Martigne-Ferchaud

Last updated 08.01.2024

For everyone who has asked for updates on the house in Brittany - here you are and thanks for all the interest.

16^th Nov 2018

Our First Visit To The House

16^th Nov 2018

It Was The Roof That Sold It For Us

16^th Nov 2018

The Annex

16^th Nov 2018

A Second Property, The Dependence, Came With The House

17^th Nov 2018

Compromis de Vente

As soon as we had finished looking around the property we knew it was the one for us so we made an offer that evening, which was accepted, and signed the Compromis de Vente the following day. Then began the long wait until we were able to visit the Notaire and sign off on the purchase. It's not that straight forward in France as there were 6 vendors, all of whom had to sign before the property became ours.

21^st Mar 2019

The Notaire's Office

On the day, a few of the vendors turned up with their family and evrything was completed in a single meeting. It was actually a really enjoyable process. Now that the house was officially ours we could start the long process of renovation. Our intention was to visit twice a year for 3 weeks at a time and get as much done ourselves as we could, then finish the remaining work once retired.

-- Aug 2019

First Job, The Fosse Septique

This was the first job we needed to have done and I was not going to do this myself. Dig a hole, drop a tank in it, connect up a few pipes, cover and away you go. Definitely not that simple, the ground was so hard it took 3 days just to dig the hole. Pete Raymer and his crew did a great job and couldn't have been more obliging. Nothing was too much trouble for them.

-- Aug 2019