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  1. By the way......It is...is that right...at the moment a buyers market?You say the estate agents are having a very difficult time?
  2. Peter....I  would like to say that THE REAL estate agents in France are very proffessional and efficient.Some of the English support teams appear to have arrived on the scene and  appear to have the idea that selling property in France is an easy job.I do not have this idea! When a client expresses interest in a property the agent needs to know the answers to all the questions...what surrounds the house...how far from shops...what structral condition the property is in...what style of house it is...what is in the garden.....hopw many rooms...sizes of...taxes payable...cost of notary fee....what period is the house....and access to several photos.It is mad to expect a client to spend a week or even a few days, flights and hotels...just based on a brief tel call and one exterior photo. But some agents expect this!Explain to me how the brokers come into play....the large companies which are set up in London/England who form associations with several estate agents and  placate details/photos of  properties of which they have flimsy details and  then manage to book rendevous with Estate agents.Very often this process is fruitless because the detail of the original interest has been diluted due to lack of clear facts. I am going to settle in France with the idea of giving to the comunity;participating in what is there and hoping to add to it with my skills.What I do I try to do with panach and to a highest standard possible.Helping people find beautiful homes in just a possability......but I am not a scholar.... My skills lie in cooking and hospitality and that is where I will conentrate.I will not immitate what is already within my area...I will create my own product.
  3. Well just thought that I would claify a few points.....ran a restaurant ....very respectable and with accolades....so know about health and safefty.Had to take an exam for the sale of intocating liquor...and have held many restaurant liscences....of course that was all in English.My French is not great! The idea is not to make a living out of the two days trading....there is another project happening in the building which will provide the main income.Yes we may rent the shop.....however there is a great foodie market in the street on Sat and people collect from far and wide.I am fairly certain that we can manage more than 50 euros in a day...in London we often could take up to 1.400pounds ON A SATURDAY.....but I am not fooling myself.There is hoowever a difference between a good Brebis and Kraft Dairy-Lea!jon
  4. By the way you have said that estate agents are closeing down struggling.......the fee is 5 to 6% on a sale .....that is more than twice the uk figure.So maybe if it were trimmed to 2/3% so much would be different...acheavable??????????
  5. So it is very very hard to make a living in France?It is obviously a buyers market...when it comes to property?By the way I am not planning to open an ordinary coffee shop with baguettes and bought in cakes.We are making mostly our own....I am a pattisier...the cakes will be madiera type afternnon cakes with fresh berries, pavlovas and lemon or choc tarts.etc...we make real esxpresso/mocha etc and the setting  which we are using is rather special. We know that this work is not easy as we have worked 16 hour days in London.We will aslo sell other gifty products relating to the countryside outside. What special permissions are needed....is this all sorted out by the notaire?Jon
  6. What should I do if I want to work as an Estate Agent?
  7. We are seriously concidering the purchase of a TOWN HOUSE WITH a shop and will open a couple of dayhs a week as a coffee/tea shop.Will we need special permission?The property is registered as part commerical.Jon
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