Matthew Maddock wrote:
Most overseas assignments like this tend to be for two years or less
due to Visa requirements (displacement of citizen workers and all
that). He did not make it clear in posting I saw in alt.home.repair
as quoted by Nick whether this was to be a relatively short term
assignment, as most of these are, or if he is, in effect, emigrating
to France, intended to set up is long term household there, and to
eventually renounce US citizenship to become a French citizen.

I think for whatever reason this was cross-posted! but I removed the cross posting on my
reply because I thought NG cross posting was frowned upon!

Only by the fools.

I am British, but am moving permanently to France.
Sorry - not used to NG's that are predominantly US read.

Thanks for the replies. Still don't know what to do, but will search out more local
information in France when I move there.

Solar is lousy value if mains power is available.