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They do not come any cheaper than this! Hit by the credit squeeze - cannot afford a mortgage? Then here is this month’s bargain property - scratch that this year’s bargain property.

Well OK - it does need a wee bit of work but hey the walls are structurally sound.

As they say “bags of potential with rustic charm”. This is NOT bijoux - you would have a blank canvas with this property. Let your imagination run wild.

Located in the Champagne-Ardenne region of France close to the vineyards of Champage and Burgundy. After a few glasses you will forget all that renovation work.

Intrigued - get the full picture on this Farmhouse in the Haute-Marne << click here

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    French Regional Guides

    We have regional guides to France - to help you decide where to buy!

    We have a new writer who has a wry sense of humour - so you can learn and enjoy at the same time!

    Some extracts:

    France Regional Guides

    Writing about Provence (PACA): “The Alps of Provence are home to the marmot, a 5kg mountaineering hamster, which wards off predators by chattering its teeth. Must try that. Marmots hibernate for nine months of the year and seal their burrow with faeces. Marmots are an endangered species because they’re so slow at breeding. Your love-life would probably suffer too if your front door was sealed with faeces.” For more from this guide - Provence Guide

    Limousin Guide: “Limousin is slap in the middle of France (and left a bit). It’s very rural and is the second least populated region after Corsica. It is also the only French region to have given its name to a 20′ car with a jacuzzi in the back. Historians claim the association comes from the very long cloaks worn by Limousin shepherds, though what shepherds were doing driving limos is anyone’s guess.”

    Poitou-Charentes Guide: “Her first husband was Louis VII. In 1146 they embarked together on the Second Crusade, referred to in subsequent accounts as ‘Ye Terminal Fyve of Crusades’. Half way across the Phrygian mountains, Eleanor and Louis started a ‘domestic’ over the amount of luggage she’d brought (plus ça change). While they were still bickering, the Turks attacked. Surviving the attack but somewhat discouraged, Ellie and Lou decided to go for an easier target and attacked Damascus - much to the surprise of their allies, the Damascans. An act of indiscriminate slaughter and pillage can often bring a couple closer together (Relayte Handebooke, 1178) but not the Aquitaines, who eventually returned to Poitiers on separate ships.”

    Rhone-Alpes Guide: “The capital of Rhône-Alpes is France’s third largest city Lyon. (We spell it Lyons, possibly through confusion with the tea-rooms). Lyon’s international airport is named after the writer and pilot Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, who hasn’t been seen since he took off in his monoplane in 1944. Some consider this naming unfortunate for an airport - like Titanic Cruises or The John Prescott Diet.”

    Enjoy!

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    Heard on the grapevine…

    ….sorry for the pun but apparently Global warming is having an affect on the quality of the Champagne vineyards. As tempertatures increase by 0.5 degrees, this will have a deleterious effect on the quality.

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    Good time to buy French property

    Investors considering obtaining a French mortgage could not have picked a better time, according to the experts.

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