The French Property Buyer's Guide
THE INVALUABLE GUIDE THAT NOBODY THINKING OF BUYING A FRENCH
PROPERTY SHOULD EVER BE WITHOUT...
WHEN WE BOUGHT OUR FRENCH HOUSE I WAS CONFUSED BY THE PROCESS,
MYSTIFIED BY THE PAPERWORK AND WORRIED ABOUT MY LIMITED LANGUAGE
SKILLS.
WORSE THAN THAT, I WAS SCARED THAT ANY MISTAKES WE MADE COULD END UP
BEING VERY, VERY EXPENSIVE!
Hi. My name is Jeff Seems and although English by birth I now live
full-time in France. As I write this my wife and I have been here for
just over three years and we love the place. Best move we ever made.
BUT IT WASN\'T WITHOUT DRAMA AND UNFORTUNATELY IT WASN\'T WITHOUT
CONSIDERABLE EXPENSE - MOST OF WHICH COULD HAVE EASILY BEEN AVOIDED IF
WE KNEW THEN WHAT WE KNOW NOW.
That's the purpose of The French Property Buyer's Guide. I wrote it
simply so you don't have to go through the same sort of grief that we
did.
[1]BUT LET\'S START AT THE START...
I have to assume that the fact you're reading this means you're
interested in buying property in France.
* Maybe you're buying for investment.
* Perhaps it's a holiday home?
* Or perhaps you're looking for a permanent move. Getting out of the
rat-race or going somewhere where your savings will stretch a bit
further?
Doesn't really matter, the challenges and pitfalls are the same.
_FOR A START, IF YOU\'RE ANYTHING LIKE ME YOUR FRENCH ISN\'T WHAT
YOU\'D CALL FLUENT. WHEN WE MOVED HERE IT WAS MORE THAN TWENTY YEARS
SINCE I\'D LEARNED ANY FRENCH AT SCHOOL AND I WASN\'T EXACTLY AN \'A\'
STUDENT THEN!_
We'd been here quite a few times on holiday and my French had
definitely improved but it still wasn't great.
Maybe that's not you. If you speak good French you have a great head
start. If you don't you'll be needing some help.
But who do you turn to for help? English representatives? French
estate agents? So-called "consultants"? It's difficult to know who to
trust when obviously a lot of them have their own interest at heart
and financial rewards at stake.
Then there's the legal stuff. OH BOY, THE LEGAL STUFF. We've all
heard horror stories about how much the French like their paperwork
and their forms. It would be bad enough in English but when it comes
in a language you have trouble understanding... need I say more?
SO THE IDEA OF BUYING IN FRANCE IS GREAT.
UNFORTUNATELY FOR MANY PEOPLE THE ACTUAL PROCESS CAN BE VERY
STRESSFUL, FRAUGHT WITH WORRY AND FINANCIAL CONCERNS.
IT DOESN\'T NEED TO BE. MAYBE WE CAN HELP.
I have to say at this point I'm not an estate agent or property
consultant or anything like that. Nor am I a conveyancing solicitor or
lawyer.
SO HOW COME I WROTE THE FRENCH PROPERTY BUYER\'S GUIDE? WELL IT\'S
FUNNY HOW THINGS TURN OUT SOMETIMES, ISN\'T IT.
Not long after we bought our lovely old French farmhouse, some
friends moved to France. Of course we were in a great position to help
them, which we did. Then we helped some friends of those friends. They
insisted on paying us for our time and trouble. On that occasion we
accepted a few bottles of wine but before very long word was getting
round and we had a thriving small business on our hands!
TO BE HONEST WITH YOU THOUGH, PROFITABLE THOUGH IT IS, IT\'S NOT
WHAT WE CAME HERE TO DO. We've got our own interests and the business
meant we were spending more and more time sorting things out for other
people and not doing our own thing. Rewarding work when you see the
smile on someone's face when they're getting the keys to their new
French home but, as I say, not what we came here to do.
[2]_THE THING IS, YOU DON\'T WANT TO LET PEOPLE DOWN, DO YOU._
_THE SOLUTION? WELL MY WIFE SAID WE SHOULD WRITE SOME INSTRUCTIONS.
THAT WAY WE COULD HELP BUT WOULDN\'T HAVE TO BE DIRECTLY INVOLVED._
Good idea, I thought. Trouble is, when we started writing it all
down it was soon ten pages, then twenty, then thirty....
Hence this ebook, The French Property Buyer's Guide (which
incidentally ended up at sixty pages). It's all the things we could
think of that you need to know when you buy a property in France, all
in one convenient place. It's not full of fluff and property-speak,
it's full of what we've learned.
CONVENIENTLY YOU CAN ORDER IT NOW, ONLINE [3], AND DOWNLOAD IT
STRAIGHT TO YOUR COMPUTER. SO THERE\'S NO WAITING FOR THE MAIL AND NO
DELIVERY OR PACKING CHARGE EITHER.
But let's get down to a bit of detail. What's in the book? It's only
a small investment but you want to know what you'll get for it, don't
you.
* The first thing we realized was that unless you're very fortunate
you won't have been able to spend a lot of time in France. Perhaps
you've been to Paris or holidayed on the coast or up in the mountains
but there's a big difference between going somewhere on holiday and
searching for a house.
* Then you need to know where to look - online and off - and how to
sort the good from the bad. There are literally tens of thousands of
websites for French property, how do you know which are honest?
* Then you need to know how to arrange to see the properties so you
don't waste your time. It's no good going hundreds or even thousands
of miles and just turning up unannounced.
* Then you need to know exactly how to make an offer - and what
you're getting yourself into when you do.
* Then there's deposits, surveys, notaires, inspections and all
kinds of other things that can happen.
* Then finally the purchase itself and a few things you'll need to
do right afterwards to make sure everything's sorted out whether you
need to return to your own country or you'll be staying in France.
* AS A LITTLE EXTRA BONUS WE\'VE INCLUDED SOME USEFUL WEBSITES, A
COUPLE OF MEMORY JOGGERS AND A VERY USEFUL VISIT REPORT THAT YOU\'LL
PROBABLY WANT TO PRINT OUT SOME COPIES OF.
It's quite likely you already own a home. You've probably been
through all this at least once before. You'll remember the stress and
the frustration you feel sometimes. Imagine all that with a property
market, legal system and language you are unfamiliar with.
_THAT\'S PRECISELY WHY WE WROTE THE FRENCH PROPERTY BUYER\'S GUIDE._
I can't promise that it'll solve all the problems that can occur
when you buy a house in France. That would be a daft thing to say.
BUT I WILL MAKE YOU THESE THREE PROMISES.
* I promise that this ebook will give you the know-how to avoid many
of the pitfalls and equip you to cope well with any problems that do
occur.
* I promise that what you learn from this ebook will save you money
- no doubt about it. Certainly hundreds, maybe thousands.
* I PROMISE THAT IF IT DOESN\'T COME UP TO YOUR EXPECTATIONS I WILL
REFUND YOUR MONEY IMMEDIATELY. NO QUESTIONS. TRY THAT IN YOUR LOCAL
BOOKSTORE.
Well that's about enough from me I think except to remind you of the
special offer just below. Good luck and maybe we'll see you over here
some time!
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The French Property Buyer's Guide is normally only $21.95 which is
great value for money. However, if you order today you can get it
for just $14.95
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A QUICK REMINDER: The French Property Buyer's Guide is a digital
ebook that you download straight to your computer so you can be
reading it right after you pay. There's no wait for the mail and no
extra packing or delivery charges.
It should all be very straight forward but if anything should go
awry (you know the internet occasionally) don't worry, we'll have a
record of your purchase and we will always be able to get your copy to
you.
At this point in time hardback and paperback versions are not
available.
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