MontyinFrance

Miss Babs, not sure if you got my PM? Could you please let me have the details for your lady as I would be interested in following it up. Thanks

Thanks for the recommendation Patf, will check out their website as I haven't seen this one before.

We have been looking for houses in the Gers region for a while now (specifically round Boulogne sur Gesse, but are considering a wider area as long as there is good access to the Pyrenees). We have been a bit disappointed with the local immobiliers so far - we have contacted many (in English and French) and only a handful have replied to us. Has anyone had good experiences with an agent that covers that area, that they could recommend? Thanks in advance.

Hi We are also not married, but have no children. My father has passed away and my partners are now French residents. Does anyone have any thoughts? Thanks

Thanks for replies so far, all useful stuff!

We are currently looking for a house in the Midi Pyrenees, and have been looking south of the E80 so that we can be close to the mountains for hiking and skiing. We've since been told that the weather is better north of the E80, and it's still accessible for skiing. One of the areas we're now considering is around Boulogne sur Gesse. Does anyone know that area? Would be interested in any comments, both good and bad.

Thanks everyone for the replies so far - and thanks Cat for digging out all the previous postings, I didn't realise this was such a perennial topic! ChezTinns, have PM'd you.

Hi everyone I'm new to this board.  We are in the process of looking for our first house in France (which is to be a second home), and would be interesting in people's experiences of using UK based or English speaking solicitors to help with the buying process.  Do people think they got value for money by using a solicitor instead of just the notaire, and can anyone recommend any solicitors?  Thanks in advance for any replies.