A house owner – Day 1
We have gotten the keys! We are now the official owners of a French house in Gometz-le-Chatel, Essonne, a little town of 2,500 inhabitants, about 30km south of Paris. It…
Life in France
Buying a house in France (Part 7)
After the 4th house visit debacle, we became a pair of more experienced house buyers. On the same day we changed our mind on the 4th house, we visited the…
Buying a house in France (Part 6)
4th House Visit It was the first week of February. We had been actively searching for a house to buy since the start of the year. However, we had only…
Buying a house in France (Part 5)
Over four months from January to April 2021, we visited a total of eight houses. The following recounts three of our experiences. House Visits 1st House Visit On Saturday, 15…
Buying a house in France (Part 4)
The pickings on seloger.com continued to be limited in the new year 2021. We were still performing mainly desktop property market research even after the lockdown had been lifted mid-December…