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Chateau aka money pit. unless your net annual income is more than 2 million Euro's you cannot afford one due to the taxes, utilities and amount of staff required to maintain and repair them. Bargain and Chateau are words that should never be used together in a sentence. Part ownership of a chateau is like owning a condo when the roof needs repair or other major repairs are needed each owner will be accessed for the repairs.
@m.j.5333 US and UK immigrants are boosting European economy, they invest in properties, support local businesses , form new companies, easily adapt to European culture and in overall create economic growth. Unlike some immigrants from other parts of the world.
Hey guy's...Been over and am on the move! Really love the Castamola area above Taormina. But the heat...Uggg! Any thoughts? View to or on the Med, over terracotta roofs...Oh do chime in, please...
Rather odd wooly piece - starting with mispronunciations tell me that whoever is responsible here has never been to France. Anybody thinking of moving to France should look elsewhere.
I am from Lake Como (Domaso), even though I live in Germany. It´s nice to see videos promoting my hometown, but please do something about the spelling of the villages´ name. PS. My brother in law is an estate agent in Domaso...
It’s important to know that, although those properties appear relatively cheap, they are very expensive to maintain AND you won’t be able to make any modifications you want : there’s a very heavily surveillance of historical monuments.
I used to live in Cannes, and have been looking into moving to Corsica now, because it feels much the same, a bit like living at the same time in France and in Italy. I was absolutely gobsmacked at how much space there still is, and how insanely inexpensive real estate is. Yes, I am well aware that basic necessities are far more expensive than on the mainland, and that it is the poorest region in France, etc., but I think it is the perfect alternative for the French Riviera, which I personally have not been able to find anywhere in mainland France.
Both sides of my family, the Grandmas left Alsace in 1870 because of a war with Prussia, so I'm half French/almost half Welsh, probably all Celtic. I feel French-American and I've always wished I could work there. I wonder where a French American would be most comfortable, I speak some French but don't sound right. I think Dordogne sounds great approaching retirement.
il pourrait faire l'effort de prononcer le nom des villes en Français. D'autre part du Bourgogne à 3 ou 4€ qu'il me donne l'adresse, de même que des maisons à 70000€ en Bourgogne. En règle générale les prix immobiliers donnés dans cet exposé sont à multiplier par 3 ou 4 en particulier en Dordogne.
After seeing the real estate advertisements for Burgundy, you should have told your viewers to beware of words like "viager" or "life occupied". That means that you pay the owner now, but you can't take possession until after whoever lives there dies. (The older the resident is, the higher the price.) Can you afford to wait an unspecified time (10-20+ years?) for the property? Probably not. Most French real estate search engines will allow you to filter out those listings, but you still need to be careful because some unscrupulous realtors don't mark properties as "viager", they only add a small note at the end of the description.
I was not aware of that. I would not buy such a property myself nor recommend to anyone. Thank you for the advice, I will remember it for future videos 💝
@@gabrieladramba1663 None : it’s a flat within a castle ! You can enjoy the land around and the common parts of the castle, but they don’t belong to you ! Besides, all the expenses related to maintaining those common parts and the land, are divided between the différents owners of the appartements : the fewer, the more expensive those charges are ! Up to several thousand a month ! And you’ll have to pay your share of the property tax…. Trust me it’s not a bargain ! More of a burden !
Dordogne is quite expanded on this map. And the housing prices need to be looked at with many grains of salt. Those are prices for housing with no land, many many repairs (might as well rebuild the while thing), and probably at 30 min+ from the closest small train station...
@nicolas4601 Thank you for the comment. I think when buying property at low cost it is somehow expected they will be in remote areas and some repairs might be required.
Prices are exploding - You have to have a reserve budget for unexpected expenses and check property by a competent architect before you buy to avoid surprises who can ruin our dream
Agree with the prices. I started doing research on houses in Italy 2 years ago and I noticed there is an increase. Property that was on sale 2 years ago for 60K is about 10K -15K more this year. Absolutely agree with the architect , thanks for the helpful tip ❤
Is so funny to ear the name of towns, completely miss pronounced. Dears expats, don't forget to learn french, without, you will struggle to live in France.
@donnaanderson5669 That's absolutely possible. I am doing Italian property series, I dedicated the whole summer searching for the perfect house, as well as visiting Italy so I will surely include coastal and historical houses for your budget. 🌻
Absolutely, there are many property management companies offering such services, from maintenance, housekeeping, rental and administration, they will do full house management service for you.
@@user-bx8so1zv2l yes the agency will take some percentage for managing your property. I think it’s better to pay to agency rather than have your property sitting empty if you don’t live in it whole year. I am looking for a holiday home which will turn into retirement home one day , I would absolutely consider having an agency taking care of the house for me. It wouldn’t be a matter of paying them for me rather than finding a trustworthy agency
