Carolyne Kauser-Abbott · Expat Living and Real Estate French Real Estate Terms to Know Before Buying August 29, 2019Buying Property anywhere should cause one to pause and reflect on the investment. However, in France, there are some nuances to the way the residential real estate market operates. In addition, there is associated terminology that is specific to the real estate transaction process that you should know before buying a property. The following are …Continue Reading
Ashley Tinker Renovation in Provence: Living Room Reveal September 26, 2016We still haven’t hung any art yet! Soon. Notice we kept some of the blue on the ceiling. The living room reveal from our Renovation in Provence! More photos to come. When we first put this rather large bookcase in the room Robin wasn’t too happy with me as he first …Continue reading here for photos …Continue Reading
Ashley Tinker · Stay: Accommodation & Rentals in Provence Bells, Shutters and Stone Traditional Architecture in Provence December 14, 2020Church Bells of Bonnieux Recently, we stayed in the hilltop village of Bonnieux in Provence’s Luberon where we were treated to a singular sensory experience. We reached out to Vincent Gils, the only carillonneur (bell-ringer) left in the Vaucluse area and one of few left in France. Vincent’s father, Bernard, taught him to ring the …Continue Reading
Expat Living and Real Estate · Sophia van Woensel-Mose Real Estate Tips and More on Moving to Aix-en-Provence June 28, 2018By Sophia Mose: Aix-en-Provence Relocation Newcomers to Aix-en-Provence as well as people considering a move to this popular town just inland from Marseille tend to have a lot of questions about moving to Aix-en-Provence or living there – which neighbourhoods are the nicest or closest or greenest, the property market in and around Aix, social …Continue Reading