Thanks David, your information may prove to be very helpful, we are very interested in this property and are likely to have a discussion about it after my wife has seen it on Friday, so I suspect I am likely to call you after the event.

Having said all this and taking account of the fact that the property has been empty for some time we have had quite a number of disappointing viewings in France. It's understandable that property photographs show properties in their best light, but the surroundings and the less attractive aspects of a property have let many down and left us disappointed.

Fingers crossed on this one.

Rest assured though - a few dead flies in the house and weeds in the garden won't mask a properties potential in my wife's eyes. She's very good at seeing through the cobwebs :-)

Thanks ever so much for your help. So much better than [removed] Immo. In fact there's no comparison. Wish we had known about you earlier.

Kindest regards, Chris.

It is a constant frustration for us as well as our clients that some agents do not update images of property for sale in France. We like to get our agents to update images but also a house can be 'for sale' in France for 2, 3, 4 years and that would not be unusual, it would not mean there is anything wrong with the house just that the market in rural France is slower than british clients are used to.

Rest assured we always make sure our clients know what to expect when booking a viewing on a property we have for sale in the many regions of France.