Carla_Pole

Hi All, Anyone near these areas at all? Would love to hear from anyone that is...

Does anyone know of these two ski resorts: SuperDuvoluy and La Joue du Loup? Does anyone live near these two areas? In the St. Etienne en Devoluy, Haute Alps (05) region? Thanks, Carla

Thanks very much for all your advice.. The reason we wanted the survey was just to be sure that there were no major problems like subsidence or something. We also wanted to get a guideline on how much we'd need to spend to get the house habitable. We wouldn't have used the survey for bargaining. As it happens, I got taken into hospital on the Sunday night.. right after I'd posted the original message! and this seemed to soften up our agent, and he agreed to let us have our survey done.. The agency guy is English, by the way, and I feel fairly certain that yes, he's trying to pull a fast one. This story is much more complicated, but we're keeping ourfingers crossed for a positive outcome. Oh, and the survey was fine!! We've now put an offer in! Many thanks again, Carla and Darren

Dear All, I'm really sorry to be posting this, as this question may already have been answered already on this forum, but we haven't the time to browse through all posts. We have seen a property that we like, and we are hoping to put an offer in, as soon as our surveyor sees the house. The surveyor is due to see the house tomorrow, at noon, but we had an urgent "text" from the agency in france saying "Please call me urgently, we can not allow your surveyor to look at the property without you putting in a formal offer". Is this right? As far as we know, we thought it was OK to have a surveyor in before you make an offer/sign anything? That's the whole point of a survey is it not? When I spoke to this man, he also said that it wouldn't be possible for us to put in a clause in the Compromis de Vente saying we won't buy unless the survey is OK. There is much more background to this story (including unhappy dealings with VEF), but I wouldn't want to bore you all with the details. Many thanks in advance from a confused couple. Carla and Darren