Hi Sharon,

We have made a start on the house but have quite a few commitments over in the UK for another few weeks so won't get back for a while. We are getting things done though. 

We must extend our thanks to you for all your help over the months, it certainly made the whole searching and buying process so much easier than we anticipated. 

We were also grateful for you recommending your Currency Trader and Allianz Insurance, both of whom we used. 

In fact once we had contacted you, everything seemed to run so smoothly.

I will let you know when we finally move into the house, meanwhile, feel free to post any of this email to your testimonials, I think it is important for people who are starting out buying a house in France to know that there are people like you out there willing to do so much for them.

Kind Regards,

Allan.

Buying in France need not be difficult or stressful, it should be an enjoyable process where you know what is happening and when. That is why more and more people are choose Cle France from the start and with 8000+ properties (soon to be 10,000+) there is certainly the choice of houses. Allan called us 3 months ago and now he is the proud owner of a lovley house in Brittany, you should call us too.

Dear Sharon,

Many thanks for your help and advice in setting up our meeting with your agent on the ground in Normandy. Given all the difficulties we put in your way and the lack of sufficient time it was a very rewarding start to our eventual finding a place in France. Thank David for the information he sent accompanying his e-mail. We will certainly be taking advice on several issues prior to making any firm decisions. 

As far as the meeting with your agent went, we both thought it was very successful and we found him a very approachable, informative and friendly person. One in whom we could place our trust to satisfy our requirements critically and honestly.

We did not in fact go to view any of the properties that he had selected from our list, one that best suited us had unfortunately been sold the day before, the others, on further reviewing, taking into account our more specific requirements, were found to be unsuitable for more reasons to make a visit worthwhile. 

After much useful time spent with him in his office, we did actually go and visit two very different properties with the specific purpose of getting the feel of and trying to understand the complexities of French Estate agents information! The main problem we encountered with most of the property information was that it failed to give more specific location information. Which actual village, location with respect of roads fronting house, facilities in said village etc.

Which is not to say we did not completely understand the need for being as fair as possible to the vendor.

The second of the two properties visited had me looking seriously at the structure and small details of the building and grounds, almost as if we were on the point of purchase. It was very appealing. However after your agent left us we explored the village a little and on reflection would have had reservations even were we ready to purchase. Not about the building but more about location parking etc. 

However as you asked us to give feedback for your agent, it will give him a better understanding of what we are really looking for. 

What we really need is a Cle France agent in every town!

When we visited another agent on our way to Brittany it was difficult to make our needs clearly understood despite Daphne having an adequate command of French. 

Overall considering our limited time given to the project we think it was very worthwhile and we have a far clearer idea as to the parts of Normandy we are most inclined to favour. We also have a clearer understanding of the type of property and its location within the community that will best suit.

Once again thank you very much for your help. We will continue to peruse your site. If there is other information that you would find useful in helping us please do not hesitate to ask.

Best wishes, Paul and Daphne.

Well... we always like to ask for feedback following a viewing trip and it is great for us when we have a good dialogue with our clients as that way we will always find them the right property in the end. Thanks Paul and Daphne for the feedback and we will find them a property very soon I am sure.

We couldn't have done this without Sharon & her planning, organising & advice. She was an absolute star.

We had to do the house insurance through the bank in the end because we couldn't supply any bills as to our rental costs as it was all included in the rental, so by doing the house insurance it fulfilled our obligation & opening of the account.

Anyway we love the houses, tons of work to do but our French neighbours have been fantastic!

All the very best,

Alex & Dave.

Lower Normandy is a great place to have a guest gite or a B&B Business or simply just to live and enjoy the slow pace of life and mix with the ever-friendly locals. We wish Alex and Dave many many years of happiness in their new home in La Manche.

Hi David,

All went to plan and organisation was good. Nothing suitable from the ones we saw. Some were ok but just too far out from our base. What it has done though is to make us revise our requirements and highlighted the optimum search area.

We are going back out in January / February and will be searching your website in great detail before we go in the hope we can set up some more viewings.

Kind regards, Peter.

You may not find your perfect property on your first viewing trip as Peter has found out following his recent trip to Brittany BUT you have to start somewhere and statisitcs tell us that most people buy on their 2nd viewing trip anyway, so good luck to Peter next time and don't worry we have thousands of properties for sale and your choice will only get better with time!

Hi Everyone,

Will write properly when we have basics like electricity and telephone - but thank you for all your invaluable help and support.

Very best wishes and thanks

Linda.

Buying a renovation project in France can be exiting and Linda has just spent her first night in her new house in deepest Lower Normandy, no doubt we will hear more as the project moves on a pace but for now we congratulate her at the start of what we are sure will be an amazing journey.