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Les légumes primeurs
"Primeur" is the name given to the new vegetables of the year, we also talk about « légumes nouveaux ». A « primeur » is also someone who sells fruits and vegetables, like a « boulanger » sells bread. « Primeurs » are usually more expensive than the «...
Salade verte
Laitue, scarole, feuille de chêne, brune ou blonde... They are all "salades". This one is a "feuille de chêne blonde" : This one is a "feuille de chêne" also but "brune" : Do you know how we eat "salade" in France ? See "sauce salade" See also "salade...
Tomatoes / tomates
Tomates : Tomates grappe : Tomates cerises are much smaller, we use them because they're very nice on a "salde de crudité". On a market, if you see strange tomatoes, big, not so nice that are "coeur de boeuf", try them. They don't look nice, but they...
Poultry / volaille
Volaille belongs to "viande blanche" (opposed to "viande rouge "). Here is a "volaille" : In this category of meat you can find : poulet / chicken, dinde / turkey, pintade / guinea-fowl. If you don't want to cook a whole "volaille", you can also buy a...
Boeuf / beef / viande rouge
Viande de boeuf is also called "viande rouge" (and poultry or pok meat is "viande blanche") : This meat is for "bourguignon", a kind of stew because it takes a long time to cook. If you want a quickly cooked meat, choose "à griller", "à steak". If you...
Buying a place in France
Buying a house not built in France Buying a home already built in France Back to the "housing" article
Buying a house not built in France
You may select your home "sur plan", ie housing that is not yet built even if you have not yet bought the land and obtained the building permit « permis de constuire ». For this, you must sign a contract of booking « contrat de réservation ». By signing...
Buying a home already built in France
Visiting a place Subdivision, condominium and charges « Compromis de vente » what's that ? The finding asbestos « constat amiante » what is it ? Deed of covenant, acte notarié Assemblée, syndic, pouvoir, mandat, what's that ? See the article "housing...
Visiting a place
The procedure Two options : find your home by an estate agent « agent immobilier » « agence immobilière » or directly by a particular vendor « particulier », « de particulier à particulier ». Visiting housing If you visit the place with a real estate...
Subdivision, condominium and charges
If I buy a house in a subdivision « lotissement » ? Ask to see the settlement of the estate « règlement du lotissement » as well as the specifications. In this way you'll know what you can / should do or not, what expenses you must pay (lighting, maintenance...