Our most feeble of compromises is to rent a villa
nearish Avignon for a fortnight next August with the children and grandchildren. Maybe we’ll see something and fall in love with it
against our better judgement.
Meanwhile, I was relieved to receive the following from
Rosemary Martin, who sets and updates the laterlife site. Rosemary,
too, has been dithering and now has pulled back from the brink. Here are her thoughts on buying abroad:
 My husband is a builder and over the years we have bought and
sold many properties that had potential for extending or renovating. We were seduced by the cheap prices of property
in Europe, and amazed to see that in many areas house prices were up to 75%
cheaper than the UK.
With interest
rates extremely low and giving a poor return, we considered investing our capital
in property abroad, both for our own holiday use and for renting to others, as we could
command up to £1000 per week in rental in certain locations....
BUT…
after sleeping on the
idea we agreed that we wouldn`t go ahead with our plan for the following reasons/excuses:
· We are not great holiday fans. We like to take off
for a few days when the mood takes us and work allows
· We like seeing different places and really prefer
the wilder, unpopulated parts of the UK
· Staff would have to be involved for domestic duties
- and we don`t want the added responsibility
· Any business/property needs constant attention which
it wouldn’t get, being a long way away
· We would not wish to charge rent to friends/family,
therefore the accommodation could easily become a free holiday spot for all and sundry
· We enjoy our lifestyle in our own home and the UK
too much to leave it for more than a week
· We are not retired and could not afford too much
time out, but would want to do any building/decorating works ourselves
So for us it is just
an impractical dream.
 If you still have the dream intact, look out for property
exhibitions advertised in local newspapers:
www.vivelafrance.co.uk
FOR AN ANOTHER WAY TO GET A TOEHOLD ON PROPERTIES ABROAD …
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