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    Making an initial Offer - is a notaire needed at this stage

    in Finding/Owning French Property

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    Our latest experience in Dec. 2022 was that the offer had to be in writing (on paper, not email) and signed by the agent and prospective buyer before submitting it to the seller or his/her agent. 

    If you don't read/speak French, I would ask someone to accompany you through this who does.  Your agent will likely do their best, but you really need to understand every word of every document - and they are plentiful.  The diagnostics can be 100 pages long and are very very important.

    Things can vary from department to department and in many departments (such as where we live) appointments with Notaires can have long delays.  That is what delayed our purchase to be 3 months (cash sale).  Notaires round here were overloaded.  We could have closed in as little as 30 days as it was a cash sale, but the Notaire's office took a long time to process and the required documentation.

    Good luck to you.

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    greetings and sign-offs in emails

    in Other Topics

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    In French, as you say, Bonjour generally works, unless it is a formal letter and then there are a million and one formal options, depending on the circumstances.  And again, in a casual French contact, I sign off with Cordialement.  Formal letters, the same million and one options apply.

    In English, I usually type Dear Sir/Madame (although these days, that might be considered politically incorrect...).  Although I'd have a hard time typing Dear Sir, Madame, He, She or It.  I'll sign off with Sincerely in most cases.  Regards in some.

     

    Which is your least liked vegetable?

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    Oh Lehaut !  Fresh steamed artichokes are one of our favorites.  And we don't use butter, just steam them with some slices of fresh lemon tucked into the leaves and a touch of salt and pepper when eating.  And when you reach that exceptional heart, what a reward.  🙂

    I love fresh kale also, raw in a salad or cooked.  It is just very hard to find round here.

    As to plantains; I've tried frying them and adding a touch of salt afterwards.  They were okay.  Not really sweet.  I bought them firm.  Not sure if that was correct, but I can't imagine they would fry and stay solid if they were soft like a banana. We are not really fans of frying foods and the plantains were not tasty enough (to us) to make a second time.

    And we love celeriac steamed and beetroot and I buy tons of fresh spinach when it is in season.  We enjoy pureed cauliflower and also the florets sauteed in a bit of olive oil with a bunch of fresh mint added.

    I think we must be easy to please when it comes to vegetables..

    Beware of le french washing

    in The Complete France Post Bag

    Posted

    3 hours ago, Lehaut said:

    "Transformé en France"

    Yes, annoys the hell out of me.  In most cases, when I see this on a label, there is no information as to where the contents of the package came from.  Of course, I do care where the package holding the contents was made or where the contents are stuffed into the container, but the actual source/location of the contents itself is even more important (to me).  SOL there, it ain't noted.

    Watch out for e- coli in cheese

    in The Complete France Post Bag

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    Saw that.

    Sadly, we very rarely buy any unpasteurised cheese.  There are many we really like but there are just too many recalls.  I've said it before, I check this govt recall site every single day as there are so many recalled products to look out for.  And it isn't the be all end all in recall sites.

    https://rappel.conso.gouv.fr/

    Also stopped eating raw oysters (and I love them).  Too many risks.

     

     

    New use for car hazard lights

    in The Complete France Post Bag

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    Crazy.  Don't they realize, as noted in the video, the Police can easily see it is a fake ?  Dumb move.

    That link leads to this link.  There are a lot of crazy people on the roads. 

    It most definitely isn't easy, but it isn't impossible.  You can't give up.  You have to follow through the process.

     

     

    Trump !

    in The Complete France Post Bag

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    10 hours ago, cajal said:

    Why do I get an inclination, Barack Obama would give you an argument? He was, after all, only 47. 😉

     

    True, but look what they did to him.  Making nearly every move he made impossible.  Trump is still saying he'd get rid of Obamacare.

     

     

     

     

     

    Why is the Dordogne so cheap ?

    in The Complete France Post Bag

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    Yes, the house we bought here in the Dordogne would have sold for a MINIMUM of 500,000€ in the Vaucluse (where we were initial looking in 2021/2022).  Once we finish all the work here, it would sell for a minimum of 700,000€ in the Vaucluse.

    Can't address the work or schooling issue, but no one complains about either here so far.  Most complain about having TOO much work.  There seems to be a lot of extra-curricular activities for school kids.  I see all the info in our weekly/monthly/quarterly newsletters.

    Husband is amazed that there is a very good tennis club within 3 kms of the house (we live in a fairly rural area) with indoor and outdoor courts.  Plus the other neighboring towns have very active tennis clubs.  So, he signs up for endless tennis tournaments all around the area, all year round.

    I thought you weren't going to stay in France?

     

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