NikkiPilkington

Does anyone have any advice regarding where to look to find private rentals? I haven't found much online, but I may be looking in the wrong places! I am looking in the 62,59 (Nord pas de Calais) region for a house.

My partner and our 3 children are looking for a property to let in the Nord pas de Calais (59 and 62) areas of France. We are looking for a house with a garden, any area considered as long as it has good Internet connection (we both work from home on the Internet). Our companies pay us a salary and we have bank statements and pay slips to prove this. We recently entered discussions with a landlady through an agency, but despite us giving her: * copies of 3 bank accounts * copies of one years pay slips (bear in mind our income won't change once we're in France as we will both still be running our businesses) * receipts from our current landlord proving we have paid rent for the last year on the property we currently live in (in the UK) * a reference from a Belgian property owner (we rent her house in Bruges regularly as we spend time in Belgium on a monthly basis) * copies of our passports She didn't seem happy. She said she would need a guarantor, and as we don't have one in France (we would have no problem getting one in the UK) we've hit a stalemate. Our needs for the house are: 4 or 5 bedrooms Garden Preferably a cellar but not absolutely necessary Preferably a garage We have a fairly high budget and are willing to sign a long term lease. Does anyone have any advice about how we can find a private landlord that may be more impressed with what we CAN supply, rather than worrying about what we CAN'T? All help gratefully received, as time is drawing close....