At last, we are making progress. The agent has had no success in negotiating for us to buy some additional land, and we have come to a momentous decision – we’ve told him that we are willing to buy the house with the existing 2.2 hectares (that’s 22000 square metres or about 5 and a half acres for those of you working in old money).
And all of a sudden, it’s all go!
We’ve provided all our information for the legal agreement, and the agent has ordered the various ‘expertises’ (survey reports covering a legally prescribed range of topics). The reports should be ready during this week, and we are hoping to travel up to sign the ‘compromis du vente’ (binding agreement to buy/sell) next Monday.
We think that, once we are established in the house, then we should be able to find some more adjoining land to rent or buy much more easily. Anyway, we love the house enough to buy even if the land is not big enough for us to expand much.
And our thoughts and dreams are now focused on a changed life in a secluded setting surrounded by our animals.
The house and barn look fantastic and I love the red window, cant wait for you to move in so we can visit!