EDITOR’S CHOICE bird song on the beach italian test drivers
Rancale in Italy is a collection of Umbrian farm buildings turned into eight properties, combining reclaimed local materials with contemporary fittings. For 50 years the buildings in the Upper Tiber Valley lay derelict until discovered by Paul Belcher, managing director of developer Ultissimo. Belcher offers prospective buyers the opportunity to stay at an unsold Rancale property - to try before you buy. “When you buy a car you would insist on a test drive. So why not ‘test live’ your potential new home?” said Belcher, who has three properties left from £300,000. “We would only offer it to seriously interested buyers at a market rent, refunded if they buy. It gives buyers another degree of certainty. They can touch and feel the house; see how the property maintenance works and the services and amenities on offer. They also get to meet the neighbours.” This is a gentle, ‘absorb the Italian culture and wine’ world away from the high pressure inspection trips offered by some sales agents, who will never let you out of their sight, only show you properties where they take the biggest commissions and put blinkers on you, usually marinated in Sangria, to ensure your eyes do not stray to rival real estate. Belcher makes sure the ‘test drivers’ get to vet the neighbours, and vice-versa, with Belcher, who owns the farmhouse at Rancale, one of them. A visit will be tailored to the prospective purchaser’s interests, be it food, golf, art or antiques, but giving them space and time on their own.
www.ultissimo.com - To read a feature on ‘Try before you Buy’ go to
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/property/overseaspropert y/7964567/
Try-before-you-buy-a-home-overseas.html.
Pierre & Vacances is selling properties on the French beach resort of Courseulles-sur-Mer on the Normandy coast. Less well-known than coastal neighbours such as Deauville, this resort, divided by the River Seulles, is popular as a summer retreat for Parisians. The nearby Juno Beach is where Canadian troops landed on D-Day. Courseulles-sur-Mer is two and a half hours by car from Paris. The Residence Chant des Oiseaux, beside the marina, will be 75 one- and two-bedroom apartments and 25 two- and three-bedroom houses, all with terraces or loggias. The development will have a private car park, a pool and a children’s playground. Prices start from 190,000 euros excluding VAT for a one-bedroom apartment. These are available at leaseback properties with a 3.64 percent guaranteed net rental income. Leaseback allows freehold investors to lease back the property to a management company for a minimum nine-year period, saving on 19.6 per cent VAT and receiving guaranteed annual rental returns, with options for personal use of the properties.
www.pierreetvacances-immobilier.com
Homes Overseas .23
Page 1 |
Page 2 |
Page 3 |
Page 4 |
Page 5 |
Page 6 |
Page 7 |
Page 8 |
Page 9 |
Page 10 |
Page 11 |
Page 12 |
Page 13 |
Page 14 |
Page 15 |
Page 16 |
Page 17 |
Page 18 |
Page 19 |
Page 20 |
Page 21 |
Page 22 |
Page 23 |
Page 24 |
Page 25 |
Page 26 |
Page 27 |
Page 28 |
Page 29 |
Page 30