Second Homes

British residents with second homes in France may have to look to private health insurance options if the UK and EU do not reach an agreement on the bloc’s health card.

Location, location, location matters when it comes to buying a second home in France.

I have been renovating an empty house and have finally had electricity connected. Until now I have not paid the TV licence fee on the basis it is a second home and had no electricity supply. It remains a second home with only occasional occupation, has no TV aerial or satellite dish and I will not install a TV. Will I still be exempt?

How can I deter burglars from an empty second home? It is isolated, so an alarm isn’t enough. J.C. 

Squatters taking over a second or main home while the owners are away is often cited as a worry.

For many years we have been using Orange for our internet and home landline. As we are only in France for the summer, they allowed us to turn off the service when we were not there and restore it when we returned, so we only paid for three months a year. Now it is stopping, are there alternatives?

I get a lot of junk mail at my second home. Is there anything I can do?

If I allow house-sitters to live in my house out of season, are there any tax/insurance implications?

 I returned to my second home to find there had been a massive water leak. Am I liable for the resulting big bill?