Expat Living and Real Estate · Living in Provence · Sophia van Woensel-Mose Buying Property in Provence: Viewings February 21, 2019House purchase negotiations are a delicate process anywhere in the world. Tempers quickly flare, and communications can break down because of misunderstandings or hurt feelings. When you don’t speak French fluently and don’t know the ins and outs of French customs and the French real estate market, then things could go wrong even quicker when …Continue Reading
Expat Living and Real Estate · Julie Whitmarsh · Living in Provence Provence Expat Life: When Does a Holiday Stop and Life Begin? October 17, 2017Contributor blog post by Vaucluse Dreamer: So that’s it – I’m back in the UK after another long summer at our little place in Provence – Andy’s staying on for another couple of weeks, as he came out after me and we always want to use the house as much as possible! I find it hard …Continue Reading
Expat Living and Real Estate · Julie Whitmarsh · Living in Provence Launching a new start in Provence May 13, 2016Contributor blog post by Vaucluse Dreamer: In 8 days time we should be at the Notaire’s office in Apt, on the verge of signing the final paperwork ‘Acte Authentique’ for our new house in the Vaucluse. As you can probably imagine things are a bit frantic at home as we are trying to get everything …Continue Reading
Expat Living and Real Estate · Jemma - French Lessons · Living in Provence Living on the French Riviera our Summertime Vignettes October 16, 2018Contributor blog post by Jemma: French Lessons has survived a summer that one local friend dubbed “un agenda de ministre.” Even for us non-government ministers, the French expression seemed an appropriate way to characterize our schedule in a country where public spending(as a % of GDP) continues, shall we say, to outperform. Our summer months were simply …Continue Reading
