EuroTrash

Thank you CS, I needed cheering up and you just made me laugh

TextualHealing

Just to get back to the OP Andre de Vries and Micheal Streeter's book 'Buying a house in France' does dedicate about 100 pages to discussing the pros and cons of France Regions (the boundaries of which have subsequently been withdrawn). It does give a good idea of house prices, the economy, the weather, cuisine and culture. A good starting point perhaps?

butch1961

A Happy Easter to all of you.

To those of you who have offered support and guidance, you have my heartfelt thanks.

To those who offer negativity; I have already wasted enough words on you.

TextualHealing

Sorry 'withdrawn' should have read 'redrawn'. Damned predictive texting. And a happy Easter.

Novocastrian

Good evening, to you all.

Never been to UK, but for some reason it appeals to me and my wife. I am aware that numerous trips are in the offing.

So far, we have narrowed it down to Cornwall, Northumberland, Essex or Pembrokeshire. I have read about the weather becoming unsettled the further north you go; but really need some guidance on areas within these.

All help gratefully accepted.

Novo & Millie.

<It's not negativity, just bewilderment>

butch1961

Novo & Millie

Are you practising idiots, or do you both hold full certification.

I joined this forum for help and guidance.

If you cannot be constructive, why don't you crawl back in your hole!

Novocastrian

We took lessons from a Master.

Here's some constructive advice: Sit down with your wife over cup of tea or a glass of wine and discuss what it is about the idea of living in France that sounds attractive to you both. Then post a question asking for suggestion as to where in France these things might be found. The choice of UK locations in our post was intended to illustrate something that you, living in the UK, would immediately recognise, namely that Essex has as much in common with Cornwall as Brittany has with Charente.

butch1961

Novo & Ellie

Let's start again; shall we?

This is want we want:

Character Property
Minimum of 2 bedrooms
Garden – not too big
Central heating
Double glazing
Semi-rural
Not too warm in the summer
Not too cold in the winter
Renovated – little of nothing to do on it
Not too far from an airport
Not too closer to main town/city

Cheers

Novocastrian

OK. Budget?

butch1961

£200000

Novocastrian

We have our French house in Calvados so that's where I first looked.

Long�re 3 pi�ces 100 m� Ventes immobili�res Calvados - leboncoin.fr

How about that one?

butch1961

Cheers for this.

We had been told that we might Normandie, too cold?

Novocastrian

Warmer than Brittany and less windy. We're usually in France in the spring and summer but we spent one winter there in 2013. Basically the winters are the same as in Bournemouth (although I haven't spent a winter in Bournemouth yet).

EuroTrash

Normandy in winter is nowhere near as cold as the south of France in winter, and nowhere near as hot in summer. As a very general rule, the further south you go the more extreme the weather becomes. Most of the 'weather incidents' - hurricanes, tornados, floods etc - give Normandy a miss

Is it a fact that Normandy is warmer than Brittany? My impression is that it's not. Less windy, yes, although as it happens we had gale force winds here in Normandy yesterday.

But if what you're mostly interested is in sunshine and heat, then head south, young man.

You don't mention many requirements for your surroundings. Do you have interests that you will pursue, do you want golf or horse riding or hiking or theatres or a good library or a strong music tradition? Or a spa or a gym or even a shopping centre? Don't make the mistake that some make, and end up with the house of your dreams but as soon as you step outside your garden gate you feel you're in alien territory and there's nothing you can relate to. There's only so much pleasure you can get out of 'being', you also have to think about 'doing'. Otherwise your castle turns into a prison. Seen it happen so many times.

Happy hunting

Novocastrian

I'd guess that the difference in the means is smaller than the standard deviation in either or both.

In other words they're much the same.

I prefer Normandy because I like cows.