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 💝
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.
All I can say for people who would be interested, is that with the warming climate it doesn’t t rain so much in Normandy where I live now. For example yesterday it was pouring and colder but today it is sunny and warm. Weather seems to have change. I went there 30 years ago and it was cold and rainy during July and all day but now it seems to have come to an end...
I spent 4 weeks in Europe this summer - Italy, France, Germany and other surrounding countries and the weather was crazy. Hot since the morning and heavy storms in the afternoon. I lived in Europe until my late 20's but don't remember the weather being so unstable in summer.
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.
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.
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.
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.
@IamMagsB The video was meant to be more about affordable houses in French regions rather than everyday cost of living but you have a valid point. I could have included such info. In my defence I said bottle of wine cost 3-4€ 😅
@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.
@@ExpatTheExplorer As you are from a country involved in Genocide and Crimes against Humanity in Gaza, you cannot live in the EU, the fact the True Citizen Act will not allow it either.
Beautiful video. Just a suggestion. The narrator might want to work on his pronunciation of French towns and cities. LEE own not LION for Lyon, etc. AI maybe?
This an AI voice or this person is completely unaware of the pronunciations of the place names and just normal words? I hate AI productions. What a farce.
The fact that several people watching this commenting about the pronunciation leads me to believe they should immediately stop watching and LEARN about AI!
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.
@@kerriar I just did a road trip through France, spent few days there and I still can’t speak or pronounce French words. Just because you visit a country doesn’t make you bilingual 😎
@@ExpatTheExplorer better but still not a human voice. There's no cadence to the dialogue. If you want to increase your audience then you need to have a personality to your video - hence, the cadence of speaking
