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DIY Stores and Builder’s Merchants in France

October 11, 2016 by ashleyt 10 Comments

A Builder’s Advice

It can be difficult to find stores near you in a foreign country. This is especially true of builder’s merchants in France. Your common knowledge of simple store names just isn’t there. If you’re renovating a house in France, depending on where you’re located, this is where you’ll find your building materials:

Fun Fact: Robin, in addition to offering project management on renovation sites, offers to take his clients to various antique and repurposed material warehouses depending on your needs. Find him on Facebook,  Instagram, or renovationprovence.com.

DIY Stores (equivalent of B&Q or Wickes (England) and Home Depot in North America)

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Filed Under: French Reno Tips Tagged With: budget renovating, building materials france, DIY, DIY Renovation, diy stores france, expat in france, expat tips, renovating for less, renovating in france, renovating your own house, Renovation in Provence, renovation transformation

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