John has a long mustache - Edward the Asshole plans to invade Normandy

[The Larch]

So you actually going to buy a place now?  How goes the property hunt?

It has been craptastic.

Step 1: Look up house on interweb
Step 2: Get there on those fantastic roads. SHIT, WHY CAN WE HAVE GOOD ROADS?
Step 3: Arrive at property, discover it hasn't been habitable since Napoleon III
Step 4: HEY A CRAPE PLACE. NOM NOM NOM.
Step 5 :Profit

Only done a few so far. Mostly been stuffing my face, watching my wife spend shitloads of Euros and praying the nanny doesn't get knocked up by the village idiot.

What are you exactly looking for? If you're not in a hurry to settle in right away then buying an abandoned house and refurbishing it can be a great option. It's time consuming, though, and maybe difficult to do with the distance involved.

[Ed Anger]

This attention-whoring thread makes Mart's threads on "toe be or not toe be" seem positively benign.

You know you love it. 

[Ed Anger]

So you actually going to buy a place now?  How goes the property hunt?

It has been craptastic.

Step 1: Look up house on interweb
Step 2: Get there on those fantastic roads. SHIT, WHY CAN WE HAVE GOOD ROADS?
Step 3: Arrive at property, discover it hasn't been habitable since Napoleon III
Step 4: HEY A CRAPE PLACE. NOM NOM NOM.
Step 5 :Profit

Only done a few so far. Mostly been stuffing my face, watching my wife spend shitloads of Euros and praying the nanny doesn't get knocked up by the village idiot.

What are you exactly looking for? If you're not in a hurry to settle in right away then buying an abandoned house and refurbishing it can be a great option. It's time consuming, though, and maybe difficult to do with the distance involved.

Something where I do as little work as possible. I'm willing to spend a little extra to be as lazy as possible.

[Grey Fox]

You need a personal assistant. HVC is available.

[Ed Anger]

Pass. Like I'd hire one of you assburger nuts.

[Barrister]

I posted it in the Weather WTF thread, but cross-posted here:

If you're looking for a way to beat the heat in a beautiful setting...

http://www.realtor.ca/propertyDetails.aspx?propertyId=11402495&PidKey=1774493821

Your own private fucking island, with a 1994 modern log cabin.

[garbon]

I posted it in the Weather WTF thread, but cross-posted here:

If you're looking for a way to beat the heat in a beautiful setting...

http://www.realtor.ca/propertyDetails.aspx?propertyId=11402495&PidKey=1774493821

Your own private fucking island, with a 1994 modern log cabin.

Definitely would want to bulldoze the main structure.

[Ed Anger]

Like I'd live in Canada.

[Barrister]

Like I'd live in Canada.

At least there'd be less French people.

[Ed Anger]

Like I'd live in Canada.

At least there'd be less French people.

I have found the French to be wonderful hosts. Of course, I'm in a province that expects Americans(and Brits) to be crawling through here and they don't mind switching to English, but the point stands. WONDERFUL HOSTS.

They ain't the degraded shitty Quebecers.

[CountDeMoney]

Like I'd live in Canada.

I'd go.  Three years' residency is all you need to establish citizenship.

[Admiral Yi]

I have found the French to be wonderful hosts. Of course, I'm in a province that expects Americans(and Brits) to be crawling through here and they don't mind switching to English, but the point stands. WONDERFUL HOSTS.

I wonder if this has anything to do with D Day.

[Barrister]

Crap - now I'm daydreaming about chucking it all and buying that place.  We have enough assets that we could buy it and be debt-free.  I could probably making enough money doing wills and other basic legal services to pay for fuel, we could grow most of our own food... :Canuck

Trouble would be the freeze-up / break up period where you'd be trapped on your island for a few weeks, but I'm sure I could manage.

[Ed Anger]

Like I'd live in Canada.

I'd go.  Three years' residency is all you need to establish citizenship.

If Mike Holmes taught us anything, the place you live in up there will be a moldy deathtrap with bad plumbing.

[HVC]

Pass. Like I'd hire one of you assburger nuts.

at least it wasn't a personal choice for it not to be me