We’ve talked to a number of folk that express enthusiasm for exploring the local lifestyle and bemoan those that remain insular and isolated … and yet my observation is that there is often quite a gap between people’s aims and their execution. So how do we achieve it? It would be interesting to get some comments to find what others have found useful…
To plunge or not to plunge? In the latest in a series of articles tracing the search for her own piece of France Anne Williams hurries back to France to view 3 properties near La Chartre sur le Loir in the Pays de la Loire that her agent has found.
Part 2 of ” Ce n"est pas difficile!”: Our first foray into serious house hunting in the Loire Valley.
Read Anne"s account of their first house-hunting trip and find out whether they found the ideal house in the ideal location in the Pays de la Loire near Tours
This is the first in my new series about how my husband and I ended up owning our own corner of France near Tours in the heart of the Loire – which we now enjoy sharing with other lovers of the French way of life!
Read how Anne and her husband set out to own their own pied à terre in France
So, why did we choose that one? What are the criteria for making the selection?
I can"t really tell you what you should do but I can tell you what we did … and didn"t do!
Read Len"s tips for buying a house in France
We finally decide to buy a house near Saumur in the Loire Valley.
Read Len"s first account about house hunting in the Loire Valley
Ok so we"re here and I can"t believe how fast the past two weeks has gone!
The furniture was delivered on schedule and then we had the task of deciding where everything was to go. We also cleared out our barn, which was five years overdue and had three full dechetterie runs in our van.
We"ve now rebuilt wardrobes, changed pictures around and the place feels more like home than just a holiday home…
Read Philippa"s account of her relocation to Brittany