How to Advertise a French House in the UK- Solved!

Yesterday, during a brief, boiling sortie - I was accosted by someone who has a second home in Brittany - which they would like to Sell.

Have you any suggestions on how a Property might be Advertised privately in UK - Facebook sites etc - anything at all.

I have no info as yet other than “It would be an ideal holiday home for a Brit, in a wonderful part of France” :upside_down_face:

They could try French-Property.com, but it may not suit them unless they have someone that could take care of viewings, they’re not agents but certainly reach a huge audience & not just UK buyers.

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Thank you Debby - that is an interesting site.

If they want to advertise privately then this site gives a marketing route, Presumably if want to sell privately they have sorted out how to show it and get the translations and diagnostics done. If french:

https://www.frenchpropertiesdirect.com/annoncez-votre-propriete

Or for english speakers

https://www.frenchpropertiesdirect.com/

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I honestly have no idea what they are up to… I merely agreed to enquire about how to get the property to a UK audience.

Me, I’d give it to an International Estate Agent.

These are only a few on Facebook: French Homes for sale, Property for sale in France, Expats going back to the U.K., Sell your house in France. The more the merrier. Others will pop up. They are free. There is a Dutch one which costs. to sell but free to look. HUISenAANBOD.nl.

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I’ll give all the replies to Mme Whoever (I only know her by sight). She pounced on me 'cos she knows where I came from…:upside_down_face::wink:

So many folk think that the UK is full of folk wanting a hideaway - mind you, after yesterday’s fiasco - she is possibly correct.

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I would give green-acres.com a go. Ok, it’s “international” but if its written in English, chances are English speakers will read it. Used to be about €100 for 6 months.

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And the selling prices on greenacres are inflated too!

I think the pivot point in whichever methodology is chosen, relies on someone being able to show a prospective buyer around the property without too much fuss.
When we went to view some in May, the houses we had short listed from English websites, all had corresponding entries with French websites. The correspondence and arrangements were made with the English sites, but it was the French who actually took us round on our viewings.

May be an idea is to work backwards from who will take up the viewings, to then who will promote it ? But yes at face value… FB is a cheap start.

They might want to look at rightmove. Our British guests here in France quite often talk about having “the dream” of moving to France and rightmove is often one of the sites they watch.

Thanks Everyone - I’ve handed over all the information… Over and Out :upside_down_face::slightly_smiling_face:

I used Greenacres and their translation was a bit off ie. ground floor got translated as cellar!

A French guy who has inherited his mum’s house has asked me if I will recommend it to my English friends.

I used to get that so often… although it has tailed-off a bit, I’m pleased to say.

They used to chase me for updates - as if expecting me to conjure a Buyer out of thin air…:joy::laughing::thinking::upside_down_face:

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