So we've taken the plunge and booked a 7 day 'holiday' to France in late September. It seems to make sense to get on the ground over there and get a feel for a few areas. Hopefully we'll come away with more of an idea of where to concentrate our search.We...

Another boring post title, I know. But we're determined to do this right ....  and that requires lots of research. There's no point investing the time and money into a viewing trip if we cant afford to buy anything. We've written off the French mortgage...

Hailing from the North East originally, my Mam and sisters still live there. So we visited the exhibition on Saturday and continued on for a get-together Saturday evening. It was a gorgeous day - sunny and hot. This had us thinking how this will be par for...

Over the past weeks we've researched the mortgage offerings from a number of French banks and put in our first application.This was pretty lengthy, with an enormous amount of information required. What came back was unexpected. We have two rental...

You'll be aware from our earlier post that we've identified the south west of France as one of the best regions for weather (outside of the expensive south of France). We now need to find the best regions within the south west for affordability, especially...