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The Times today says that a decade ago there were 800 châteaux for sale in France whilst at the end of last year there were 1500. That was before the corona virus occurred, which has now deprived all owners of any type of income for the past three months.

Much as I enjoyed watching the Dick and Angel saga, it had always seemed to me that their...

Afternoon Brian, 

Fantastic news, thank you so much for letting me know, how exciting 😊

After six years of watching the website that the house was advertised on, my dream has come true and my French journey has started 😊

We would love to meet you and your wife again to get the keys whenever we can make it over again. But if it’s more convenient...

Hi all,

We are considering buying a place in France for holidays whilst the family are young, then possibly to live in when we are old!

I am a new user here and this forum looks like a friendly, helpful resource.

I see a lot of really nice (IMO) houses for under 100k that would suit us just fine, staggered in fact at what you can buy. Areas...

Got an email from Cle France today informing me that I could ‘buy it unseen’ to beat the Dec 31 deadline with us leaving the EU.......that’s a bit of a lie to me, we can still buy property in France after Dec 31, like anyone can buy even if they are not from the UK......The problem is applying for residency, that’s what the deadline is all about,...

We got our first sale completed today during the lockdown.
It was all done by email, simple and quick.
Next one is due to be completed towards the end of this month they viewed just before lockdown.
They did get a paper contract, took three weeks by post to get back to France.
Finishing off by power of attorney.

House for sale on ebayUK, perhaps he does not know the buying process. If your the highest bid, 50% deposit by debit card or bank transfer within 48 hours, forget about the 10 days of réflexion. His solicitor has a contract ready to go. ;)

Ever seen an old abandoned commercial building and wondered whether it could ever get permission to be converted into a dwelling?

Well unless I have misunderstood the following or have missed something then permission is not needed!!!

La réglementation du changement d'usage, destinée à protéger le logement, ne concerne que les locaux...

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

This will no doubt be due to the current confinement but we have just received a compromis which, in the not so distant past, would have been posted out the old fashioned way when you couldn't make it out to an office. Gradually this changed to notaires being okay about emailing it out to be signed and returned. Today, for the first time, it was...

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...