woolybanana Posted October 22, 2015 Share Posted October 22, 2015 Given the membership of this forum and their contacts, I thought someone out there might know someone who knows someone who can help me find the house I am looking for as I have hunted and hunted and seen everything from crup to expensive and useless.Between Hesdin and Montreuil, three bedroomsish with at least one on the ground floor. Newish or properly modernized but not by amateurs. Probably about 100sq metres with a garden maximum 1000 sq metres, flat. Garage.Not directly on a road as I have dogs. BNo rivers which flood or damp in the cellars, if any.Full insulation and decent heating, double glazing, electricity and drains all 100% condition.Kitchen and bathroom(s) in good condition and not supplied by B and Q!No nasty buildings or plans round about, not on the heights of the area.Probably a house with two bedrooms or so in the roof where I can live on the groudfloor.No barrels, please, Norman, they are subject to rolling in a gale.Any thoughts welcome.Thank you people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idun Posted October 22, 2015 Share Posted October 22, 2015 What a big area, including the Amiens region. Any suggestions about that Chancer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NormanH Posted October 22, 2015 Share Posted October 22, 2015 Put your stuff in storage and rent. Lurk in bars and cafés.Hint that you know an English couple who are looking for something at about 50k less than you want to pay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybanana Posted October 22, 2015 Author Share Posted October 22, 2015 Doudoune, between Hesdin and Montreuil is a relatively short distance and a river valley, so not so large really. Definitely not Amiens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybanana Posted October 22, 2015 Author Share Posted October 22, 2015 Norman, thank you. But you know you got arrested for lurking so I am a bit nervous of trying the same thing!! Remember, English ladies of a certain age don't like you leaning over their shoulders, with the odour of garlic and stale wine, asking them if they need a hand!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NormanH Posted October 22, 2015 Share Posted October 22, 2015 http://www.leboncoin.fr/ventes_immobilieres/869408685.htm?ca=17_shttp://www.leboncoin.fr/ventes_immobilieres/867727595.htm?ca=17_s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NormanH Posted October 22, 2015 Share Posted October 22, 2015 Remember, English ladies of a certain age don't like you leaning over their shoulders, with the odour of garlic and stale wine, asking them if they need a hand!!It is obvious that our social spheres have been widely different.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idun Posted October 22, 2015 Share Posted October 22, 2015 I thought you meant the Montreuil very near Paris, didn't know that there was one near Hesdin, just looked and there it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybanana Posted October 23, 2015 Author Share Posted October 23, 2015 Thank you, Norman. I had seen those two houses on Leboncoin but rejected them for different reasons; one of them has a garden that is far too big for me (yes, I know I could leave it to go to seed, so to speak) and the other is well off my beaten track, so to speak.As to the ladies, well, I wonder where you did spend your misspent youth, then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beckett Posted October 23, 2015 Share Posted October 23, 2015 We have visited - because we have friends in - Conty. It's a lovely little town. Nothing spectacular, but everything you might need. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hereford Posted October 23, 2015 Share Posted October 23, 2015 But Conty is not in the area Wooly wants to live... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beckett Posted October 24, 2015 Share Posted October 24, 2015 Maybe more than one Montreuil? Google knows only one. Thanks anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybanana Posted October 24, 2015 Author Share Posted October 24, 2015 it is the Montreuil in the Pas de Calais; there are several in France Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loiseau Posted October 24, 2015 Share Posted October 24, 2015 More correctly, Montreuil-sur-Mer - though the mer has receded a few miles and is not even visible from the town's wonderful ramparts.Angela Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JandM Posted October 24, 2015 Share Posted October 24, 2015 I've always believed that that Montreuil is the one Victor Hugo set some of Les Miserables in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quillan Posted October 24, 2015 Share Posted October 24, 2015 [quote user="woolybanana"]it is the Montreuil in the Pas de Calais; there are several in France[/quote] Do a bit of research on the place if I were you. Some nice photo's of cars floating around, literally, there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alittlebitfrench Posted October 24, 2015 Share Posted October 24, 2015 This fits your demands....http://www.seloger.com/annonces/achat/maison/montreuil-62/101514093.htm?ci=620588&idtt=2&idtypebien=1,13,14,2,9&listing-listpg=2&tri=d_px&bd=Li_LienAnn_1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mint Posted October 24, 2015 Share Posted October 24, 2015 Yes, indeed, albf, nice property though probably a bit big and the gardens a bit more than Wools wants.Wools, is that the sort of property you are looking for?Now you'd have all of us looking out for properties for you..........[:D] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loiseau Posted October 24, 2015 Share Posted October 24, 2015 QUOTE JandMI've always believed that that Montreuil is the one Victor Hugo set some of Les Miserables in. END QUOTEIt is indeed, JandM. The town puts on a wonderful son et lumiere each summer on the LesMis theme.It was also Haig's HQ during the planning of the Somme offensive from 1915.Angela Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybanana Posted October 26, 2015 Author Share Posted October 26, 2015 Thank you everybody for your ideas and help; thus far I have seen a good number of places but not yet one which ticks all the boxes. However, upward and onwards, I shall be back in the area in a couple of weeks, having primed a wider range of agents.What is aurprising is that, in contrast to the Vendee where they no longer insist on it, the notaires in the Somme all seem to demand the 10% deposit in full before they will even look at a compromis. Given that the amount of the compromis is decided between buyer and seller, I wonder how they justify this. And how do people who do not have the 10% in hand deal with this?Now back to packing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NormanH Posted October 26, 2015 Share Posted October 26, 2015 That's weird. There have been a couple of threads about this recently on here, and my purchase last year was made with only the Notaire's own fees being paid up front.Chancer has things to say about that area...are you sure you want to settle there???[:-))] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybanana Posted April 25, 2016 Author Share Posted April 25, 2016 Norman, have we lost one of your words of wisdom or was the horse facing the opposite way as usual? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybanana Posted June 14, 2016 Author Share Posted June 14, 2016 Why has this thread suddenly bounced to the top again; I certainly did not post until this message? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mint Posted June 14, 2016 Share Posted June 14, 2016 Someone's probably had their advert removed.Now you're here, Wools, how about you tell us a bit about the new house, how doggies (and you of course) like it there, etc? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabbie Posted June 14, 2016 Share Posted June 14, 2016 [quote user="woolybanana"]Why has this thread suddenly bounced to the top again; I certainly did not post until this message?[/quote]It attracted a post which I thought was Spam so I deleted it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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