Here he tells of the first tentative steps to find the perfect place and the adventures and frustrations along the way. It will be the start of a regular monthly diary in MEN Homes and on ManchesterOnline, detailing not only the obstacles he encounters but the surprising help and friendships he finds along the way.
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I look forward to hearing your next instalment Peter as I am off next month to do the same thing, but in the Limousin/Indre
region. Your Euro seems to go a lot further in this relatively undiscovered area. So keep it
quiet till I've got my chateau!
Further to my comments earlier
have just returned from my house search in Central France.
What an eye-opener, the estate agents in France charge commission at a tremendous percentage. We were looking
at properties of around 50-55000 Euros, 6000 of which were Estate Agents fees. We walked along the road and in the Notaires window the same property displayed for
6000 Euros less!
One agent(who must display their commission in their windows) was charging 7,600 Euros for properties in this range. So the cheapest way to buy, is get someone who speaks
good french and visit Notaires offices, then you pay Notaires fees not both!!!