Happy New Year and welcome to 2026 in southwest France

As a new year begins, it is the perfect moment to reflect, re-set and perhaps take a step closer to those long-held dreams. For many, that dream involves buying a property in southwest France, either as a holiday home or to move permanently.

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Taking climate change into account before starting your French property search

There are inevitably 101 things to think about when looking to buy a home in France and there will also always be those things you forget to consider however carefully you have done your planning. Now however, there is increasingly something else to think about; climate change and how that might impact . . . → Read More: Taking climate change into account before starting your French property search

La Rentrée in the Foothills

September in France means La Rentrée (the only equivalent we have in English is back-to-school) but in France La Rentrée is not just for school children; it is for every French person getting back into work after the summer holidays. Even if not everyone has managed to take the whole of August . . . → Read More: La Rentrée in the Foothills

The 5 top criteria for French property buyers

Despite the fact that every buyer looking for a property in France has different priorities and an individual wish list there are still some criteria that are listed on pretty much every property search brief I am given. These are the top five, not necessarily in any order:

1. A community

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