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La Porte Property Newsletter | August 2012

Dear Friends,

Welcome to the August edition of our Newsletter. The summer season is in full swing, with 30°+ temperatures and cloudless skies. Although still quiet by most standards, our roads are busier than usual with tourists, pottering along at 60kph and learning to negotiate tractors with bale filled trailers. But there are a lot of great events happening - concerts, night markets, medieval fairs and generally lots of eating out in the warm summer evenings.

The Olympics have just finished with Great Britain doing brilliantly in the medal tables with 29 Golds, some way ahead of nos amis – who perhaps would have done better if Paris had won the bid to hold it.

We have had a busy month at La Porte with a lot of visitors, many combining house hunting with a holiday – lots of dribbled ice cream on the property printouts! So despite the economic uncertainties and for all the right reasons, there’s still a strong desire to buy property in France.

And we have yet more newly listed, quality properties for sale - with a selection of the most recent here. Please contact us if you’d like more information on any of them.

Best wishes

Simon

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Attractive 19th century country house with superb views near Villeneuve sur Lot
€730.000 | REF: 433
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Our Recent Properties

426 421 428
Imposing Manoir with elevated views and 4.6ha near Duras
€1.166.000 | REF: 426
Substantial Maison de Maitre with river views in Bergerac
€695.000 | REF: 421
Country house with guest wing near Hautefage-la-Tour
€649.000 | REF: 428
429 430 158
Restored water mill with 4ha near Monflanquin
€599.000 | REF: 429 
Superb house with swimming pool and 1.6ha near Monflanquin
€399.000 | REF: 430
Attractive and fully restored stone house near Belves
€349.500 | REF: 158

 

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