House Viewings & Average Prices | Navigating the French Real Estate Market

[@lilym4754]

Thank you for you two beautiful wife and husband 👍❤🙏very informative 🇬🇧lily 🇬🇧

[@GregoryYoung-rm2xc]

Fern you and Ryan were so generous with your time and your info here thank you so much because this vlog confirmed for me that living in the city and renting is the vibe for me! Love ya.

[@irishdancer2753]

Fern and Ryan, a very informative video! Much luck in your home search endeavors!!

[@fernibops]

Thanks so much! ❤️ Fingers crossed! 🤞🏼

[@semikaren]

A really interesting insight, guide and useful tips ..will prove most helpful for those wishing to move to France… well done you two👍😊😘

[@fernibops]

Thank you! 😊

[@lw7240]

I love this guys u bringing us along on your house hunting adventures and keeping us up to date. Love it!! Sending love Lisa xx ❤❤❤

[@sylviamatthee8172]

This video is brilliant. Very useful. Thank you!!

[@fernibops]

You're very welcome! ❤️

[@Ajajaj-k3i]

Thank you so much for this helpful information. I really enjoy your videos.

[@lindabradley8661]

Raynn needs to build you a great house with lot of windows and French doors by the ocean Ryann can do it he is a great builder we have seen some of his work Ryann does awesome work.

[@fernibops]

The dream! 🫶🏼💫

[@ggibson8356]

Thanks guys for unravalleing the system of International/French property purchases so interesting to see how each country has such different processes and it is the kind of stuff that people often don't disclose when sharing the dream of moving OS - loved this Q & A 💕

[@willowvc1910]

Good 😊 luck with your new home! Exciting! I always believe in fate and destiny,the right home will be there for you xxx i sense a barn conversion!

[@julietpackard9236]

Thank god Ryan isn’t bothered by cracks 😂

[@christineadkins4058]

Do you regret selling your previous home? It was really lovely? I wish you all the best in your future house hunting. Fill up those cracks Ryan????

[@frannieb5203]

I loved this video and I felt like I was sitting across the table from you. My husband and I waited and found a dream house in 2000, and I got to gut it and have a wonderful 10 yrs in the house. That was a great investment and smart for our retirement. You are young and doing the smart thing.

[@nonnieTerri]

Quite interesting! Great job on this video.

[@marisayoung8670]

Forget pools. Go to the beach.

[@AP-kb3tn]

Great information...thanks for sharing! Best of Luck in searching for your new home...the perfect one is out there for you!

[@lucillegil5306]

Great content guys loving it so informative for us , thank you

[@behindthegateatnumber8926]

Wow! Super informative!! Such a great vlog!! Love! ❤

[@SandySchneider-y6c]

Very helpful! Thank you!

[@janebarrett4601]

Love this content , keep them coming 👍

[@sherrik9419]

I love that you allow us to tag along on your house journey, such an informative vlog. But I must agree, I thought that particular home was quite unattractive and looked like it needed a lot of attention. On to the next one!😄💞😁

[@sengahornsey8724]

Fern that was really informative. It sounds like a very daunting process and good for you and Ryan to jump in and actually do it! I hope you find your ideal home as you said nothing is perfect. Good things come to those who wait, ummmm who said that, hahaha

[@fernibops]

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[@lokijulou]

This was amazing! Love these videos. Fern you should be an expat realtor heheh ❤

[@EatingPlantsinFrance]

You were definitely very brave making that leap to France. And it’s worked out so well for you. It’s much harder for Brits to do it now, is it even still possible post-Brexit? Thanks for all your videos and I hope you find your dream home soon 🏡😊

[@kathleenabelaperez2153]

How fun. Good Luck. I know you will find a gem

[@Fantasia-Faye]

Very intriguing! I wish I could relocate there!

[@irenelacour3486]

Thanks so much for all the information. I guess it's also the location you want to live in. I have seen a lot of ads but not in the French Riviera. Good luck to you and I hope you find your dream home soon

[@fernibops]

Thank you! ❤️

[@louisehodges6714]

A very interesting vlog and you both described things so clearly, thankyou ~ I really admire that you took the leap all those years ago ~ and you have given your lovely family that wonderful, interesting lifestyle ❤French property law is very confusing 😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫 Good luck finding your perfect home there ~ one day you will for sure 💫

[@joanannewallace]

I love the house you sold. Do you regret selling it?

[@georgejobe961]

I did wonder why they sold their last property before finding a new one. It’s a risk, as prices fluctuate so much and they are in an expensive part of the world. I know they say they got a good price for their last home, but that will have been overtaken by renting and moving around.

[@christineacanadian465]

Good morning 🌞. Cool color coordinated synergy looks good!The process is so complicated it almost makes my 👀 cross!Wow the simplicity of cash!What alot to understand .So many factors.Indeed you are brave to have jumped into your dream . Honestly that was alot of info!❤❤ What you didn't know!

[@patriciahall2223]

This was an amazing video , very informative ...there is a lot of thinking & discussing to be done that's for sure and always good to hear from the people like yourselves that live there with more experience . Thank you Fern & Ryan enjoy rest of your week can't wait for Sunday's 🇨🇦

[@fernibops]

Glad you enjoyed it! 😊❤️🏡

[@suek8177]

Thanks Fern and Ryan. This was so helpful and has given such a good insight into the purchase and auction procedures in France. Wishing you all the best with your property search; fingers crossed you'll soon find your dream place. ❤

[@fernibops]

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[@anneofgreengables1619]

Based on the high cost & speed of purchasing a property in France, I would give it a miss myself. Beautiful place but too expensive in that part of France. It's difficult because there is so much competition.. 😕 French bureaucracy is a pain.

[@annettesharrock1236]

Glad to hear that Ryan has filled a lot of cracks🤣🤣Thanks for the information I also used a French estate agents much better to go with, Good luck with the house hunting,

[@sunflowergirl1802]

😂😂😂 You crack me up!

[@IsabelleLequeux]

I live in the same area, everything is very expensive compared to any other part of the world -justified or not is for us to decide! But what is universally true is the backwards way of the French (I am French by the way!).: very limited use of the internet and all modern ways of working (modern as in use for the past 20 years in other countries). There are probably a lot of properties meeting your requirements but you would have to go in person to every single estate agent to get viewings…

[@fernibops]

Thank you! ❤️ I think that will be our next step.. 🏡🤞🏼

[@jimdepereira985]

My worst experience was using oil heat. Fortunately we had locked price contracts for oil delivery. You really had to watch what was going on to get the best contract price. Thank you for sharing.

[@fernibops]

Oh wow! Great point!

[@stephaniehanuman-dale6279]

I think renters don’t understand how much it costs to maintain a property. You’ve seen both sides ❤️

[@fernibops]

Very true! ❤️🏡💸

[@johnwilliamtuckey2796]

OMG!! So happy you both didn't like that property; I was saying to myself "no" please don't buy that. LoL I use to stay in a 3 bedroom apartment in Antibe; that only had 4 apartments in the building one side looking at the mountains and the other side looking at the sea. It was gorgeous. But, I only stayed there for about 3 months every year. We owned our apartment in Lyon in Place Bellecour, Lyon France; that had been in my partners family since is great grandparents. The place in Antibe was are friend's that had another house in Ile De Re during the summer so I stayed the for free. I think that if I had to go through all THAT; I would have to be highly medicated! LOL I will keep you in my thoughts as usual. I am happy that you are in a nice place now. As Ryan said " sometime there will come a prefect property come up. I personally happy that you're not in that small caravan.. Love you both! ❤

[@fernibops]

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[@TheBluebellMoon2]

Busy time for you both searching for your own ‘Chateau De L’Horizon’. Just think that Maxine Elliott the famous actress bought a seaside plot of land there on the Riviera in the 1930s which was cheap cos it was rocky not sandy beach. Maybe consider a tiny old seaside apartment in a nearby village to Cannes or your children’s schools & then keep looking around for your rural project. You can always rent out the apartment at a later date which will bring in good income for you. ❤️Very tiring & frustrating hunting for houses. I looked in France & all over Italy & settled in a different area to where I expected to be in 🇮🇹😂. Your children will need to be near ‘friends & activities’ as they get older or you will spend hours driving & being their taxi driver which isn’t necessarily a negative as it means you keep an eye on things too. At 18 they will be off to uni - the time flies😊. Thx for letting us share your French journey. 🥰☀️

[@georgejobe961]

Can’t see either children going to uni. Seth will join his father’s building company, and the little girl is so into make up and skincare products she will become an influencer!

[@fernibops]

Great points! Thank you so much! 🥰🫶🏼💫

[@realtorclairerolo]

It's unfortunate that you don't have the option to have an agent who works for you and your best interest. We have designated agency in Canada. House hunting can be frustrating and overwhelming, you are calm and practical, so I know you will have success!

[@fernibops]

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[@jilljackson340]

Hello the two of you, good update if anyone wants to move to the SoF. We bought eight years ago, and it sounds as though it is a little tougher now. On reflection - why did you have to move from your previous lovely house? You had a lot of work planned to do, but why the sudden decision to move , airB&B ing, and then and now renting?? I am assuming that you owned your previous house, and were not renting.. Does it worry you that you dont own a property? As prices are going up - they are in our area near St Maxime, you could make a loss financially. It will be interesting to follow this year, and next time I am in Cannes - I will reach out. - I promise

[@mollypitcher9380]

As we can tell, Ryan is in that real estate business (a contractor). So I think someone offered a lot for their pink house… enough money that they couldn’t refuse. 🌸

[@georgejobe961]

@@mollypitcher9380the longer they rent, the more they lose money saved.

[@equatorialcat4569]

when you speak about things, houses and locations, it would be more interesting to cut to seeing thiose things rather than just watching you both talk

[@dianegriffith3006]

Do you have a ‘list’ written down on the things you really see in your minds eye what you both want? You start off checking the things you like in your discoveries? I’m sure you’ll find it. It’s just not shown up for you. Maybe this Spring? Praying it’ll show up soon for you. 🙏

[@fernibops]

Thank you so much! 🤞🏼❤️🏡💫

[@karenfarr1335]

Very stressful ❤

[@ramandeepgill4075]

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[@BeadALA]

Does anyone know wyt they sold their beautiful villa?

[@georgejobe961]

Not really, they say they got an offer they couldn’t refuse, but I think it was a rash decision, as property prices are going up, and they will have lost money by renting.

[@BeadALA]

@@georgejobe961 But to get an offer they obviously put it on the market. They also put a lot of work/money into that property and were only there for a couple of years iirc. Unless Ryan, being in the building trade, saw it as an investment/flipper? And yes, I agree, ref house prices on the up + rentals for over a year = Not such astute economical decisions.

[@tiffcat1100]

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[@buttercup6170]

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[@janlafournaise6505]

The music is distractingly loud and unfortunately I had to stop watching. I’m very interested in your channel and would love to be able to watch. I will check back later. Hopefully the volume will have been turned down and I will be able to enjoy your channel.

[@withluvdee1046]

Everyone subscribe if you haven’t already and hit the thumbs up. 👍🏼 I would love a place in the countryside . Question- what is the healthcare like as you get older and may need assistance. The US healthcare is insane. Also is it super humid during summer? Great video, super informative. Sending good vibes for the home search. 💚🩷💚🩷

[@manuelapereira6692]

It’s so hart to find the perfect house don’t get discourage and don’t be in the hurry the perfect home will come to you guys I know the feeling wish you beautiful couple all the best in your house hunting 🩷🥰🙏

[@fernibops]

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