Retiring abroad

[Broccoli]

Thanks ^^^
Really interesting and thought provoking for my plans for my next adventure.
Rosetta Stone was already on the books, but that makes me even more sure that I will have to be well versed in the local language to show that I’m not some hopeless wideboy who isn’t going to make the effort to fit in and become part of the community, though even then, it seems it will take time to be accepted.

[SiC]

Rosetta Stone was already on the books, but that makes me even more sure that I will have to be well versed in the local language

Thinking of moving to Scotland?

[Bangernomics]

I can almost imagine it, via the medium of Kevin bridges English stag do boys in Glasgow.


Less annoying tag line.

[Frogchod]

I left the UK in 2004.
I started out with a sensible sized house, but have since ignored advice and bought a place with far too much land. Council tax is around 600.
Self employement is relatively easy to do now, just need to provide recognised qualifications. There is even a simplified tax regime that needs no accountant, micro enterprise. It's basically PAYE. In other tax regimes, your tax is estimated regardless of what you earn.
Micro enterprise tax is around 24% on labour and 12% on materials.
Using the word tax is not exact, the actual deduction is more like NI. Proper tax comes in after a certain amount depending on regime.
36k for me.
Business insurance is mandatory, about 1k for a sparks, about 4k for a builder.
There's plenty of rural space in normandie to find somewhere with no fecking neighbours.
There's also plenty of places with a high percentage of brits if you fancy England with extra cheese.

[panhard65]

Here is a question for our French residents how hard would it be to find somewhere to drop a container to fill with old rammel then ship to the UK every so often. It just costs so much to get motors transported it might be worth having a base to store and load before importing over here.

[Bangernomics]

It’s just a convo with a friendly farmer and dropping him a few quid.

Depends what you want to store, for how long and if it needs to stay dry or not? I know I’d not have a problem keeping something that rolls for a while for you as I could just push in a corner but I’m in the top left so logistics may be a thing?

Frog chod is top right ish so probably better for the Chunnel.