sans restriction, les 200 chaîne de télévision plus le numéro de téléphone fixe a peine 29,99 euro par mois
Fantastique!
C'est étonnant. Je vis dans un petit village dans le sud de la France de 8000 habitants et j avait le choix entre les quatre fournisseurs qu on a ici en France. Et là depuis deux ans je suis passé à la fibre
In our rural area; fibre is not an option yet, but we use satellite internet which is fantastic 👍
@@OurFrenchLives fibre will come soon in all the rural area .be patient haha
What is the satellite provider you use.. We move in September to rural France
Hello again Pete… we use Starlink; it is phenomenal and so basic to set up 👍 we found it cheaper than Orange and the farmer won’t be able to pull those satellites down! 😃
Very nice spacious accommodation ladies 😊🎉
Thank you very much for your comment 😃
Very nice, beautifully decorated. And your garden looks a picture 😊
Thank you! We do love those gardens!
Very pretty cottage
Thank you - it was hard work getting that one over the line! 🤪
It’s so nice to see you back! Everything is looking good. The balcony looks so fresh and clean, amazing what a little tidying up and paint can do. Good bye lady liberty. ❤
Thanks Lorrie! It’s amazing what a bit of paint, sealant and filler can achieve 😃
just found your channel and Subscribed, thanks for sharing.... cheers
Thanks guys; we have returned the favour ❤️
@@OurFrenchLives many thanks, im going to have a catch up on your early vids, watched you on the tv too .. cheers
Everything looks beautiful. Do you two every sit down?????
Aw thank you very much Sue! ❤️ It’s sometimes a struggle to get everything done; but we manage! 😃
It's so nice to see a couple working hard together for a better life. I would have loved to do what you to are doing, but I had an ex and he thought if something needed to be done, then you pick up the phone and get someone to do it. It's one of the reasons he's an ex.
Thank you for your lovely comments! We wanted to jump for this life whilst we still had the energy 🤣🤣🤣 Never say never though if you want something bad enough; there can always be a way to achieve it 🙏
@@OurFrenchLives -Well I am 77 years old now, but I have owned several homes and have renovated them as much as I could. My last reno was when I was 67 years old. I gutted my bathroom to the studs and watched YT videos to learn how to put in everything new including new drains. It was the reno I was the most proud of. So having someone special to do the Reno's with, would have been nice, but it did not stop me from doing what I wanted to do by myself. I guess I just like doing reno's. : )
Hard work; but a lot of satisfaction from what you have achieved ❤️ well done to you too! 👍
Hope you are both well, it looks like you have been very busy
We are good thank you Shirley. Yes; it’s all gone to full speed! 🤪
Hey Ladies so good to see you back !! Hope you are both well as we can see you have been crazy busy doing fantastic improvements all around the estate. I am sure you will have a very successful season and deserve to with the GRAFT you both put into the estate for your guests. Best regards Trevor
Hi Trevor! Here’s to another busy season! Thank you for your messages of support 😃
Nice jobs ladies Harriet and Sarah😘
Thank you Annette! We hope you’re well! 😃
@@OurFrenchLives ❤️
Hi, thanks for this video we are just embarking on your journey and its been great to watch you and listen to you talk about the visa process . Would you be able to mention or link the handholder you used we are finding it a bit of a mine field finding a genuine service ? All the best for your future life in france i hope you enjoy everyday.
Hi Shane! Thank you for watching/subscribing to our channel. The handholders we used are called SOS Anglo and they have a website if you google them. They were fantastic with us… very quick; efficient and really good value for money. Not sure what area of France you are in but they worked for us in Normandy and they are in Mayenne. Enjoy living the dream! 😃
@@OurFrenchLives Hi Ladies, Thanks so much for your reply it's very much appreciated and very helpful. We bought an old farmhouse in the Lot et Garrone three weeks before Covid hit so basically signed for it had a cup of coffee in it then flew back to the UK and didn't see it again for two years !!🙄 . We are now starting the mine field of the micro entrepreneur visa so your video and reply have been most helpful to us once again huge thank-you. Really enjoying your channel and its fun and interesting to watch your journey . Shane and Amanda
New to your channel this is a great barn conversion looking forward many more Vlogs
Thanks Sandy! We have had a bit of an unscheduled break; but we will be back with some new vlogs soon 👍
Yes it does. And thank you for your reply. Good luck to you two. I will keep watching. Hopefully the RUclips algorithms will soon catchup with your quality of content and boost your views. ❤
Thank you Mike ❤️
Sarah, can you keep renewing your Visa? Do you eventually become a French citizen? We have a vacation home here and never stayed more than 6 weeks at a time. I would like to retire here. I'm from the states. 😊
H Mike. I had a 6 month visitor visa in year 1 and used my Schengen 90 days at the start and end to cover my first year. Year 2 I reapplied for a different visa in the UK so I could join Harriet in running the gite business- entrepreneur visa. Once it comes to renewing this visa; it is easier as you just do the process in France - Harriet got a 4 year visa so doesn’t need to renew every year now. Mike you can currently stay in France for a maximum of 90 days in one 6 month period twice in a year; without needing a visa. If you want to retire here; you just need to prove funds and healthcare and as an American; you would need to apply for a visitors visa as the US doesn’t have an official visa for retirees. We found the process relatively straightforward from the uk as it is just a case of collecting all the required documents and you already have a french address! Does what I have written make any sense to you? Happy to explain further 😃
@@OurFrenchLives Yes. You are very informative. I guess for now, it's 90 on, 90 off for me. I can't wait to get back. Two more days and back to Sallandrouze. I will try and bring the sunshine with me. Thank you both ladies.
The cottage is super cute, and you have dressed it up very charmingly!
Thank you for your lovely comment Hiris! 😃
You guys have really outdone yourselves ! Everything looks fantastic. (The repetitious music is driving me nuts. ) : )
Another beautifully designed and decorated cottage, bravo. Could have done without the music. Just do a simple narration or nothing at all. : )
The cottage looks charming, inviting and cozy. The guitarist needs to learn more than one song, but really the guitarist isn't necessary.💜
Thank you for watching our videos! I guess we preferred to give people the option of listening to music or if it’s not their taste then they can just hit the mute button 😃
echt heel mooi dit zijn echte mooie vakantie woningen het enige wat nog ontbreekt zijn vliegenramen zeker in de kamers zodat de mensen snachts bij het raam open kunnen slapen zonder vliegen maar echt is de rest perfekt inorde
Thank you for your lovely comments; that is definitely something we should consider; thank you 😃
proficiat dit is echt prachtig geworden
What a lovely barn conversion and great views 🎉
Thanks so much! 😊
Love this one, you’ve done a fab job 🙌
Thank you very much; we are very proud of it! ❤️
Wishing well looks fab what a great video 👍👍
Thank you David; glad you like it 😉 xx
Gorgeous suite! You've made it look very practical and inviting!
We are glad people seem to love it as much as we do! ❤️
Cosy cottage with all comforts. You have done a wonderful renovation on all the gites. Hope you have a good season.
Thank you very much Sita; that’s really kind ❤️
Spacious and luxurious. The color scheme is perfect. Lovely accommodation for a couple of.
Aw thank you for your lovely comments Sita!🥰
Lovely cottage
Thank you 🙏
So light and airy
Thank you very much Shirley! ❤️
I could happily sit out on that terrace and read a book, drink wine and wait for my pizza to cook in the amazing oven
You would be very welcome to visit Shirley ❤️
Wishing well cottage looks so homely and inviting ❤
We have to admit it does have a lovely feel to it ❤️
All the gites are looking fantastic, glad to see you back, hope you are both well and wishing you all the luck you deserve for this years season 👍
Thank you Trevor. It’s been a hard few weeks but we are getting there. Thank you for your support and kindness. We will be back to our regular RUclips episodes soon x