Dream Properties Dordogne

Dream Properties Dordogne are dedicated to making your purchase of a French house a simple and enjoyable experience. This needs a little planning on your part plus our no-nonsense French property purchase guide to keep you in control of the whole process.

It does not matter if you are just looking for a small holiday cottage, a farm house, a town house, a house with land or even a château the process of finding and buying your ideal French property is the same.

Bookmark (Ctrl+D) these pages as they are going to be of use to you during the whole process of searching for and buying your property in France. We, in turn, will be working to expand on the information provided and to keep things bang up-to-date. If there are any changes in the process then you will see the details here as quickly as we can get hold of them.

We have broken our guide down into sections that follow the stages of the French house buying process. We would advise reading through the whole guide before concentrating on each section in turn as your house hunt progresses. Look for the handy Click the icon to print this page icons on each page if you would like to print the details to use away from your PC.

Before you start:
A little pre-planning will make the whole process of searching for and finding that perfect Dordogne Property much more straightforward. Good planning will ensure that you can snap up that French property bargain as soon as you have seen it. We have divided the planning stage of our guide into two sections:

Buying your dream house in France:
Here our guide covers the process of finding your French property, working out the full cost of your new home, making an offer, signing a purchase, French property purchase agreement and completing the purchase. You can find out about the roles played by the Dordogne estate agent (immobillier) and the notaire.

Inheritance Law and French Taxation:
Many people enter the French housing market without finding out about these important issues. A little thought and perhaps a family discussion on these key issues before you jump into a purchase can ensure that your French house purchase proceeds in a way that suits you and your family circumstances.

Other Issues:
While not a very inspired title, this section is where we will keep you up to date on issues that can affect either your French property search, the house buying process or the ownership of your French home but that do not fit well into any of the main sections. Our first issue is focused upon the fascinating French laws relating to "Servitudes"