Let the spring begin!

What a beautiful start to the month of March with blue skied sunny days and temperatures hovering around 20 degrees. The garden is bursting into life with daffodils and other early flowers and umbrellas are up in the garden for lunch as the full sun is bordering on being a little too hot already for dining sans shade! Of course spring temperatures can be variable so interspersed with the warm days we will still be in for the odd cooler day as we wind our way through early Spring!

But with Spring in the air and the café crowds returning to their favorite spots on terrasses across the region the area is starting to feel alive again. And of course in early Spring peoples minds also turn to property. Sellers begin to spruce up their properties for sale as northern european buyers, still cold bound, dream about owning a second home property somewhere warmer and of course Southern France is always high on the dream list!

There has never been a better time to buy than now. Maybe a french property is the perfect antidote to all the craziness going on in the world like the political disasters in England and the United States. There has certainly been a substantial surge in enquiries from both of these nationalities to which France has always extended a welcoming hand through recent centuries for buyers looking to sample the French joie de vivre!

What better place to unwind and relax and forget the cares of the world in a village house or a country retreat with church bells ringing in the distance, landscapes covered in grape vines and olive groves, endless sunny days and of course the best wines in the world. Once you open your front door and step inside the worlds worries just melt away.................

Buying opportunities for quality village houses start around 150000€ euro and go upwards from there. These are for turn-key properties, in sought after villages, renovated and ready to move into immediately. From the time you find your dream property and make the decision to buy to the exchange of keys normally takes 8 weeks in France providing you are working with an experienced agent who can guide you through the process.

New spring listings will start to be added to the site www.robertrichardfr.com over the next few weeks and for buyers who are looking to purchase you can contact me directly with your property search criteria and I can search for corresponding properties for you.

All the best for a Sun and Fun filled Spring ......