glacier1 Posted October 2, 2009 Share Posted October 2, 2009 Hi there,We are selling our gite/chambre d'hotes business in the Rhone wine country. I want to sell to the international market, and I want to know with whom I could sell with to maximise my chances of getting a potential buyer. People have told me about selling to the Dutch, but I don't know how to advertise to begin with. My aim is to1). Sell my property to the international community at large, which means England, Netherlands, etc, and also maybe the USA/Canada? 2). I want to be able to sell in publications (like Living France) in various countries3). I want to do 100% to sell my property, I want to push for it, so please, any adivse would be welcome.Thanks guysDavid Thomas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glacier1 Posted October 5, 2009 Author Share Posted October 5, 2009 nobody with any ideas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunday Driver Posted October 5, 2009 Share Posted October 5, 2009 Don't forget the French - there's a lot of them around here......[;-)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will Posted October 5, 2009 Share Posted October 5, 2009 My answer would be to look at agents' adverts in publications like French Property News or Living France and pick one that seems to be doing a good job with places like the one you want to sell. Let the agent do the marketing, both in print and online. International buyers will probably look on the Internet first of all. (Beware - if the advertiser you find is a 'referral' agency, only sign up with a bona-fide agence immobilier in France that deals through that agency and part with no money in advance; certain such referral agencies with big glossy ads in the magazines try to get you to sign up direct with them and pay them commission, which is against French law).Also do a Google search for a few key words that describe your property and find a website or an agent that comes at or near the top of the list.Maximise your chances by going with two or three different agents and take out a private sale ad, on the best-rated web site you find, as well.But knowing how agents are hated on this forum, and how the moderators are likely to assume that I am plugging a particular agency [;-)] I kept quiet at the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Posted October 5, 2009 Share Posted October 5, 2009 [quote user="glacier1"]Hi there,People have told me about selling to the Dutch, but I don't know how to advertise to begin with. [/quote] Here's some Dutch sites that have Chambre d'hotes te koop in Frankrijkhttp://www.vakantiehuis-frankrijk.nl/lettingsellinghousesinfrance.htmlhttp://www.chambresdhotes.nl/nl/tekoop.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glacier1 Posted October 5, 2009 Author Share Posted October 5, 2009 thank you very much for your advise, much apreciated [:)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woody234 Posted October 6, 2009 Share Posted October 6, 2009 do the dutch pay more for a house than the french or germans Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LEO Posted October 6, 2009 Share Posted October 6, 2009 [quote user="woody234"]do the dutch pay more for a house than the french or germans[/quote]Everybody will pay more than the French!After all it is their country! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adriana Posted October 29, 2009 Share Posted October 29, 2009 [quote user="woody234"]do the dutch pay more for a house than the french or germans[/quote]I doubt it. It is repeatedly stated on this forum that the Dutch are a mean people;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
just john Posted October 29, 2009 Share Posted October 29, 2009 I was once told, that there are three prices; 1 French to French; 2 French to English/Dutch/German3 English/Dutch/German to English/Dutch/German [:)](followed by 'Why would the Italians want to live here?'[:P] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quillan Posted November 1, 2009 Share Posted November 1, 2009 You could try Ebay. I was looking for something (nothing to do with houses) then just out of curiosity decided to look and see whats for sale here in France. Theres over 13,000 French properties for sale on ebay.co.uk at the moment. Theres a couple of hundred more for sale in Spain. Might be worth a try, nothing ventured nothing gained as they say. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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