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I'm just being nosey, but also wondering how much would be unmanageable, so any comments are welcome.

One euros top prize, it could be yours. :lol:
Three questions which ones are True or false.

Buying a house in France.

1. Is it possible to buy a house without the ten days of reflextion.
2. Can you just sign and buy a property when all the papers are ready including preemption.
3. Do you have to pay a deposit.

Competition ends tomorrow midday....

That is plus legal fees :lol:
3900 sqm of land, detached house with second guest house 20sqm but cute. Garage,150 year old oak tree and 3900sqm of land. Almost habitable.
We had been trying to view this for a few days but Frenchies had arranged viewings before us but thought there was too much work.
The roof is water tight, kitchen and bathroom...

Well not everyones dream property but it's cheap.

Buyers must be queuing up after seeing that advert . . . not. No wonder it has been up for 5 years.

Just seen a house for sale which might suit but it says this at the end which I don't understand:

Renovation a neuf suite a OPAH Logement conventionné (anah) le 21decembre 2001;dénoncé a expiration le 30juin 2014.

Can anyone help please?

This has been on the market for a few years now at 16k, we always said it will never sell.
They dropped the price to 10k, then noticed an ad at 6k.
Offered less by text Mr man said yes viewed today sale agreed.
The house is sound good roof, water and electricity.
Just three rooms, attic and caves but an easy turn around for us. It even has a...

According to the company selling converted shipping containers. You do not need planning permission.

Vends container 13 m2 aménageable sur demande

Container aménagé tout en bois avec petite terrasse en bois.
1 pièce de vie avec climatisation, parquet, baies vitrées avec stores électriques.
1 salle de bain séparée avec porte coulissante...

Can it be done or should we look at Bulgaria. :?

Found this advertised, sent a few messages before the owner came back to us.

H lives in dep78 and was going to arrange a group viewing at the end of next week.
Asked if we could look at yesterday which we did. Emailed to say we would buy it.
Sale agreed so he does not have to waste a trip down...

Does anyone know if there are any implications to doing this compared to buying residential property to let?

Any tax implications or rules that you have to buy it through a business structure or anything else?

Should you find a house to buy and want to sign the compromis BEFORE you house is sold, how do you get money for the deposit should you not have enough in your bank. I believe 10% id the going deposit.

Many thanks

Best title that i could think of but doesn't really cover the situation that I will describe.

Who in France is legally authorised to sell a property for the owner, that is to say to market it, find and introduce a buyer and charge a commission or fee, in addition to that offering the handholding/translation service but my question is not...

Hello from a new user :- )

I was wondering if anybody had pearls of wisdom to share on buy to let in France?

We are living and working in a small university town with a strong demand for small appartments. These can be had for around 80 K, with monthly rents of around 450- 500. Most of those on offer are in an absolutely shocking state (when we...

Thinking of buying a house in France. We've identified a property and it looks in good condition but ... we're British and we're used to having the security of a survey of course!

I see elsewhere the suggestion of having a visit accompanied by a builder you trust - we don't know anyone like that - so my question is has anyone actually had a...

Good Morning.....

Just found this forum via FE site, we have put an offer in on a small house which has been accepted, interested in views on buying at this volatile time, its initially for holiday type use, but hopefully we can spend more time here as work lessens.

Are we crazy to buy at this time?

JD

Did anyone hear about French Property Connection? .

We're looking for a nice house in Provence hinterlands but can't find anything suitable.

Alternatively, does someone know a reliable property finder in this area? This would be great help!

Thank you

We signed the initial contract about 2 months ago. The closing date was for the 16th August 2019. This morning we received an email from the notaire telling us that they discovered that the outstanding loans are 70,000€ higher than the sales price.
The notaire has told us that she has been in touch with the tresor public who are owed 107,000€ to...

Hi

Selling my house, spoke to notaire in french, emailed in french, I am not perfect I know but

Just had an email to myself and buyer saying “It is required that you will be assisted by a translator, registered at a Court of Appeal.”

And its not cheap

Do I have to have a translator?

The notaire was the notaire (joint) when we purchased the...

We get a lot of property details through by email of potential properties under 25000 euros.
Most get binned if they are not detached or have a small patch of land.
This one did nothing for me but is in the same village where we are buying one this week.
They should have stripped it out before trying to sell it.

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We got an email late yesterday offering us a house for 13.000, there was a catch it had lost part of a rear wall, but its not that bad. Viewed and bought by 10am this morning very close to Lake Vassivière.
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When we were out and about we came across a house for sale. Nice house nice position but who would buy a house with these signs outside. Flood zone if your French is as bad as mine :lol:
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Usually I find French property descriptions quite bland, often there is even very little information. So was pleasantly surprised when I started reading the one below, much more like what I write and it did what was wanted, I stopped, read more and saved it. Does it work for you or do you prefer descriptions to remain a bland list of information...

Just watched Coast vs Country on Channel 4...or was it Channel 5 :?

Anyway, some Brummies want to move to Dourset with a budget of 700 k.

So they showed them contrasting properties in both the country and near the coast.

ALBF says all the properties on the programme were dumps. Scary what 700 k can't buy you in the UK :D

So with that type of...

When you moved to France who did you buy your house with or did you buy direct from the owner.

Legetts, a French estate agent, another British agent ?

Did you haggle the price ?

Our house was being sold by the local Notaire so we bought it from them.

I think we haggled a good 30 k off the price.

And you ?

We are told its the best place to live in France and its full of million euro house. :good:
For just 25k you could buy this little gem and its just 38 minutes from Tours.
Does need some work.