Books about buying and renovating property in France
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| Buying a Property in France (Red Guides) |
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Buying and owning French property can be a minefield. Get it wrong, and you can lose large amounts of money, sleep, and (possibly) hair.
So if you buy ONE piece of advice on the subject, make it this. We promise to tell it like it is, warts and all. We’ll tell you the stuff agents and developers won’t tell you. And we’ll tell you what you really NEED to know (instead of all the guff that goes around it).
All for only €4.95 - including TVA (French sales tax). (Aproximately £3.80 or $7.70.)
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| Buying a Property in France (Red Guides) |
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Price: £14.44
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Focusing on 90 top hotspots, it offers a unique, illustrated price guide to properties in every region. Full of expert advice and up-to-the minute information. |
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| Buying Property in France |
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Price: £8.09
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Very attractive, lots of colour photos, nicely laid out, easy to read. Written by the founder of Latitudes French property agency, so slightly biased, and errs on the side of – whatever the opposite of caution is. |
| Essential Questions to Ask When Buying a House in France: And How to Ask Them |
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Price: £6.74
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If you're thinking about buying property in France and want to read something on the subject that's both informative and entertaining then this is the book for you. It's written from personal experience and the author has certainly amassed plenty of cracking anecdotes along the way - plenty of amusement to be had. The book takes you step by step through the process in a way that's both clear and logical and easy to follow. It's not totally comprehensive and doesn't try to be but it's a good source of reference and value for money too. |
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| Buying a Home in France |
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Price: £11.66
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Packed with over 300 pages of valuable information, it's designed to help you avoid costly mistakes and save time and money. Very thorough, well-researched, good index, and errs on the side of caution. Looks dull but well worth the price. |
| Buying a Property: France (Sunday Times) |
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Price: £12.99
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‘An in-depth look... Thorough background information, plus everything from employment law to etiquette’ By French property expert John Howell. |
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| The French Property Buyer's Handbook: |
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Price: £9.99
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Highlights all the issues you should consider before buying a French home, or indeed relocating to France. Written in a straight-forward style, with a wealth of tables and contact details for further information. What we particularly like are the interviews with property buyers (and a couple with estate agents) dotted throughout the book. They’re honest, revealing (one woman details the dramatic end of her marriage after the disastrous purchase of a farm in the Limousin), and at times quite funny. Presumably names have been changed to protect the innocent… |
| The Best Places to Buy a Home in France |
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Price: £8.42
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One to read before you start your search. This is for folk who haven’t yet managed to narrow down their search area. A comprehensive, detailed, well-researched tome that looks at the different French regions and how they compare in terms of house prices, population, infrastructure, employment prospects, crime rates, climate… you name it, it’s here. |
| Buy to Let in France: How to Invest in French Property for Pleasure and Profit |
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Price: £9.89
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Guide to the 'Buy to Let' market in France. Buy to Let schemes are becomming more popular - but it's important that you understand the legal and financial implications of buying in this way. |
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| Renovating and Maintaining Your French Home |
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Price: £11.49
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One for all you DIY bores out there. Arguably the best and most comprehensive book available about renovating French property. Incredibly detailed, and not an easy read, but good if you like that kind of thing. |
| Life Style, French Style: All You Need to Know About Making a Home in France (Paperback) |
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Price: £8.44
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If you are thinking of buying or settling in France, this is the book for you. Hard facts of who, what, where, when and how are all here with a pack of do's and don'ts. It's pragmatic and anecdotal, and has a host of ex-pats giving good advice about establishing yourself in France.
Slices of humour pervade the pages with a sharp, experienced wit. A brilliant book and definitely needed to help your dream come true. |
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| Dictionary of French Building Terms: Essential for Renovators, Builders and Home-owners |
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Price: £8.44
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If you are going to be doing some building work in France then buy this book before you go! It is very comprehensive and has all the technical terms that you won't find in a normal english-french dictionary. The book is divided into sections (construction, decorating, plumbing etc.) which meant that i could 'swat-up' on decorating terms without having to trawl the whole dictionary for them. There is also a list of useful phrases and blank pages for notes - very helpful when you're composing questions to ask the builder. |
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| Renovation / Decoration / Gardening: |
| How to Renovate a House in France |
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Price: £18.99
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Superbly illustrated...with an amazing glossary of building equipment terms. This book will help you avoid misunderstandings with your builders. |
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| A French Restoration: The Pleasures and Perils of Renovating a Property in France |
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Price: £6.49
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This work is a charming and informative account of renovating a property in France. When you fall in love common sense flies out of the window. This is how it was for David and Doris Johnson when they found a down-at-heel mini chateau in the heartland of France. A three year restoration began - and with it a journey of discovery. French property expert Clive Kristen was drawn to the subject immediately. This is the amusing and instructional story of the Johnson's restoration, written to help others wanting to embark on their own French renovation. |
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| New French Country: A Style and Source Book |
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Price: £13.16
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New French Country takes you on privileged tours that include a lavish apartment in Avignon, a lushly landscaped estate in the Luberon and an antique ochre mill in Rousillon, treating you to a fascinating narrative about local customs and handicrafts. In addition to chapters on the colours, fabrics, furniture, pottery, architectural elements and gardens of Provence, New French Country includes an extensive directory to the best the region has to offer, and an overview of its most charming shops and most accomplished artisans. |
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| The Art of French Country Living |
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Price: £15.49
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This charming book will take you on a visit to country manors, small chateaux and exclusive country hotels. It features beautiful images of aristocratic dining rooms set for dinner, rustic kitchens in the midst of preparing a delicious meal, fragrant flower gardens, antique furniture and exquisitely embroidered linen: all of this exudes the essence of traditional French elegance and art of living. |
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| The French Country Garden: New Growth on Old Roots |
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Price: £11.49
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For this book, she invited the hugely talented French photographers Gilles Le Scanff and Joelle Caroline Mayer to join her on an odyssey that took them from Normandy to the Riviera, the Loire to the Pyrenees, to reveal the full extent of the Renaissance in French country gardens. Richly diverse, these gardens have been sensitively organised into six themes appealing to every taste. Highly fashionable 'Grandmothers' Gardens' combine fruits, herbs, flowers and vegetables in seemingly haphazard displays to offer nostalgic visions of cottage-style family life. 'Gardens for the Five Senses', inspired by the medieval and Renaissance past, focuses on sensual stimulation. The 'Passion for Plants' is exhibited in exotic, beautiful and novel planting schemes. 'Formal Fancies' take the elegance of the classical parterre but endow it with contemporary wit and fantasy. |
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