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Jul 24, 2024 9:35:25 GMT
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Post by Humph on Jul 24, 2024 9:35:25 GMT
I’ve never managed to visit Le Touquet, but I feel I should one day. Can’t really say why. Apparently it’s very nice if a tad expensive, so might be the sort of place I’d go for a night or two rather than a holiday. Y’know, being a pensioner and so on.
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Jul 24, 2024 9:46:52 GMT
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Post by Humph on Jul 24, 2024 9:46:52 GMT
Lovely garden! But I think I’d face two implacable opponents if I suggested buying it. I would have the opposite problem/reaction. 😬 Come to think, you’d kind of have to buy a 2CV van to go with it wouldn’t you?
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Post by Alanović on Jul 24, 2024 10:01:33 GMT
Paris shouldn’t be too busy until the weekend of 17 August when all the French return from their hols? Or will the Olympics somehow cause extra traffic? Sometimes it’s simpler to aim for the peripherique than it is to try to navigate the maze of outer suburbia motorway routes around the east of the city. I'm with you on the Peripherique, dixi. No idea why people get so scared of it. The motorways/N roads west of the city are a bit of a mess also. What Paris needs in an M-vingt-cinq...
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Post by Alanović on Jul 24, 2024 10:01:51 GMT
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Post by Alanović on Jul 24, 2024 10:04:06 GMT
Lovely garden! But I think I’d face two implacable opponents if I suggested buying it. My Managing Directoress is very much in with me on this plan.
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Jul 24, 2024 10:25:58 GMT
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Post by Humph on Jul 24, 2024 10:25:58 GMT
Same cottage, same price but a lot further south, as in deep south would be our dream. Yes, and a little van for the bikes. Suspect it’d be a bit more expensive in the warmer climate.
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Post by Alanović on Jul 24, 2024 10:34:11 GMT
Easy and quick access for short stays is key for me. I'm happy with the Normandy climate, personally.
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Jul 24, 2024 10:48:12 GMT
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Post by Humph on Jul 24, 2024 10:48:12 GMT
I’d want to swim in the sea, but I know that isn’t your thing, and travelling time isn’t a factor for us now.
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Post by Alanović on Jul 24, 2024 15:53:36 GMT
My property in Normandy has been removed by the agent! Which one of you swines bought it? Come on, own up!
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Post by EspadaIII on Jul 24, 2024 16:00:31 GMT
I hesitate to own up... so I won't...
Anyway the map in the details does not appear to correspond to the location of the property..
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Jul 24, 2024 16:47:03 GMT
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Post by WDB on Jul 24, 2024 16:47:03 GMT
Is coastal erosion a problem in Normandy too?
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Jul 24, 2024 20:16:58 GMT
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Post by bpg on Jul 24, 2024 20:16:58 GMT
My property in Normandy has been removed by the agent! Which one of you swines bought it? Come on, own up! Not me, but at that price and what my place is now valued at, it's got me seriously thinking. Can't do it right now, youngest lad is going into last year of high school in August. Edit: moving to a Mediterranean climate I'd need a haircut budget. It's growing like mad or go full on Gandalf. Flippin' ridiculous.
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Post by Rob on Jul 24, 2024 22:12:18 GMT
It's been removed from sale - not sold I think?
It looks like it needs as much again spending to make it truly liveable but you know that. You're thinking of when you don't need the UK house.
The amount wanted wasn't that much so I am sure something could be sorted. You'd struggle to get a decent newish car for that.
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Post by Alanović on Jul 25, 2024 7:49:51 GMT
I hesitate to own up... so I won't... Anyway the map in the details does not appear to correspond to the location of the property.. They never do in French property adverts. Also, there are usually really poor photos, and too few of them. I believe this is because agents are scared that other agents will "poach" their properties by finding them, and advertising them themselves. So it's much, much harder to find suitable properties online in France than the UK. I've often done some scanning of areas using Google Earth and then streetview to find the odd property, but it's very hard to do. As you saw with this one, they just dropped a pin in the middle of the nearest town. Impossible to find the true location without calling them.
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Post by EspadaIII on Jul 25, 2024 17:16:48 GMT
Ah... However much we 'call' UK estate agents (and I do, frequently given my work), we do have incredible amounts of useful free information online about each property (and I have more given I have access to professional databases). These days I could provide a valuation of a large proportion of houses in the country without inspecting them and get with 10% - 15% of their true value. Impossible in many other countries I think.
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