6th Mar 2023 Home Energy Efficiency Grants 2023 The French government are making much of the grants system for home energy efficiency, but in practice they are reducing the number of eligible households and the works for which grants are available.
28th Feb 2023 Freeze on New Planning Consents New planning consents have been suspended for 5 years in the Var, due to severe drought in the department.
18th Nov 2022 Housing Improvement Grant Application Process The French Ombudsman has heavily criticised the 'MaPrimeRénov' home improvement grant application process.
21st Oct 2022 House Insurance Claim Exceeds Value of Property What happens with an insurance claim when the cost of proposed remedial works to a house exceeds the value of the property?
27th Aug 2022 Interest Free Loan for Home Energy Conservation The government have increased to €50,000 the level of an interest-free loan that is available to owner-occupiers and landlords for works of home energy conservation.
27th Jun 2022 Energy Efficiency Grant Steeplechase A increase in the grant to improve energy efficiency recently announced by the government is being neutralised by a reduction in other grants, a complicated process and the spiralling costs of the work.
3rd Jun 2022 Home Adaptation Grants in France for Elderly and Disabled What financial support options are available to adapt a property to assist those who may have mobility issues?
30th May 2022 A Rose Between Two Thorns A cunning plan by a local council to protect an emblematic 19th Century villa from demolition is thrown out by the courts.
28th Apr 2022 An End to Development in the Countryside? The French government commits to the end of urban sprawl by 2050 and to halve it within ten years.
4th Mar 2022 Tree Pruning - Electricity and Telephone Lines The government have rejected demands to clarify responsibility for tree pruning in proximity to electricity and telephone lines, so just what are the rules?