David

Hello, I read the last message (from maryjc) where reference is made to www.immoboulevard.com. If you're still looking for a property, then I can certainly recommend these people. We'd been looking to buy in the area for about 2 years and were tempted by a property on their web site last January. We fell in love with it immediately and finally signed the paperwork in May. There is much work to do (the house is not habitable yet) and the agent (Joost Kubbe) has been extremely helpful and the after-sales service very good. He's helped with banking, insurance, rubbish disposal, water and electricity connections and found an architect for us (etc, etc). The south Morvan area is very nice and the people friendly. Our immediate neighbours are great fun (they even turned up with supplies in the hot summer when our car was out of action and would accept no payment) and there was much in the way of introductions and hand-shaking at the local village fete. Apparently, we're referred to (in the valley) as the "mad English" for wanting to take on such a restoration project but everyone drops by to see how we're getting on and I think (secretly) they support us and wish us well. Good luck with your house hunting (not that we want too many Brits to find our bit of paradise) but be quick. Prices are certainly going up in the area. We reckon we could sell ours now for 50% more than we paid for it last year ... not that we ever would! Regards.