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Life in the Charente - it's payback time 26 Jul 2013 | 05:53 pm
Some of you may know that I have an annual golf outing with three friends and we have been playing together since we were 17 years old. Now, without wishing to appear boastful, it's relevant to this ...
Cycling in the Charente 26 Jul 2013 | 12:45 pm
OK, I know that we don't have the dramatic scenery to match the Alps & Pyrenees. Come to the Charente and you won't be faced with the horrors & challenges of Alpe d'Huez, Mont Ventoux or the Col du T...
The Poitou Charentes playlist 25 Jul 2013 | 02:48 pm
Was out working this morning - driving through the vines, in the Charentaise sunshine, with the windows down and the music turned up maybe a notch too loud. It made me grateful to be alive and so, so...
Poitou Charentes - flavour of the month with international buyers 24 Jul 2013 | 06:14 pm
More on the 5th annual "Investing & Living Abroad" survey by BNP Paribas International Buyers. It was interesting (but not all surprising) to see that every single region in France saw the number of ...
French property sales to international buyers becalmed 18 Jul 2013 | 02:28 pm
The 5th annual "Investing & Living Abroad" survey by BNP Paribas International Buyers came out earlier this month. For those of us who earn a living working with international buyers they make pretty...
Property bargains to be had in the Charente 20 Jun 2013 | 02:55 pm
I have just finished showing clients round a selection of properties in the Charente valley, including the magnificent house shown above which is in a prime location right by Cognac golf course. We r...
Property world embraces pedal power 6 Jun 2013 | 01:01 pm
It's pretty clear from my Twitter timeline that the property industry is really embracing the cycling revolution. Admirably led by the Estates Gazette and their iconic deputy editor @samanthamcclary ...
Cycling in the Charente 29 May 2013 | 02:18 pm
I have had a few people ask if I could expand on my cycling experiences following my post about joining the Velo Club de Jarnac. As you may know I joined the cycling club during the winter and was a ...
So what's going on with the Charente property market? 3 May 2013 | 03:36 pm
I'm fed up of reading stories in the press about French house prices. Market commentators tend to speak in such generalisations that the conversations are meaningless. It's the same in the UK of cou...
FNCI - the national federation for buying agents in France 6 Feb 2013 | 05:36 pm
As clients will know I (and the rest of my colleagues within the FrenchEntrée Property Finders network) am a member of the FNCI - the National Fédération of Chasseurs Immobiliers, literally "house hun...
