The guest stayed for 3 days on a house hunting trip to the region during which I sat down with them and shared all my experiences of buying a property in France and running a holiday cottage.
The guest had arranged to view 4 properties in the Morbihan region during there stay and have now left to move further south.
They both commented that they had experienced the same problem I had in that the estate agents had not provided an accurate description of the properties and felt in some cases it was a wasted trip.
I told them I had experienced exactly the same in 2005 when I came over to house hunt in that I had booked to see 6 properties in 5 different regions of France to come away falling in love thankfully with La Forge and La Veille Maison and felt very disappointed with 4 others.
Of the 6 it was a toss up between La Forge -La Veille Maison and a property with a lake in the Charente region of France- in hindsight I now know I purchased the right property.
The trip in 2005 cost over £1500 and during which I chalked up over 1600 miles, it is with this in mind that I now offer a house viewing service for potential buyers in that for a small charge I'll go and view a property on there behalf, take loads of pictures, videos and the like to enable people to make a better decision before coming to France to view a house.
The rates we charge during the low season at the Brittany holiday cottage are extremely low in that we only charge £120 for a 2 night stay or £50 per night for longer. Once you hit 5 nights we just charge £225 for up to 7 nights.
As I said the guest who just left were our second house hunting guest this year staying at the cottage, as we had another couple stay in January for 9 nights. Our next guest arrive on 19th February for a 4 night stay.
