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Karen's Friday bargain: "What a lot of property you get in Corrèze for just €92,500! This four-bedroom house with barn, outbuilding and 1,320m2


gardens


needs work but could be amazing – just check out that monumental fireplace in the kitchen. Perhaps the best surprise awaits under some external stone steps, where you'll find an extraordinary room with a huge stone fireplace, alcoves, arches, stone walls and original stone floor – that's the kind of project that gets my imagination whirring! What do you think?" Karen Tait, FPN Editor


Kimberley Guilmette: Stunning! Love that stone room and fireplace in the kitchen! Can I move tomorrow please?


David Allebone: If I was in the position I'd buy it just for the basement room. Love it. A house like that would be fantastic


Tête à tête W


TWO FOR ONE?


e have been looking for a home with a gîte to rent out for


some time now and haven’t quite found what we want. Although it’s a great way to bring in an income, we both really enjoy our privacy and I think we’ve been holding back as if we’re honest, we don’t like the idea of sharing our space with other people! Then, when I was working


my way through the January/ February issue of FPN, I suddenly had a lightbulb moment. I was reading the ‘real life’ article about Linda Fawke buying a secondary apartment


in the Alps to accomodate friends and family as well as bringing in an income when it wasn’t being used. Eh voila, I had the solution to


our problem! If we looked for two homes fairly close to each other but not on the same plot, perhaps in the same town or village, we could live in one and rent the other out. Even better for us, as we don’t want the faff of changeovers, it could be a long-term rental. We’ve now altered our search


parameters on the property portals and are newly enthused in our search for our new home. I was just wondering if any other readers have done a


ON INSTAGRAM


“This cute cottage to


renovate comes


with a barn and is in Haute-Vienne – for sale at just €44,000”


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similar thing? You hear so much about people running gîtes or a B&B, but has anyone bought a second home to rent out? We’d love to hear how it’s worked out, especially if you’ve done a long-term rental. J. Sawyer


This month’s pick of letters and social media


Linda's second apartment in the Alps is on the ground floor


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8 FRENCH PROPERTY NEWS: March/April 2024


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