Paul in France

We got this place for the same price as we got for a terraced house in the North East - pleased you like it - no smiley for "smug" but I admit that's how I feel. Believe it or not we first worked in this area for a short contract in March of this year. The missus loved it (as did I)and here we are.:001_smile:Never thought she'd go for it as a real home bird

Thanks Mick Still trying to attach a photo Oh it's worked:thumbup1: Looks like the house is falling down cos it was built in the 17th C (and probably is!) I've been on French eBay and everything looks tres cher compared to the UK site - but I'll give le bon coin a look Cheers Paul

Just to rub it Worcs.Wuss we were in still in shorts and tee shirts until last weekend - make the move - it's a different world

We are in Le Gers (32) near Massuebe. Trying to post a photo but skills failing me!

Yes I feel like a lucky sod! Moving in on Saturday. The advice is appreciated - yep the safety thing is paramount and we've really been careful not to take on anything remotely dodgy and will be getting training from a pro soon. We're in south West rural France so a bit difficult to get to training courses in the uk as listed on this forum.

Its about 1 in 10 I'd say at worst. Ive seen advertised a fully refurbed B7001 with warranty at about £5000 plus vat and shipped from the uk for about £350 . How the warranty would work though I'm not sure!

This is my first time on this forum. I have recently moved to France and bought a house which comes with 2 hectares of uneven pasture with some steep slopes and 3 hectares of woodland, mainly oak, also on a slope and quite difficult to access. We hadn't set out to acquire so much land and woodland but now we have it we want to take advantage of it particularly to fell for logs as we have 2 wood burners. We'd hoped to come to a deal with a professional to fell and take a proportion as payment but because of the ground conditions it's not commercially viable. For the last 3 months we've been staying with friends on a similar property and have been thinning out their woodland and producing logs for firewood quite successfully using chainsaws and a small articulated tractor and trailer. I'm now considering what would be the best sort of equipment to get for our place. If I could get a small tractor that we could use on the pasture to mow and rotavate as well as to haul logs out of the woodland that seems to me the ideal solution. I've seen a used Kubota B7001 that looks like it may do the job and gets good reviews, Does anyone have any advice on that particular piece of kit or recommend something else? All advice will be appreciated as you will gather this is a big learning experience for us and we can't afford to just pay professionals to do it for us.