{"podcast":{"title":"France Made Simple","slug":"france-made-simple-6755861","podcast_index_feed_id":6755861,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/76d82c48/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://www.survivefrance.com/","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_nologo/19838786/19838786-1727860969992-e9c5bb826b00e.jpg","author":"Catharine Sceats","episode_count":133,"summary":"France Made Simple explains everything you need to know to create a new life there for you and your family. Host Catharine Higginson draws on her personal experience gained from over 20 years of living and working in France and shares insight from specialist guests tackling subjects such as inheritance planning, property purchase and renovation, visas and insurance. And if you appreciated what we do, please feel free to head over to my Buy Me A Coffee page - buymeacoffee.com/francemadesimple - lots of free resources there too!","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/france-made-simple-6755861"},"episode":{"title":"Can You Run A Gite In France?","slug":"can-you-run-a-gite-in-france","published_at":"2026-04-17T05:33:05+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/france-made-simple-6755861/can-you-run-a-gite-in-france","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/france-made-simple-6755861","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/francemadesimple/episodes/Can-You-Run-A-Gite-In-France-e3i1hlv","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/76d82c48/podcast/play/118588543/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-3-17%2F422245972-44100-2-7d59f8b737feb.mp3","summary":"In this episode I catch up with Paul who is not only an accountant but also runs five gites here in France.We’re chatting about the financial, tax and practical aspects of running gites. With increasing numbers of people looking at gites as a way of generating or topping up income here in France, this episode is a must listen. It’s in two parts - “Can you run a gite?” And “Should you run a gite?” - partly because we felt that this is an important subject and there’s a lot to take onboard. And partly because we had a massive technical issue - a power outage on his end - so please excuse my (not terribly good) editing skills!But the information is all there and hopefully it will prove useful - enjoy! You can get in touch with Paul directly via email advice@houxservices.fr or take a look at his site www.houxservices.eu and if you contact him within the next 30 days and mention the podcast, you’ll get a 10% discount off the first set of any fees should you go ahead and use his services!","meta_description":"In this episode I catch up with Paul who is not only an accountant but also runs five gites here in France.We’re chatting about the financial, tax and pra…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":823,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/france-made-simple-6755861/episodes/can-you-run-a-gite-in-france/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/france-made-simple-6755861/can-you-run-a-gite-in-france.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}