Welcome to Le Charaix
Relocation notice
After a two-year search, we found the house of our dreams in Le Charaix, a very small hamlet in France. From 1 December 2024, our address is:
255, Chemin du Charaix
26350 St Christophe et le Laris
France
“Every change starts with Looking Differently”
There is nothing for sale here, on this website we want to inspire you, dear reader, above all. We do this by regularly sharing experiences and our personal processes with the outside world, but from unity consciousness perspective.
In this way we want to contribute to a loving new world. And… if there is any other news, you will also find it below.
Anita and Rob
Living as a farmer in France
and saved by the neighbour. With a father who, as a farmer's son, chose a career as a teacher at an agricultural college, three uncles and aunts who owned large farms in the United States and the Flevopolder(NL), and a younger cousin who runs the “family farm”, Rob has it in his genes. He talks about it all the time: “And then I'll drive a little tractor all day long, vroom vroom”. Yes, his inner child is awakening now that retirement is in sight. Finally, the day arrived: on 25 April, we...
Tax season has begun!
Wrapping up in the Netherlands and starting up in France. We all pay taxes several times a week, even if it's just VAT on our purchases. You even continue to pay taxes on things you've already bought, such as property tax. And there's also tax on something you've already paid tax on. With the new world on the horizon, this form of sowing poverty will hopefully be abolished soon. Until then, declaring your income is an annual ritual that leaves 99% of the population feeling less than cheerful....
Importing my car:
stuck between France and the Netherlands. My little white car came with us to France and has served us well. But it would rather go back to the Netherlands. At least, that's what it seems like, judging by the agony of importing it. How can I make a long story short? Before we left, Rob had already arranged a number of documents required to import a car into France. On 22 November 2024, the car passed the French inspection with flying colours. After a bit of insistence, the dealer where I...