I thought it had been made illegal for landlords to ask for this.
Short-term rental in gites is no problem from October to April, with a maximum 3-month contract.
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Thanks! I grew up in Chicago, so cold winters? I am very familiar! Iâve also lived all over the US - including Phoenix - so cooler winters are not a deal breaker - I love to snow shoe. But icy cold ones, nopity nope! I will check out the Morvan, too.
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Yes, thank you. I am already looking, somewhat. I have bookmarked a ton of places (as references) on LeBonCoin and I am amazed at the possibilities over the last 5 months.
Se Loger could also be worth a look, and I think there are various sites for long-term gite rental as well - I don;t recall the actual site names but a forum search may throw them up.
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Look at rentaplaceinfrance.com (mainly long term gite out of season rentals at low prices)
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The public service website has a platform where prospective tenants can prepare their dossier for landlords. It is a fairly new service but I think it is starting to be quite widely used. Maybe worth a look so you know what justificatifs you can expect to be asked for.
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Been a lot of scams regarding rental properties on LBC - be very careful indeed.
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I think a 2 weeks stay to check things out is too short. You need to get a good feel for a place as an every day place to live. And time to check out other areas. What do you do in your spare time, are there local clubs to join? Holidaying in a place/area is a million miles away from living there. You want to live in a community, have chats with people on the street and in cafes, joining in with local clubs and also have shops, dentists, hospitals etc within reasonable driving distance. The day to day stuff is SO important. We chose our town Bourbon-lancy (Saone-et-Loire) to retire to because it is a velo town, with voie vertes and canal cycle routes all over the place, a lively cycling club and a running club we joined, and loads of other clubs and associations. We also had a holiday home close to the Morvan for 8 years, so we really got to know the area - mostly on our biked!. We discovered we didnât want to live in a small village of 180 people and the nearest bakery 9 miles cycle/drive away. We also run as volunteers an english class (I am CELTA qualified). So - in my opinion - itâs the chances to integrate and connect with people every day that is more important than beautiful snowy views - unless you are a keen snowshoer as we are!!! - but you can jump in the car to get to the snowy trails. You donât have to live right where the fun/play stuff is. Bottom line think âpeopleâ rather than âgeographyâ. And with climate change, those snowy slopes and trails will be getting smaller sadly, and warm locations will have droughts and forest fires and can be unbearably hot. Like Goldilocks, not too hot and not too cold is about right : -)
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Great, thank you! I completed all of this except for my initial accommodations - since I do not have them yet. Much obliged!
I looked at buying in the Morvan, but whilst property might be cheaper, it is fine if you want to do energetic hobbies.
It also has appalling roads.
Southern Burgundy has better weather and more facilties.
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This made me chuckle a little - compared to rural Oxfordshire the roads are actually pretty good! My wifeâs mini went through 3 sets of wheels over an 8 year period, and now she has a small SUV to cope with conditions.
But better weather sounds really good. Itâs not at all bad there, but it could be a bit nicer.
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Beirut is better than much of the UKâs roads 
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