Alison

Thanks everyone who replied.  The consensus seems to be to take out insurance in France and not to be exact about the age of the house. 

We are in the process of buying a house in France and would like to take out insurance in the UK.  We have been asked to give the ago of the property we are buying in France.  The Estate Agent doesn't know.  Is there something like the Land Registry in the UK where we can get this information?