Retiring to france with narrowboat

[slowpete]

Any one had the same thoughts?,

[ditchcrawler]

Have you got an EU passport?

 

[Jen-in-Wellies]

Welcome to the forum.

First question. Do you have an EU passport, or some other way of getting round the 90 days per year limit for UK citizens?

Edit: Beaten by @ditchcrawler

[Jerra]

4 minutes ago, Jen-in-Wellies said:

Welcome to the forum.

First question. Do you have an EU passport, or some other way of getting round the 90 days per year limit for UK citizens?

Edit: Beaten by @ditchcrawler

I thought it was 90 days in any 180 has it changed?

[Alan de Enfield]

9 minutes ago, Jerra said:

I thought it was 90 days in any 180 has it changed?

 

Not that I am aware of - obvioulsy the maximum time you could stay (continuously) is 90 days, or you could stay 15 days per month for 6 months.

 

But stopping 'full time' is a no-no.

Edited January 8 by Alan de Enfield

[slowpete]

only a uk passport.

[Alan de Enfield]

1 minute ago, slowpete said:

only a uk passport.

 

Then you cannot go and live on your boat (full time)anywhere in the EU.

 

 

That was a short thread with 100% agreement - unusual.

[Jen-in-Wellies]

2 minutes ago, Alan de Enfield said:

 

Then you cannot go and live on your boat (full time)anywhere in the EU.

 

 

That was a short thread with 100% agreement - unusual.

Except possibly for the Republic of Ireland..

[magnetman]

One thing to be aware of with France is they are really hot on people living 'under the radar'. Someone will report you to the Mairie if you try it. French people are different. 

 

 

 

[ditchcrawler]

31 minutes ago, slowpete said:

Any one had the same thoughts?,

I wouldn't have a Narrowboat, much more sensible vessels available for their waterways

[slowpete]

Is there no way to get away from two tier?

[Tony Brooks]

2 minutes ago, slowpete said:

Is there no way to get away from two tier?

 

Eira I think. Or, I think that if you have enough money a number of countries will accept you and a large chunk of it for residency rights.

[Jerra]

3 minutes ago, slowpete said:

Is there no way to get away from two tier?

I would suspect the only way would become a citizen of an EU country, but that is just a guess.

 

This is one of the "benefits" of Brexit.

[magnetman]

4 minutes ago, ditchcrawler said:

I wouldn't have a Narrowboat, much more sensible vessels available for their waterways

 

People have taken narrow Boats over there only to find when they want to sell them they are more or less worthless because someone would have to transport and import back to England. 

I have heard of them even being abandoned. 

 

 

6 minutes ago, slowpete said:

Is there no way to get away from two tier?

Sail around the worlds in a sloop ? 

2 minutes ago, Jerra said:

I would suspect the only way would become a citizen of an EU country, but that is just a guess.

 

This is one of the "benefits" of Brexit.

My sister married a French geyser and she now has a French passport and lives there. 

 

The Woman is French and our kids have French passports but we didn't get married or go for an uncivil partnership so I would be restricted despite the children being half French. 

 

 

[Naughty Cal]

Aside from the 90 days issued, why would you take a narrowboat when there are far more suitable boats over there?

[Alan de Enfield]

12 minutes ago, Naughty Cal said:

Aside from the 90 days issued, why would you take a narrowboat when there are far more suitable boats over there?

 

Aside from that - why would you want to go and live there anyway ?

 

Lovely country by spoilt by the people.

[Naughty Cal]

8 minutes ago, Alan de Enfield said:

 

Aside from that - why would you want to go and live there anyway ?

 

Lovely country by spoilt by the people.

The cheese?

[Mac of Cygnet]

1 hour ago, magnetman said:

 My sister married a French geyser

 

 

He must have been really hot.......

[IanD]

13 minutes ago, Mac of Cygnet said:

He must have been really hot.......

... and spurted out a jet of hot liquid occasionally?

[Ronaldo47]

If you are contemplating marriage when resident in France, a feature of French law that might seem strange to brits is that about the only class of  person who can make a legally-enforceable will is a single person with no children, which is why few french people bother with wills . Once you have children, French law determines how your estate is divided, and children take priority over a  wife, who only has the right of residence in a house owned by her husband (usufruct) for her lifetime. To be able to specify the distribution of assets in France  accumulated before marriage, it is necessary to draw up a pre-nuptual agreement.  [In the film "Private Benjamin" the Goldie Hawn character objected to the idea of a pre-nup, but pre-nups are normal practice in France]

 

We discovered this when we had to deal with the affairs of my late brother-in-law, a single man long resident in France, who died intestate.  At least in France you do not have to pay death duties up front before distributing the estate, payment is made when distribution takes place and is deducted from the sums due to  individual beneficiaries. 

[blackrose]

2 hours ago, slowpete said:

Any one had the same thoughts?,

 

Yes, I had a vague plan, but the British people voted to renounce our EU citizenship so that's that.

[Phoenix_V]

It is possible to get a  visa for France, for more information pm me also look at the various facebook groups for 2nd home owners and  barge association website.

As for taking your narrowboat to France unless you are up for sailing it over quite expensive by road and you will be paying 20% vat on its assessed value when you get there.

There was an English narrowboat for sale already in France at the marina in St Quentin earlier this year it is probably still available but a more suitable boat would be one like L'Heritage curently for sale on this forum.

 

Edited January 8 by Phoenix_V

[blackrose]

1 hour ago, Alan de Enfield said:

 

Aside from that - why would you want to go and live there anyway ?

 

Lovely country by spoilt by the people.

 

Yeah not like all the lovely chavs we have here in the UK! 🤣

 

I've got a mate living in France on a boat which we took across the channel many years ago.

 

He loves the place and (most of) the people.

2 minutes ago, Phoenix_V said:

It is possible to get a  visa for France, for more information pm me also look at the various facebook groups for 2nd home owners.

As for taking your narrowboat to France unless you are up for sailing it over quite expensive by road and you will be paying 20% vat on its assessed value when you get there.

There was an English narrowboat for sale already in France at the marina in St Quentin earlier this year it is probably still available but a more suitable boat would be one like L'Heritage curently for sale on this forum.

 

 

I've got a friend who voted for Brexit who has a house in Crete and is looking to buy one in Spain. (Yeah 🥴) He's loaded and is buying himself a long-term Gold EU visa. I didn't know anything about them but he says if you have more than about £250K invested over there you can get a long-term residential visa.

[Phoenix_V]

We dont live in France but go there with a visa for 3/4 months in the summer, keeping the boat in Belgium, waterways are generally good well maintained, people fine though better if you speak French, mooring facilities are excellent, a night in a marina with water and electric  just over £10 (based on 13m)  and other places where mooring is free and may or may not be a small charge for water/electric. Licences cost a fraction of Uk as do long term moorings.

As mooring is charged by length another argument for not using a narrowboat nor are they particularly easy to manage in locks.

You will need a vhf and operators licence as well as a certificate of competance.

12 minutes ago, blackrose said:

 

 

 

I've got a friend who voted for Brexit who has a house in Crete and is looking to buy one in Spain. (Yeah 🥴) He's loaded and is buying himself a long-term Gold EU visa. I didn't know anything about them but he says if you have more than about £250K invested over there you can get a long-term residential visa.

6 month visa for France comes in at around £150, 12 month is available but you have to have sufficient income (around £20000 net/pa ???) funds and full medical insurance, these are non working retirement visas you are not even allowed to work remotely.

If Mrs Le Pen gets in all bets are off.

Edited January 8 by Phoenix_V

[magnetman]

1 hour ago, Alan de Enfield said:

 

Aside from that - why would you want to go and live there anyway ?

 

Lovely country by spoilt by the people.

Yes French people are a bit dodgy. 

 

But the French North Africans are great people. French don't like them which is a good start !