http://www.francethisway.com/wp/what-to-expect-of-france/2007/05/ Living in France and daily life for a UK expat in the French blog! Fri, 10 Feb 2012 07:42:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.francethisway.com/wp/what-to-expect-of-france/2007/05/comment-page-1/#comment-14681 Boris Mon, 10 Mar 2008 11:52:22 +0000 http://www.francethisway.com/wp/what-to-expect-of-france/2007/05/#comment-14681 Hi As elsewhere the same items take the money - housing, car, food, petrol, insurance etc and these cost (very broadly) the same as the UK (you don't say where you are from). I would think you could rent a small flat in a town for 60-80 euros a week, but assume 100 euros. Food - supermarket food will be about the same as you spend at the moment, although restaurants and wine are much cheaper in France. Petrol is about 20% less than the UK (1.38 euros per litre) but you might find you do a lot more driving. Insurance / electricity / council taxes etc may be avoidable according to whare you rent. The bigger the city the more you will need, but to live in our local town I would think you could manage on 5000 euros for 6 months, possibly less if you don't need new clothes and live very frugally. Good luck with trying! Hi
As elsewhere the same items take the money – housing, car, food, petrol, insurance etc and these cost (very broadly) the same as the UK (you don’t say where you are from).
I would think you could rent a small flat in a town for 60-80 euros a week, but assume 100 euros. Food – supermarket food will be about the same as you spend at the moment, although restaurants and wine are much cheaper in France. Petrol is about 20% less than the UK (1.38 euros per litre) but you might find you do a lot more driving.
Insurance / electricity / council taxes etc may be avoidable according to whare you rent.
The bigger the city the more you will need, but to live in our local town I would think you could manage on 5000 euros for 6 months, possibly less if you don’t need new clothes and live very frugally.
Good luck with trying!

]]> http://www.francethisway.com/wp/what-to-expect-of-france/2007/05/comment-page-1/#comment-14680 Tannis Mon, 10 Mar 2008 04:51:26 +0000 http://www.francethisway.com/wp/what-to-expect-of-france/2007/05/#comment-14680 Interesting informative comment. Basically, the exact idea I had. It may not be the easiest but it's possible. Off hand if one just arrived for a 6 month stay what you you estimate a low or modest amount of cash on hand would be ? Interesting informative comment. Basically, the exact idea I had. It may not be the easiest but it’s possible. Off hand if one just arrived for a 6 month stay what you you estimate a low or modest amount of cash on hand would be ?

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