AnOther Posted January 25, 2018 Share Posted January 25, 2018 Shook hands with a buyer for our house today.Been on since May with a selection of Immos but apart from a couple of viewings early on zilch. Advertised it ourselves on Leboncoin on Sunday, three immediate viewings and a buyer in 4 days!Immos are all FLUB's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chancer Posted January 25, 2018 Share Posted January 25, 2018 Great result, well done you! I had never seen or heard FLUB used before but it took nanoseconds to work out what it meant! Most of the FLUBs around here just put the properties on Leboncoin anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alittlebitfrench Posted January 25, 2018 Share Posted January 25, 2018 Were the Flubs that bought your house British ?P.S What does Flub mean ?Yes, Le Bon coin is the way to go for buying and selling houses.Hopefully sooner or later they will put FE and Legetts out of business. Fingers crossed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alittlebitfrench Posted January 25, 2018 Share Posted January 25, 2018 Having said that....I saw a house yesterday for 725 k on Le bon coin and 687 k on another website.Of course it was not Leven's website but you do have to search around. Le bon coin is not always the best site for buying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chancer Posted January 25, 2018 Share Posted January 25, 2018 I"ll give you a clue, the L is either for lazy or lying. Did you make a bomb ANO? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lindal1000 Posted January 25, 2018 Share Posted January 25, 2018 We had a similar experience with agents and our rental property. The agent swore blind that there was no one suitable..we refused to renew her mandate, advertised on LBC and had house rented in 2 weeks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chancer Posted January 25, 2018 Share Posted January 25, 2018 La bouche à l'oreille is finally working well for me, I wanted to remain with monthly rentals until April/May, the German company with Polish workers who were supposed to return on Jan 7th must have taken the hint regarding their late payments and they didnt show up, nightly rentals freplaced the loss and considerably more during the last 2 weeks, during that time I had a constant stream of demandeurs from the far corners of France, the 2 flats are now relet for 3 and 6 months respectively from the end of January and I had to turn away 3 other decent candidates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnOther Posted January 25, 2018 Author Share Posted January 25, 2018 I wish, we haven't even broke even but then we have enjoyed it as our home for 11 years and spent very little on it in that time. If we were going back (which we're not) and converting the proceeds to £ we would be making a modest profit.Thing is all the FLUB's say that they put their properties up on Leboncoin and Greenacres but don't tell you that it's only for a limited period.Truth be told though the time lost since May has not been such a bad thing as it's only during this past couple of months that I've got completely on top my health issues so a quick sale back then could have been pretty stressful.Local french buyers BTW. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Théière Posted January 25, 2018 Share Posted January 25, 2018 Never mind local french buyers, where are you off to? not too far I hope, we haven't heard much from Jonzjob because he is back in Britain enjoying himself too much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnOther Posted January 26, 2018 Author Share Posted January 26, 2018 Good question !We decided a couple of years ago to have a complete change and relocate to Spain but then health problems interrupted, and of course Brexit, so despite our recently acquired Titre de Sejour's a wholesale decamp to Spain without knowing what B day might bring would seem a bit rash so we're probably going to rent in France for a while but spend a lot more time in Spain hopefully getting a better handle on the way the wind is really blowing there.It's all a bit fraught really and so unnecessary thanks to the feckin stupid brexiteers [:@] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cathar Tours Posted January 26, 2018 Share Posted January 26, 2018 [quote user="AnOther"]It's all a bit fraught really and so unnecessary thanks to the feckin stupid brexiteers [:@][/quote]They seem to forget 16M plus people voted to remain. I don't think the British should hold referendums or have much of a say except through voting for an MP. I mean prior to the referendum they were given the opportunity to decide a ships name and the best they could come up with was Boaty McBoatface, says it all really. They then wonder why in their negotiations with the EU they are not taken seriously. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YCCMB Posted January 26, 2018 Share Posted January 26, 2018 Aw c'mon....Boaty Mc Boatface was genius! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cathar Tours Posted January 27, 2018 Share Posted January 27, 2018 Well the government ignored it and called it something else which is why they should ignore the referendum and cancel Brexit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Théière Posted January 27, 2018 Share Posted January 27, 2018 It was the public kickback against the establishment and quite funny as no doubt some rear admiral Lord or Sir someone or other would had to hold the ceremony [:D]It was I believe actually called the Sir David Attenborough which is fitting.If the Pathetic government and other political parties equally pathetic could have actually put forward a decent case for rejecting Brexit we would not be where we are now.No faith in any of them. always a knee jerk reaction to every given issue and everything with hindsight because of a fundamental lack of knowledge that is required to have foresight.Saturday rant over [:)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybanana Posted January 27, 2018 Share Posted January 27, 2018 Back on thread for a moment; the immo who shifted Oiseau’s house was brilliant. Loads of tips, right price, good advertising, few visits but the right ones. She earned her salt and is an example to all her kind. So, there is some real wheat amongst the chaff, guys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YCCMB Posted January 27, 2018 Share Posted January 27, 2018 I think, Cathar, that you've got a very old head on very young shoulders, and I'm exactly the opposite. Are you aware of exactly how many people even gave enough of a **** to even vote for the name of that exploration vessel? I'm not fully convinced that they would necessarily be a test sample upon which one could base the concept that the population shouldn't be allowed to vote for anything! And I have a strong, totally unsupported suspicion that the majority of them were most probably closer to your age group than mine, and largely pro-remain..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alittlebitfrench Posted January 27, 2018 Share Posted January 27, 2018 I've lost the plot on this thread.Are we now blaming crâpy French immobiliers for Brexit ? We are really running out of people to blame. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BritinBretagne Posted January 27, 2018 Share Posted January 27, 2018 I blame you. I blame you for most things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alittlebitfrench Posted January 27, 2018 Share Posted January 27, 2018 So does my wife ?...and the kids. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nomoss Posted January 27, 2018 Share Posted January 27, 2018 [quote user="AnOther"]We decided a couple of years ago to have a complete change and relocate to Spain[/quote]You should definitely be able to look forward to a complete change.But, as they say, the grass is always greener ...........[:D] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cathar Tours Posted January 27, 2018 Share Posted January 27, 2018 Well Betty you might be wrong. Doncaster bought two new gritting lorries last November. The council asked the local populous to give them names. At the end of the first round of voting they narrowed it down to a choice of two names each,Spready Mercury and Gritsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny Yellow Anti-slip Machiney and Basil Salty and David Plowie. The winners were Gritsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny Yellow Anti-slip Machiney and David Plowie.In the first round they came up with little gems like Spready Mercury, Grit Van Dyke, True Grit, Rule Grittania and Salt Disney.They go to join the other five lorries bought and named at the beginning of the year named Brad Grit, Gritney Spears, The Subzero Hero, Mr Plow and Usain Salt.I suspect you might guess what's coming, Doncaster voted Leave. I rest my case (wink). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chancer Posted January 27, 2018 Share Posted January 27, 2018 [quote user="alittlebitfrench"]I've lost the plot on this thread. Are we now blaming crâpy French immobiliers for Brexit ? We are really running out of people to blame.[/quote] I now realise that there is something even worse than a bad loser. A bad loser still whining 18 months later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BritinBretagne Posted January 27, 2018 Share Posted January 27, 2018 [quote user="Chancer"][quote user="alittlebitfrench"]I've lost the plot on this thread. Are we now blaming crâpy French immobiliers for Brexit ? We are really running out of people to blame.[/quote] I now realise that there is something even worse than a bad loser. A bad loser still whining 18 months later.[/quote]What’s ALBF lost? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybanana Posted January 27, 2018 Share Posted January 27, 2018 That would fill a piece of paper stretching from here to the Moon and back? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnOther Posted January 27, 2018 Author Share Posted January 27, 2018 [quote user="nomoss"][quote user="AnOther"]We decided a couple of years ago to have a complete change and relocate to Spain[/quote]You should definitely be able to look forward to a complete change etc..................[/quote]Well there's bitter and twisted !Of course I'm sure nothing will have changed in the 18 years since you left, just as it hasn't in France in the same time period !We have a number of friends living down there both long term and recent none of whom have reported any such experiences plus I will not be importing or exporting cars nor be a beneficiary of any Spanish pensions or even any Spanish derived income and if things go as we want it's very probable that we won't be buying into bricks an mortar either so while I thank you for the concern I'll take my chances [:P] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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