Some top tips for buying a property in France

Buying and Selling

Written by Clare Rolt , Tuesday, 29 August 2023

If you’re thinking of buying a property in France, James Rolt, our Regional Sales Manager offers some top tips. He was recently part of an expert panel for an on-line event run by Your Overseas Home and gave some practical advice on buying in France, the French property market and the hot areas to buy.

In addition, he spoke about the best way to find the right property for you and how we can help! The relationship with your property consultant can often be key in helping to find the right property for you.

Watch the full video here: https://player.vimeo.com/video/811562779

If you're looking for a property in france, contact us and we'd be more than happy to talk through your requirements: info@beauxvillages.com

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We have recently sold our house in North Dordogne, using the Beaux Villages group and their agent Heather Comber.Heather is warm and easy to work with. She understood the virtues of our house, wrote a wonderfully crafted description and organised a brilliant video showing the unique nature of the property and location for prospective...

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We would like to thank Heather for all the help she gave us when we were selling our house in France. She made an excellent video to put on the marketing site and she answered all our questions quickly and professionally.thank you,Eileen and Sid Parkes

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