Can I obtain residency based on fact parents live in France?

My British parents are both in their 80s and live in France. I would like to visit them more regularly, and I am also due to inherit their house eventually. Is there a way for me to spend more than 90 days in 180 in France or obtain French residency based on their residency?

Unfortunately your parents’ residency status does not confer any specific benefits regarding your own rights to visit – or later live in – France.

Visiting British citizens have the right to spend a maximum of 90 in 180 days in the EU.

If you wish to spend more time in France than this, you need to apply for a visa as other British visitors do. The fact your parents live in France does not change this. One option is a visa de long séjour temporaire (VLS-T), which gives you the right to stay in France for up to six months. It costs €99.

France does have a regroupement familial visa system that enables foreign residents who are in France under standard residency cards (not the Brexit WA card) to bring over their partners or their children under 18. However, this is not applicable to adult children whose parents are foreign residents in France.

Similarly, the WA allows for British residents in France with WA cards to bring over certain close relatives but this also does not include adult children unless the child is dependent on them, which does not appear to be the case here.