[piece of paper]

http://news.bbc.co.u...ess/8044382.stm

Ex-pats give up on Provence dream

....................."It was a project to let and eventually to sell," he says.

"We've had 20 to 30 visits, and it's not finding a buyer. The place is far too big for Tia and me."

He has lowered the price by 20%, from 1.5 to 1.2m euros in the past year, but still no one is biting................

............................."There's nothing wrong with the house, it's just we haven't got any buyers." .............



p-o-p

EDIT - Italics and title

This post has been edited by piece of paper: 13 May 2009 - 03:58 PM

[bobthe~]

Quote

Unlike the easy credit that funded the housing bubble in the UK, tough lending practices also helped keep prices in France more in check.

The author is not really getting into the BBC spirit here, is he/she?

[dolce vita]

piece of paper, on May 13 2009, 04:46 PM, said:

............................."There's nothing wrong with the house, it's just we haven't got any buyers." .............

It's the price you fvcking moron

[Dangerous Woman]

dolce vita, on May 13 2009, 04:52 PM, said:

It's the price you fvcking moron

Why does he think it's worth more than twice what he spent on it?

[godless]

Dangerous Woman, on May 13 2009, 04:59 PM, said:

Why does he think it's worth more than twice what he spent on it?

I'd give him 1.2m Weimar Marks for it...



Keep the change.

[Financial Hack]

Dangerous Woman, on May 13 2009, 04:59 PM, said:

Why does he think it's worth more than twice what he spent on it?

I don't know, did they build it in Zimbabwe?

[LiveAndLetBuy]

He might have dropped the price by 20% but the pound has dropped by more than that against the euro in the last year. He can still drop the price by another 20% and walk away unburnt. He's just being greedy.

[Frank Hovis]

LiveAndLetBuy, on May 13 2009, 05:38 PM, said:

He might have dropped the price by 20% but the pound has dropped by more than that against the euro in the last year. He can still drop the price by another 20% and walk away unburnt. He's just being greedy.

Why won't it sell?

He saw somebody on the telly that said it would.

Maybe try getting what they paid for it. Quickly.

[piece of paper]

bobthe~, on May 13 2009, 04:50 PM, said:

The author is not really getting into the BBC spirit here, is he/she?

Umm. Searching the BBC site for 'Sam Goss', the author of the report, it is his only contribution to date. He might not get through his probationary period?

p-o-p

[darwin]

piece of paper, on May 13 2009, 04:46 PM, said:

............................."There's nothing wrong with the house, it's just we haven't got any buyers." .............

translation:

"The operation was a success but the patient died"

[Patfig]

fvck em

[whiterabbit]

redwine, on May 13 2009, 08:40 PM, said:

if the french can't sell how do you expect the brits to sell? let the french dream be but a "dream" the farmhouse and swimming pool is out of date?here the french all got into swimming pool "fashion " but once they realised how much it costed they soon stopped (frugal french(
its okay provence for a summer holiday ,worth comming .but not to live there all year round .do'nt forget that the reality of daily life in france isn't easy and they act like like nothing is there fault hpi is the fault of the brits cos they bought all of the cheap wrecks up .therefore the locals can't afford anything utter crap hpi propoganda .the brits in france are trapped they can't sell but at least they can get pi**ed on cheap wine and use the bbc to try to sell there middle of no where farmhouses that even the french locals refuse to buy !

A pool averages 3k a year to run if heated, excluding things that may break like pumps etc.