Buying a French Property for full time living.

Buying a French Property as your
permanent residential home. What to buy, and where to buy. In addition,
however, you really need to consider carefully what kind of services you will
need to access on a regular basis and how far is an acceptable distance to
access these. You need to think not only about the present time but also about
the future. Do look ahead as you consider the right location for your full time
home in France.

 I remember one couple in there sixties
who bought the home they had always dreamed about for 20 years, a small rural
cottage up a little track in a small hamlet, about 5 kilometres from the
nearest village. Only the husband drove and when I asked them about what might
happen if he was ill and unable to take the car out to buy their groceries they
said that it really didn’t matter, he was never ill. Unfortunately, 2 years
later he died unexpectedly and his wife was forced to sell their cottage, even
though she was happy to live there on her own. She just could not make it
function on a day-to-day basis for herself and had to buy a house in the
village. The sad part about this was that obviously she had to leave a house
she had made into her home, but also, she had to leave behind some really good
neighbours and start all over again to make friends. Unfortunately it was the
husband who spoke fluent French and took care of all details relating to
purchasing the property the first time, and with no idea of what had to be done
and little knowledge of the language it would have been very difficult to make
the move. Luckily she found a very helpful and professional company called
VEFUK located in London who were able to help
with all legal and buying issues involved in buying a property in France
when you are not fully aware of the legalities of French law.

 Often, people who are looking for full time
homes in France
still need to earn an income. How you intend to do this will determine the
location of your property. Lots of people are now commuting from France back to work in the UK or Ireland. If this is what you
envisage doing, then remember that what may seem a short distance to an airport
for an occasional trip, may not seem so short if you are doing it on a weekly
or monthly basis. Do also remember that it is not sensible to rely only on one
access airport. Be prepared for routes to change, flight times to change,
airports to close, train services to be withdrawn and motorways to get
busier.  If frequent journeys to the UK or Ireland
are an essential part of your future life in France, then make sure you have
more than one possible route back.

 If you are intending to find paid
employment in France,
then do make sure that this is likely to be found in the area in which you
choose to look for a home.  You will also
need to check the local employment situation and find out if you have the
necessary skills to be employed. Similarly, if you are planning to create a
business, which relies on tourism, make sure you will have sufficient potential
clients. Sometimes it is best not to locate yourself where lots of other people
are already making a success of tourism related businesses but, on the other
hand, trying to create a market can take a lot of time and money. You need to
think very carefully about what you are planning to do, how to create a market
for what you are doing and how realistic your income projections are.

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