French house buying guide

Spring has arrived in the Haute Garonne Chateau, 4,068m Euros

1.Making An Offer

Once the seller has accepted your offer on a property, the agent or your property finder will contact the Notaire to arrange for the first contract to be drawn up. Notaires are public officers in France, appointed by the Minister . . . → Read More: French house buying guide

Christmas in the foothills

Christmas in Saint Lizier

Christmas tends to represent a very definite deadline in the property market; sellers want to know that they have sold and can move on in the New Year and buyers want to have completed and preferably be in their new home for Christmas. By mid December, property hunters have . . . → Read More: Christmas in the foothills

House buying à la français

CAFE FRANCAIS ASPET

All the talk in the British press (as well as in the Australian and American press) over rising house prices, gazumping, gazundering and property bubbles makes me (yet again) very glad to be living in France where people are rather more rational about houses and the property market is hugely . . . → Read More: House buying à la français

Important things to look for and questions to ask when house hunting in South-West France

 

Spring in the Pyrenees

For most people, buying a house is not something they do regularly and it is easy to miss important details or forget to ask the right questions in the excitement, emotion and stress of the moment. So here are some things I look for and questions I . . . → Read More: Important things to look for and questions to ask when house hunting in South-West France

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