Jump to content
Complete France Forum

Rural long term rental sought


Chris & Mike

Recommended Posts

We are a married couple in our early 50s who have sold our UK house and are in France for the next 2 weeks looking for a house to rent for 4-6 months.  Our wish list is as follows:  Detached, furnished, rural / semi rural property with a minimum of 2 bedrooms, central heating, telephone / internet connection, garden and not on a busy road as we have a cat who we would want to bring with us.  We are currently in Haute Garonne but will be travelling to Aveyron tomorrow then Correze the week after.  The areas we are considering are Haute Garonne, Gers, Tarn, Aveyron, Lot and the Limousin (any department).  We can be flexible with our dates but need to find something pretty soon or we will be camping out! Thanks in advance - any help will be much appreciated.
Link to comment
Share on other sites

Although I can't help I can understand how you are feeling we are in similar situation will be homeless in a few weeks due to not wanting to loose buyer for our property in UK. Looking to rent in Cotes d'Armor dept 22 and having difficulty finding websites that cater for long term rental.

Good Luck

Betty B

Link to comment
Share on other sites

[quote user="BettyB"] Looking to rent in Cotes d'Armor dept 22 and having difficulty finding websites that cater for long term rental.
Betty B [/quote]

We found our rented house via a private ad in the 'immobilier' section of the local Brittany newspaper:

http://www.ouestfrance-immo.com/

As we did not have the right French paperwork to be able to rent through an agency we have rented privately, which is what a lot of French people do. Although our rental contract is for 3 years we can leave at any time giving 3 months notice. Our house is unfurnished, though there are furnished houses available.

Sue

Link to comment
Share on other sites

It would be useful to know, from those who have rented, what the minimum length of rental agreement is.  Every estate agent has property to rent - do they not accept rentals of 4-6 months?  Or is it just because the OP is being too particular in their requirements (maybe the agents take it as a 'must' list rather than a 'wish' list) and no such properties to rent exist?

Link to comment
Share on other sites

[quote]

It would be useful to know, from those who have rented, what the minimum length of rental agreement is. [cassis][/quote]

3 years - by law.

OK, there can be exceptions (especially for furnished accomodation, which is a different ball-game) and the tenant can leave at any time by giving three months' notice (but you wouldn't expect there to be too many exceptions to the rule of law).

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Archived

This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.

×
×
  • Create New...