We are thinking of buying a property in France one to live in permanently and one to rent out as a gite. We are trying to decide which area would be best.... any suggestions? We were thinking of either Brittany or Limousin/Auvergne to begin with but there seems to be so many gites to rent in Brittany already, is the market saturated? or is there still room for us? It would appear that their are very few gites in the Limousin/Auvergne, is this because there is no demand for gites? or because the weather is too harsh in winter !!!!! I am assuming that the people who visit the Limousin/Auvergne are on walking/hiking/bike/rambling type of holidays, is my assumption correct? or do people just pass right through on their way to the south (as we did for many years!!) If you already live in either Brittany or Limousin/Auvergne , what is the weather like all year round. I have read so many conflicting reports! I'm confused! Any help would be much appreciated. Cheers Pam & Ranald