moving to france

hi, we are looking to move to france (Charente maritime or Dordogne )area this year hopefully, do not want to stay in brexit Britain a minute more than necessary. we currently live in Wiltshire I am a housekeeper in a large property and husband is a painter/handy man. we have 3 dogs and worked in horse racing in our early years, would love to think we could actually make a living out in france but worried that it may be pie in the sky. happy to turn our hand to anything, I have 20 years of caring for people with learning disabilities and the elderly, husband has worked as a gardener for a large estate , no idea if any of this will be of any use when we move over, would appreciate any good/bad points on living in Dordogne or Charente maritime . look forward to hearing your views oops should also  say we had a place in the tour blanche many years ago but lost an awful lot of money due to unscrupulous friends. then bought a new place in Montpellier only to be ripped off by the builder then the economy collapsed, still not deterred and hoping its third time lucky