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‘Our glittering straw home lets us retire in France on small pensions’

Cardamom in the plaster and a ‘glitterball’ wall - the couple who built a low-bills house from straw bales fill it with quirky ideas

US-French couple give up on ‘frustrating’ home renovation grant

The couple in Bordeaux were eventually told they had ‘done everything wrong’ when trying to access the government’s MaPrimeRénov’ scheme

U-turn on strict environmental rules for holiday chalets in France

A building firm has won a legal battle to drop costly green regulations for small holiday bungalows

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Is the €1 home insulation offer still available in France?

A reader has been in touch after seeing adverts from companies promising to install home insulation for just €1. We explain whether these can be trusted

Old clothes turned into home insulation and sold in French DIY shops

The insulation is made from donated charity garments that are too badly damaged to be resold

€1,000 energy audit to be needed for sales of millions of French homes

The certificates, detailing work needed to improve energy efficiency, will involve suggested action only, but some experts think it could later be made obligatory

Case study: Upgrading an old stone barn conversion in France

Couple in south-west tell of their challenge to make insulation and heating improvements to the massive building so it conforms to modern standards

Homeowners applying for French renovation grants will need consultant

From next year many homeowners must get the help of a registered consultant to guard them against fraud or faulty work

The areas of France with the best and worst house insulation

Southern cities such as Perpignan and Nice perform well, while Paris’ older buildings mean poorly-insulated homes

If derelict French barns get roof grants, why not our houses?

There are European farming grants for barn roofs and French government grants for insulation and boilers but frustratingly no help to replace the roof on your home in France, writes Samantha David

Rules get tougher on badly insulated homes in France

Owners of the estimated 130,000 badly insulated houses put up for sale in France each year might be obliged to reveal energy ratings to potential buyers on their first visit to the property from 2022

Abused €1 insulation scheme in France to end early

French one-euro home insulation and boiler replacement schemes are to end six months earlier than planned on July 1

New laws and changes in France: November 2020

Renovation grants, gas prices, help for carers and more - here’s what’s changing in France this month.

Bill to stop barrage of annoying cold callers

There is potential good news for readers fed-up with persistent cold calls – particularly from firms selling insulation for €1

Sign up to Bloctel but don’t expect miracles

The Connexion asks the government and a consumer watchdog a question on the lips of many Connexion readers: How to stop the plague of daily unwanted cold calls?

Insulation

‘Our glittering straw home lets us retire in France on small pensions’

US-French couple give up on ‘frustrating’ home renovation grant

U-turn on strict environmental rules for holiday chalets in France

Is the €1 home insulation offer still available in France?

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Old clothes turned into home insulation and sold in French DIY shops

€1,000 energy audit to be needed for sales of millions of French homes

Case study: Upgrading an old stone barn conversion in France

Homeowners applying for French renovation grants will need consultant

The areas of France with the best and worst house insulation

If derelict French barns get roof grants, why not our houses?

Rules get tougher on badly insulated homes in France

Abused €1 insulation scheme in France to end early

New laws and changes in France: November 2020

Bill to stop barrage of annoying cold callers

Homeowners in France warned over €1 insulation offers

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Last chance to claim eco-friendly cash for French home

Sign up to Bloctel but don’t expect miracles

€1 insulation offer is real but be wary

Turned down for cheap insulation offer in France

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