Every piece on the site

The Law

• November 2024: What the Loi Le Meur Actually ChangedThe Law
• G from 2025, F from 2028: The DPE Bans and Why Stone Houses Rate BadlyThe Law
• Paris, Saint-Malo, Biarritz and Annecy Used the New Powers FirstThe Law
• The Taxe de Séjour: What It Is and Who Sets the RateThe Law
• More Listings on Airbnb Than Gîtes de France Has Had in Seventy YearsThe Law

Buildings

• Nine Building Types, and the Ground Each One Came Out OfBuildings
• The Longère Runs Along the Ridge; the Penty Sits at Its EndBuildings
• The Mas Turns Its Back on the Mistral; the Bastide Faces the SquareBuildings
• The Alsatian Colombage Frame in Raking LightBuildings
• The Maison de Maître Is Symmetrical on Purpose; the Pigeonnier Says It LouderBuildings
• What a Stone Wall Does to an Energy CertificateBuildings

Materials and Roofs

• A Lauze Roof Weighs More Than the Walls It Sits OnMaterials and Roofs
• The Tuile Canal Is Curved for a Reason; the Génoise Cornice Is the Shelf It Drains ToMaterials and Roofs
• Tuffeau Cuts Like Cheese and Lasts Centuries: the Loire's Building StoneMaterials and Roofs
• What Happens When Cement Render Goes Onto a Lime-Mortar WallMaterials and Roofs
• Internal Insulation on a Stone Wall: What It Does to the Room and the RatingMaterials and Roofs
• The Architectes des Bâtiments de France: What They Protect and What They RefuseMaterials and Roofs

The Land

• A Wine Road About 170 Kilometres Long, and the Terraces Along ItThe Land
• The Cévennes Were Listed for What People Did to ThemThe Land
• At Marennes-Oléron the Oyster Is Finished in a Clay PondThe Land
• Pierre-Paul Riquet's Canal, 360 Years of Platane, and What the Canker KilledThe Land
• Not a National Park: What a Parc Naturel Régional Actually ProtectsThe Land

Beginnings

• 1955: Gîtes Were Funded to Keep Farmers on the Land, Not to House TouristsBeginnings
• The Épi That Replaced the Star: How Gîtes de France Graded Its PropertiesBeginnings
• After 2020 the Buyers Went to the Creuse and the DordogneBeginnings