LOOKING FOR A PROPERTY IN EITHER THE AVEYRON OR CANTAL REGIONS?
If you are considering the purchase of a property in France, and specifically
the Aveyron or Cantal regions we can help you by providing a simple and
low cost route to finding your ideal property in France.
Whether you are looking for a place to retire to, a property investment
for rental income, a renovation project or even a new home to start a new
life, Selina and I can be useful to you.
We have owned a property in the Aveyron since August 2000 when we bought
ours as a renovation project. Since then, and with the help of skilled
local artisans, we have created “La Margoy”, the gite part
of which you will be acquainted with from this web site.
We would like to offer you the chance to use our experience to help you
find and purchase an appropriate property in this beautiful part of France.
We can:-
- Search through the many sources of property for sale in this area on your behalf.
- Provide you with a portfolio of properties meeting your criteria for viewing.
- Arrange a viewing timetable with the necessary contacts.
- Help you formulate an offer to buy.
- Negotiate a purchase with you.
- Help you through the buying process.
- Should your property require work we can help you source the necessary skilled artisans.
- We can give you advice and support during the renovation process and can manage it for you should you so wish.
- Once purchased or renovated you may wish to seek a return on your investment by renting it for certain periods of the year. We would be happy to arrange this for you, dealing with all aspects of the rental process, and providing you with income after costs in either sterling or euros.
HOW IT WORKS
We would expect you to have a fairly clear idea of the types
of property that are of interest to you, and the price you would be prepared
to pay. Remember we would always be working for you to get the best possible
prices.
It is a good idea to have some knowledge of the area to help define where
you would wish to purchase. The countryside in the Aveyron and Cantal varies
enormously, from the ski areas of Le Lioran (Cantal) to the rolling fields
outside Bozouls (Aveyron) and the wide-open spaces of the Aubrac.
The Aveyron, (post codes start with 12) is part of the Midi-Pyrenees, whereas
the Cantal, (post codes start with 15) is in the Auvergne region, and hence
the topography is very different.
If you have stayed with us at La Margoy before you will have experienced
first hand what the area has to offer. If you want to experience what the
area has to offer, why not spend some time here and get a feel of life
in this part of rural France.
COSTS
On receiving the initial instruction to search on your behalf a fee of 500 euros is payable. This is primarily to stop timewasters and helps cover the initial travelling expenses around the region searching for properties. The fee is fully refundable if you proceed to purchase. On purchase a fee of 2.75% (min 2000 euros) of purchase price is payable, less the initial introduction fee.
The housing market in this part of France has slowed. The English are not buying as they once were. However, there are still buyers from other parts of Europe, notably Belgium and Holland who are still able to take advantage of the current situation which frankly is in their favour. You see in France estate agents are primarily all self employed and only receive income once a property gets sold. Here, their fees are considerably more than their British counterparts, averaging something like 7% of the overall property sale price. So at the moment, and to cover the drop in sales volumes, many are revisiting selling clients seeking to reduce property prices by as much as 20% to attract interest from a prospective buyer. Of course the agents themselves will get a well-deserved fee, which will cover the long winter months of no sales but continual outgoings in the form of cotisations (local taxes for health, unemployment etc).
So if you are considering a move then now is an ideal time with both vendors and estate agents looking to be as flexible as they can be.
