The complete guide to buying property in France, 2nd ed.

Abstract:

Behind the dream there might be a nightmare of bureaucracy and potentially serious financial costs. This book aims to provide a step-by-step guide for the would be purchaser, doing so in straightforward understandable English.

Chapters address issues such as choice of location; information on the regions; rental or purchase; mortgages and finance; buying or building; heating and other utilities; letting and selling; education and health; working and setting up a business in France; plus the all important and perhaps often overlooked questions of French inheritance laws and the taxation of capital.

The book includes a useful vocabulary and such practical details as web sites, contact addresses, flight information and sample letters.

The work is an essential guide to all those seeking to purchase property in France.

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