French house by owner
Appel Immo provides a wide range of French properties, French villas
and French houses for sale by owner.
If you're buying a french house by owner mainly as an investment…
Properties must be well placed and of excellent quality. Fine renovated
1960's apartments are a good bet.
It's also often a good idea to invest in a detached house or a village house,
especially if it has a patio or internal courtyard.
These products are highly sought-after in large cities.
Renting a large apartment provides a proportionally lower income than a
studio or two-room apartment, but tenants stay for longer.
Take into account the social structure of the commune where you are buying
a french house by owner (demand varies depending on things like whether it
is a university town, for example), and find out how common renting is there.
A second home: listen to your heart as well as your head when assessing
a "fair price", for instance a french house by owner.
In the case of a second home, you can afford to listen to your heart more
than when buying your main residence. However, do not buy at any price because
the property is less likely to have appreciated in value than other types
of dwellings when you come to sell it.
- Your first priority should be location; choose a second home which is
near facilities for the sports and leisure activities you enjoy, and bear
in mind how you are planning to use it. Depending on how much time you are
planning on spending there, you might be prepared to accept a less comfortable
- and therefore a cheaper - second home.
- Try to choose a french house, by owner, that you can easily rent out for
weekends or for the summer, should money become tight one day…