New accounts have to post a bit before they can send messages, just to try avoid a bad actor joining and then immediately spamming users. Established users should be able to message you though so perhaps @Helenochka could initiate the conversation.
Ah yes that will be it - I didn’t realise AlfredH had only recently joined - welcome to SF @AlfredH !
Poincaré area.
But you’ll probably see loads of flats you like better than ours.
Anyway, I’ll PM you!
We have had a small house near the beach in La Nartelle 83120 for over thirty years.
We have spent many a wonderful summer there and our daughter practically grew up on the beach.
However it’s just getting too hot and last year we returned home (We live in Luxembourg) for the month of August.
This year we came down on 15th June and again we will miss out August returning for three weeks in September.
However this year the two weeks (very roughly) 22nd June to 6th July have been so hot I began to think about going home.
Luckily the weather broke and a couple of windy days changed everything and as I write the weather is perfect. It’s hot but cool at night and the sea is at a pleasant temperature.
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Is any of the land constructible - might be worth selling a separate parcel if so, a full hectare is a bit much if you are looking for a holiday home.
The lack of A/C might be reducing the appeal as well.
You’ve probably thought of both the above points of course 
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At that price buyers can install the latest technology.
But whether it would be worth checking whether the local plan would allow a change of use to constructible is a good idea.
Thank you everyone for your lovely / helpful / informative replies and private messages.
If nothing else it’s cheered me up!
Maybe I’ll raffle the sodding place.
Let me know if anyone wants to buy a ticket
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The New York Times ran a story of an Irish woman who auctioned her cottage in IE. Suffice to say that after covering the value of the property and all the costs involved with the auction - she spent +/- €30k on marketing - the proceeds, at over €1m, left her considerably in pocket.
I’d keep quiet about the ‘sodding’ aspect of the place!
My theory is that Brexit has brought people up short on the idea of committing capital/loan finance for a mere 90 days/180 if not taking the 12 month visitor visa route. Certainly for places needing considerable maintenance.
I carefully inspect listings [see below] for signs of Brit ownership. They tend to be in better shape than a French family finally abandoning rural France.
I moved from Valencia to France to escape blistering hot summers. A combination of Brexit and Covid sort of bounced me into buying in Calvados. My original target area was south of the Loire, north of Angouleme and west of Limoges. My pal and I are minded to find a place in that area to improve on soggy Norman/Danish winters.
Or soggy summers, come to that. Here we are, mid July, and the rain is sweeping down the valley - a thick mizzle and the max for the day failing to make 20C.
Hardly a soggy summer (yet)
There are many other nationalities buying houses in France! Brits are a small %
Not so. Brits still are the prinicipal non-national buyers. Notaire stats for have Brits leading at …
Although British buyers remained the largest group of non-resident foreign buyers, at 22% (around 3,000 properties),
The graphic below shows the share by nationality over the period 2010 to 2020.
It’s likely that the graph will continue downwards for Brits but will still represent a significant proportion of foreign buyers. However, a 15%+ fall in any sector of buyers in any market affects that market a gt deal.
If you mean ‘hardly a summer yet’ - check. If you mean 'hardly soggy …. ’ here in Vire it often is, regrettably. As for autumn/winter… 
Americans still seem to want to go south. In most of the US Facebook groups I hang in, the overwhelming majority of target cities is Nice, followed by Toulouse and other cities near the coast. I think they’re nuts.
I really was targeting Brittany- so far we’re renting in Cholet due to an unfortunate choice of AirBnbs when we first arrived and then just luck. I still want to move north (around Questembert) , SWMBO likes it here. This is still to be decided.
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I didn’t mention non-national buyers, as to me French is a nationality! And by far largest 2nd home owners.
Plus your data from 2020, so not that up to date.
Anecdotally 2 of the 4 people who have viewed our house have been French looking for a second home. The others French for maison principal.
My reply was to your statement “Brits are small %”. Even given oldish stats, clearly that’s not so.
I was obviously referring to all nationalities, so my statement was correct. As nowhere did I say non-french nationals.
I admit I have a bit of a thing about this as the British - whether resident or second home owners - are such a tiny element in France but somehow always seem to think we are “special” in some way. We’re not. The British were treated very generously with Brexit and I loathe this being abused. We need to get over it!
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I live about 15 km south of Vire, I bet our weather isn’t much different to yours, and apart from a few damp or rainy days the weather’s been pretty good so far.
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I’m only a few hundred metres crow’s flight to @captainendeavour’s place. Yes, today is thoroughly miserable but I for one am relieved to have had some rain in recent days & a reduction in temperature.
However, it looks as if things will remain changeable for the rest of the month, with no return to high temps, with 25°C max prévu. This is a good thing as I need to get on with some outside construction 
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Google no longer thinks it is going to rain here on Friday.
Metéo France has doubled down and thinks there will be thunderstorms not only in the morning but in the afternoon as well.
Pick a weather forecast, any weather forecast…
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