by Anita Weststrate | May 4, 2025 | General, No category, The house
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”,...
by Anita Weststrate | Apr 22, 2025 | General
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...
by Anita Weststrate | Apr 22, 2025 | General, Work
is a big job. In the Netherlands, I had been self-employed under the name Sparko since October 2014. One month after celebrating my 10th anniversary, and one day before our move to France, I dissolved Sparko at the Chamber of Commerce. I want to continue in France, so...
by Anita Weststrate | Nov 29, 2024 | General
Sliding wheels For the big move, we looked for a removal company and found a local French firm with a good price-quality ratio: loading in Horst on Wednesday morning and unloading in Le Charaix on Friday. It was November 2024. That Wednesday morning we had set the...
by Anita Weststrate | Nov 29, 2024 | General
Integration from day one On 15 October 2024, it was finally time to go to the notary and get the keys. When we signed the preliminary deed of sale in July, we spent almost 3 hours at the notary’s office, and this time it took ‘only’ an hour and a half. Both times we...
by Anita Weststrate | Oct 31, 2024 | General
There is no goodbye Not everyone is happy with our decision to move to France and this affects us too. How do we deal with this? This aspect becomes an important part of our process, even if you can’t see it from the outside. Looking back, we can see that, in...
