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Category Archives: Country Properties

  1. Escape to a new home in south-west France

    Quercy

    Zoe Scott and her family treasured their visit to France every year, discovering yet another part of the country. In the summer of 1988 they rented a holiday home and it was then that the idea of moving to France permanently really took [read more]

    February 28, 2012

    Posted in Country Properties, France, Property & Real Estate.

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  2. Thinking of an escape to the country? Why not consider the Cotswolds for your new home?

    “If you’re thinking of moving to the country, you should definitely consider the Cotswolds.  This picturesque region offers a wonderful way of life, a safe environment to bring up children and is just an hour or so from London.  We have excellent schools [read more]

    September 3, 2011

    Posted in Country Properties, News, Property & Real Estate, UK.

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  3. Large family house for sale – with potential for use as a chambre d’hôte

    The swimming pool at La Maison Caignac is

    La Maison Caignac, situated in the rolling hills between Toulouse and Carcassonne, some six kilometres from the autoroute A61 at Villefranche, is now offered for sale. Built in 1707 and renovated throughout in 2003 this luxurious Maison de Maître offers a spacious 655 [read more]

    July 21, 2011

    Posted in Country Properties, France, Investment, News, Worldwide.

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  4. A luxury château with a vineyard in France’s legendary Beaujolais region

    chateau 2

    Elegant in scale, architecturally exquisite and with beautiful views of surrounding vineyards, this magnificent château affords a sophisticated lifestyle in Beaujolais, one of France’s prettiest wine regions. Between the villages of Saint-Amour and Fleurie in the hilly Beaujolais countryside and on the border [read more]

    February 7, 2011

    Posted in Country Properties, France, News, Property & Real Estate.

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  5. Innovative purchase concept puts Tuscany holiday homes in the ‘best value’ bracket

    Pictured is one of the residences at Villa Bossi Pucci, set in a typical Tuscan landscape of vineyards, olive groves and cypress trees

    Italian holiday homes that are available to buy through an innovative new private residence club are said to offer the best value lifestyle option for people who can’t justify the cost of purchasing a holiday home in Tuscany when they will only use [read more]

    January 24, 2011

    Posted in Country Properties, Italy, Property & Real Estate, Tuscany.

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  6. A Home With History

    Melanie Backe-Hansen, historian for Chesterton Humberts

    Estate agent Chesterton Humberts has a history that dates back to 1805. But as well as being property experts, the company believes it is important to understand Britain’s history. To support this Chesterton Humberts has employed its own in-house historian to bring the [read more]

    July 8, 2010

    Posted in Country Properties, UK.

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  7. Balearic Islands – finding a property

    Anyone thinking of buying a home for holidays, for investment or for retirement would do well to look at the Balearic Islands. The history and the name of these Mediterranean gems date back to ancient times when local mercenaries, known as Balears, were [read more]

    July 24, 2009

    Posted in Apartment, Apartment-hotel, Balearics, Beach, Country Properties, Eurostar, Finance, Golf, Overseas Property/Real Estate, Property & Real Estate, Scuba diving, Spain, Travel.

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  8. Southwold – East Anglian magic

    There can be only be a handful of places in the UK that provoke, almost without exception, the reaction, “Oh what a wonderful place, so charming, so… special. And it’s not just the rather more senior generation that responds like that. The town [read more]

    July 24, 2009

    Posted in Country Properties, Golf, House, Land, Property & Real Estate, Starter Homes, Travel, UK.

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  9. New Chesterton Humberts’ House Price Poll of Polls shows second consecutive month increase in house prices

    Robert Bartlett, CEO, Chesterton Humberts

    According to the Chesterton Humberts latest House Price Poll of Polls, house prices rose by 0.4% in July, the second consecutive month to show national house prices increasing. The average price of a residential property in England and Wales now stands £164,557, up [read more]

    July 22, 2009

    Posted in Country Properties, House, London, Property & Real Estate, UK.

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