Caroline Coles and Peter Shield have lived in the Midi for four years now. We have created this site to bring together the services we provide along with all the information and knowledge we have built up about the area.

The Languedoc is becoming more and more popular with English speaking expatriates, not just as a retirement location but also as a place to live and work. The high quality of the education and health provision, the relatively low cost of living, the climate and the pace of life all make the Midi a very attractive destination. The mountains and plains, ancient stone villages, wildlife and the Meditteranean all make for a beautiful environment in which to live.

Easily accessible either by road along the well maintained autoroutes, by rail on the TGV, or increasingly popular by Air either via Toulouse or with Ryanair to Carcasonne or Perpignan.

This site is to help you make the most of the area and help you enjoy your life or visit to the true heart of the Midi.

As a friend of ours says, "The Gods make Provence, afterward they learnt from their mistakes and made Languedoc".

The other purpose of the site, of course, is to drum up business for ourselves and our friends. We provide a comprehensive suite of web design, and marketing and communication services.

When you first arrive here the system can seem a bit bewildering, as indeed it is. Having fully relocated ourselves we are in a great position to help you with all aspects of relocating, from finding a house, dealing with the relevant legal processes, registering yourselves and your car in France, obtaining the correct insurance for vehicles, houses and health. Getting the all important Carte de Sejour, exchanging your driving license. Getting planning permission for external alterations, setting up a business, paying taxes. It all takes time and paitence, with our help we can take away the pain and let you get on with enjoying your first year here. It only has to be done once you will be pleased to hear. Click the link if you want to know more about or property management and assistance programmes

We hope the site is useful, any suggestions for improvement, or new areas greatly appreciated. Just drop us a line at peter