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Just updating the Cle France Office calendar and thought this was useful information for those booking and planning property viewings in France.

So here are the remaining Bank Holiday dates / jour fériés in France...

Thursday 08/05/2014 is Victory in Europe

Sunday 25/05/20 is Mother´s Day

Thursday 29/05/2014 is Ascension

Sunday 08/06/2014 is Pentecost

Monday 09/06/2014 is Pentecost Monday

Sunday 15/06/2014 is Father´s Day

Monday 14/07/2014 is Bastille Day

Friday 15/08/2014 is Assumption of Mary

Saturday 01/11/2014 is All Saints

Tuesday 11/11/2014 is Armistice Day 1918

Thursday 25/12/2014 is Christmas

Please note: A lot of business and shops, Post offices etc will be closed in France on these days.

Blog submitted by: Alex at The French Property Network - Cle France.

Hi Sharon, 

Thanks so much - and thank you for all your help in setting up our viewings. We're over the moon with the house and were very sorry to leave Brittany on Saturday!

Both of your agents on the ground were very helpful and friendly, the first showed us three houses that were definite 'possibles' but the house we eventually decided on was more suitable for us. Please pass on our thanks to them. 

Kind regards. 

Sue.

Sue has bought a house in France with Cle France this week during her viewing trip with us in the Cotes d'Armor department of the sunshine region of Brittany. We have arranged everything so far and will of course keep Sue fully informed of the buying process right through to completion day and beyond.

Hello Sharon,

We think we may have a property through the Notaire we had been in contact with as our offer has been accepted...  We also have a possible buyer for our flat so fingers crossed we may be moving before too long.

Thank you for your assistance in helping us to view properties in our price range - It was a bit mind boggling without some pointing in the right direction so it was very helpful to have you as a guide.

We will pass on your details if we come across anybody looking to buy in France as we were very happy with the service you offer, sorry not to have finally purchased through your company.

Kind regards

Vanessa and Boris.

At Cle France we do try and 'win them all' but you just can't and sometimes our clients buy elsewhere, this is fine and they can still use our partners for the best service and deals on Currency Exchange, Home & Health Insurance, Removals etc etc. as Vanessa and Boris did. They bought in the rural setting of the Manche department of Lower Normandy.

I love this property and the setting is just perfect, almost looks a bit Canadian in its environment and is certainly in an unspolit sector of the Correze department of the Limousin region.

If you have not done so already check out or regional information page on the Limousin region, and you will love the cool new weather app on the page which you can expand to full screen.

To really pick up a high quality property in this fantastic region I would choose the property below and make an offer - Beautiful quality property with attractive wooden construction, 4 bedrooms, 3 mezzanines, 150m2 of living space on a woodland plot of approx. 3000m². 

Solid wooden house newly built with top quality timber and with more than 150m² and interesting room volumes. Situated in a quiet location not overlooked but not far from a nice neighbourhood, the property is built on a beautiful parkland plot of more than 3000m².

Beautiful windows open to the outside and give a nice interior lighting, comfortable accommodation and well equipped modern kitchen, a large living room with a conservatory to enjoy the garden. The house is built on two levels with 4 bedrooms and 3 mezzanines to make sleeping a lot more people easier because everyone will want to visit! plus two bathrooms. A garage shed for cars and two garden sheds. A tastefully designed home. 

This house is environmentally friendly and very economical.

CXZ00655 is for sale for 199,280 euros FAI but I would think a reasonable offer would be considered so it is certainly worth giving us a call to book a viewing directly.

About the Limousin:

The department of Corrèze is located in south central France, Corrèze belongs to the Limousin region. Correze is the name river running through the department. The population is around 240,000 inhabitants and is split into three arrondissements (Tulle, Brive and Ussel), 38 cantons and 285 towns and villages. Lanscapes in this department are mountains, plateaus and valleys. The highest mountain is the Mont Bessou at 978m.

Correze has many pretty villages or towns. It has six villages belonging to the ’Prettiest villages of France’ category, so watch out for Collonges-la-Rouge, Curemonte, Saint-Robert, Ségur-le-Chateau, Treignac and Turenne.

Limousin is often described as one of the cheapest French regions in terms of property. It will depend of course on the location and your personal expectations but in general you get a lot for your money. Read More...

Blog submitted by: David at The French Property Network - Cle France.

There is nothing nicer than arriving at you own holiday home rather than a rented Gite and this is the perfect time of year for viewing and buying your own holiday home in France, imagine planning your first of many happy holiday visits for this summer.

I would choose this one in the Cotes d'Armor department of Brittany as it is in a great location, quiet and peaceful but not isolated, lovely rural environment and a tourist type town nearby plus everything Brittany has to offer. AND a very reasonable price too...

This is PLM02998 for sale in Brittany with Cle France for only 69,600 euros FAI.

Just a perfect setting in the heart of Brittany, in a rural hamlet, we have this lovely stone built Cottage on around 500 sqm of garden.

Stone cottage in rural location with nice views yet on the outskirts of the thriving market village of Mael Carhaix. Much improved by the current owners, including a new septic tank fitted last year, a new shower room, new box room ideal as a home office/study. The property also has a telephone/internet connection and satellite TV.

Ground floor: Entrance hall, fitted kitchen, lounge with fireplace, box/office/study room, shower room, utility/toilet.

First floor: Landing and two double bedrooms.

Outside: 2 Garden sheds / box room attached to the property.

NOTE: New septic tank fitted in 2013 and electrics were re-wired in 2006.

Mael Carhaix is a thriving market village that boasts an array of shops, banks, bars, hairdressers, bakeries and a restaurant. It also has a lovely lake with a beach and Japanese water garden, horse riding and cycle paths; so lots to see and do in the area.

The department of Cotes d’Armor is the northern most department in the Region of Brittany, with the English Channel to the north, Ille-et-Vilaine to the east, Morbihan to the south and Finistère to the west it is a sunshine gem.

The picturesque Émeraude Coast looks north to the English Channel and is packed with charming seaside resorts and old fishing villages. Most of the towns of the interior were founded in the Middle Ages. The department’s southern half is crossed by the Noires Mountains that run west to east with rivers emptying to the south into the Bay of Biscay and to the north into the Channel.

Along the coast, fishing was once important but is now secondary to the cultivation of fruit, oats, potatoes and wheat and of course tourism.

Blog submitted by: Alex at The French Property Network - Cle France.