LOCATION As well as older properties –
building stone in Pompadour is paler, more yellowish in colour than in Uzerche – you’ll find two/three-bedroom 1970s houses built over basements, renovated or for renovation, and more recent properties less than 10 years old. In the surrounding
Local specialities include Limousin apples, clafoutis, truffles and walnuts
and she continues to sell what she loves: old stone houses with cachet, cob construction, timber beams, often requiring some TLC. You can find properties for €50,000- €70,000 – she recently sold a small renovated two-bedroom cottage with barn and 3,000m2 of land in Dordogne, near Ségur-le-Château, a Plus Beau Village de France in Corrèze, for €80,000. Townhouses are harder
to sell so prices are not terribly high. If it’s your main residence, grants are available for purchase, restoration, and modernisation. Fabienne is currently selling one such property to buyers moving to Uzerche from the city. Young
folk are moving here, she says, working with each other in networks, creating organic outlets and market gardens. Near the Papeterie, there’s an artisanal brewery, and further down, you can eat on the banks of the Vézère in a little restaurant in a bookshop. Uzerche is “really very dynamic on the cultural level, and very open on the social level”.
Race day at the Pompadour Château On the market
EQUINE HEARTLAND Christophe Berthou of Berthou Immobilier at Arnac-Pompadour says this little town – west of Uzerche, halfway between sub- prefecture Brive-la-Gaillarde and Limoges, the Haute-Vienne prefecture – is “très touristique, très dynamique”. We have the château, the haras national (one of the national studs), a medical centre and all commodities, he continues. Not only is Pompadour the administrative headquarters of the IFCE, the French Institute of Horses and Riding, but the race course is also officially twinned with Folkestone’s.
countryside there are old stone farmsteads – corps de ferme, with barns, outbuildings and up to a hectare of land. Properties with more land are harder to find and hence are pricier. Christophe is currently marketing a renovated property at Troche between Uzerche and Pompadour: “Four bedrooms, barn, five hectares of land, we’re at €300,000.”
LIVING HERE...
In 2004 Allan and Tanya Bright moved with their toddler, Molly, from St-Albans in Hertfordshire to France. They live in Jumilhac in Dordogne, just over the Corrèze border, halfway between Périgueux and
Limoges, and work at Berthou Immobilier in Haute-Vienne. They bought a converted barn that had been a holiday home.
“To live in it everything really needed redoing”, they say, which they did over time. “It was cold for the first winter with only a very old, inefficient woodburner to keep us company.” They have just over half an acre of garden and have put in a pool, a pool house and gym. “We have a vegetable garden and hens.” They have no regrets about their move. The family have
French nationality; Allan was already serving on the Conseil Municipal, so it seemed the natural thing to do. He believes there are a lot of Brits who would love to make the move but are put off by all the admin involved now. “I think if the process was simplified it would open up the doors to a lot more to come out.” It’s just the two of them now since Molly started studying
physiotherapy at university in Barcelona. He and Tanya love the countryside, nature and walking their dogs. “When we’re not working, we love exploring other areas of France as well. It’s part of the reason for being here, to make the most of seeing the country that we’ve adopted.”
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Lubersac offer investors a dynamic long-term lettings market thanks to various local employers including the national stud. The château and horse-related events mean Pompadour also has a good seasonal lettings market. “There are no factories so
the air is very pure, there’s a real quality of life,” says Christophe. “We’re well served by the motorway network and have airports at Brive and Limoges, we’re three hours by train from Limoges to Paris, four from Brive,” he adds. “A central position, one of the cheapest regions in France, plus this great quality of life – a lot of people envy us”. ■
€149,000,Uzerche A former hotel, this six-bedroom stone property overlooking the old town with terrace and garden is ideal for a large family (Fabienne Degorce MegAgence)
€128,400, Eyburie Ripe for renovation, this stone house with adjoining barn near Uzerche has two attic bedrooms, large kitchen, fireplace and land (Celaur Immobilier)
46 FRENCH PROPERTY NEWS: July/August 2023
€113,000, Uzerche Character four-storey property offering two independent dwellings in need of renovation, plus several basement cellars (Celaur Immobilier)
€107,000,Uzerche With views of the old town, this small residential building has three apartments, as well as a cellar, attic and small garden (Celaur Immobilier)
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