Renaud Posted November 7, 2006 Share Posted November 7, 2006 I kept a ‘useful terms’ article from Living France’s March 2004 issue, giving a glossary of immobilier speak. As true now as ever: A little isolated: No neighbours for at least 10 milesRural: Next door to a dairy farm, flies will be constant summer companionsNeeds renovation: No running water, electricity, or gasPartly renovated: Has running water and electricityRenovated: The property boasts a bathroom attached to the kitchenRenovated by a charming British couple: DIY job, done on the cheap during holidays spent in France. In addition to the bathroom behind the kitchen, there is a shower cubicle off the SalonSuitable for holiday use: Not fit to be lived in, except in summer monthsEasy to maintain garden: GravelLand with mature trees: Has a forest attached (local hunters have right of way)Outbuildings: Various structures on the point of collapseGite income possible: Crumbling outbuildings could be rebuilt as holiday apartments Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Riff-Raff Element Posted November 7, 2006 Share Posted November 7, 2006 "Light & Airy" - has no roof. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassis Posted November 7, 2006 Share Posted November 7, 2006 Convenient for Commerces = Above a shop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LEO Posted November 7, 2006 Share Posted November 7, 2006 Panoramic view......= You will need a bosun's chair to cut the front grass! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassis Posted November 7, 2006 Share Posted November 7, 2006 Convenient for ports = on the dockside Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KathyC Posted November 7, 2006 Share Posted November 7, 2006 "Toutes commerces" - pharmacy and hairdresser. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catalpa Posted November 7, 2006 Share Posted November 7, 2006 Quite a few years ago in a magazine ad, I saw what I thought was an unusually truthful description of a dream house in France...Very nearly partly habitable...We can all accurately translate that. [:D] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YCCMB Posted November 7, 2006 Share Posted November 7, 2006 Round our way...."estuary view" can mean "out of one window, view of large unsightly nuclear powerstation out of all the others" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Riff-Raff Element Posted November 8, 2006 Share Posted November 8, 2006 Potential for further development in a rural setting = a pile of stones in the middle of a field. But it is a very nice field. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassis Posted November 8, 2006 Share Posted November 8, 2006 decoré avec goût = decorated with (excruciatingly bad) taste Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artois Posted November 9, 2006 Share Posted November 9, 2006 We were once taken to see " An hell shaped ouse" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrissie Posted November 9, 2006 Share Posted November 9, 2006 "Suit DIY enthusiast"......................crumbling ruin"Fully air-conditioned".....................no glass in most of the windows"situated in quiet location"....................all the locals loathe the current occupants"a garden to die for"..................... A garden to die in. Chrissie (81) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassis Posted November 9, 2006 Share Posted November 9, 2006 "Secluded location" = "Even the Postie can't find it""Puits" = "No mains water" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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