Why_buy_Limousin

My name is Caroline Phillipson. I am an English estate agent and having lived and worked in the UK for most of my life in the legal profession, my family and I decided to move to France for a better life a few years ago. I have two children, the youngest at the local primary school and the other at the lycée (college). They are both fluent in French and have totally integrated into the French way of life. My husband is a builder and he has a good client base of both English and French. Let me help you find your perfect house and guide you through the buying process.

The Limousin is an up and coming area as far as the French property market is concerned. The increasing number of buyers looking in this region has not yet driven property prices up significantly and property here still represents excellent value for money.

A property in Limousin can be as much as two or even three times cheaper than its equivalent in size and quality in the nearby Dordogne. It is this comparative value for money that has drawn house hunters to the region in recent years. The peaceful surroundings and recently improved transport links are other points in its favour.

The lowest property prices are generally to be found in Haute Vienne, in the north of the region. In this department, the cost of property per square metre is lower than anywhere else in France – under two-thirds of the national average in fact.

Most of the cheap properties in Haute Vienne were formerly used for agricultural purposes or to house farm labourers so many of them come with a reasonable amount of land. The growing interest in Limousin and the reported shortage of rental accommodation also make it the perfect location for a tourist business – and since property prices are so low, locating here is also a way of keeping capital start-up costs down.