Aussie

Our problem Albert is that we were allowed to take out a bridging loan and now they have given us just 6 weeks to find the 66.000 euros, then they repossess.  The loan isn't up until beginning of December.  The bank has said they won't convert to a mortgage even though I still have another 4 years to go to 70 and could pay.   

Hi there, here is another english speaker, like you we discovered the region by accident and love it.  We started off with a one bedroomed flat near the lac de Bonlieu and now have a house.  We won't have the house for much longer though unless we can find enough to pay off our bridging loan, but that's another story.  We have found the people very friendly and helpful, you won't regret it if you buy here. We hear more English spoken in the summer but we are the only English speakers in our village.