Personally I'd put them into the body of the message as Roger has done below (use the little photo icon in the bar above this box) as there is nothing like a bot of 'eye-candy' top attract a potential buyer...!
Janet, either you give the URL if they're on the web, or you scan them and then copy and paste them into the body of the message.
Doreen, great idea about the long/short term rentals (but excluding holiday lets so not overrun with adverts) - Joanne's already expressed her interest so it shows how useful that could be.
Hi, this is a great idea. I used to love the one on anglo info but would not pay the prices they now ask. We have a village house in the high Aude valley, Languedoc, which we are renovating. I will defiantly advertise it on here in the summer when complete.
(This is a "re-post" with a couple of pictures.)
My place is for sale. It's NOT a two-up/two-down. It's currently on the market via some agents - here is a sample of their "pitch"
http://www.green-acres.com/en/properties/691a-15145.htm
Am I being lazy not doing the write-up myself?? P.S. It would obviously be cheaper if the buyer comes to me directly - we have "sans exclusivite" agreements with the agents.
Our house is on the market at the moment and we are looking to move to France as soon as it sells. We are doing our homework and have been looking at it for a couple of years. We will have about 200 000 euros to spend on a house but we want to rent first - maybe up to one year. So I think rental properties would be a great idea. Even though I haven't contributed yet to the pages on here I do look every day and will no doubt start asking questions soon about certain experiences!
Sarah, Catherine is proposing this entirely free of charge, entirely (FOC).
So long as you have reasonable ad pricing. Anglo Info have changed their Property ads to a special property portal and now charge €100 per month for properties for sale and over that for 3 months for holiday/rentals. Considering the market here in France is so slow to move particularly for selling, I personally think €100 a month is a bit steep but maybe I am wrong. I have not sold a property in France yet but from what I gather you have to spend a few hundred every few months updating relevant selling documents don't you?
Wanted: looking for a property on the Deux Sevres/Vendee borders.
Must be in quiet area. Three beds minimum. Workshops/ outbuildings and up to one acre of land. Preferably no work required but don’t mind a little.
Have recently sold our house in Airvault so the money is in the bank waiting!
Max price €175000
Nick and Paul, what Nick is saying should be the case. However, my OH has had/seen agents with their hatchets out demanding commission when either she has handled a sale or people have sold themselves and politely told her and asked for advice. I believe she has said that there are mandates that do allow agents to get their commission irrespective, worth finding out probably.
a friend created their own web page to sell their property, it's and old advert and in pounds, the price today is 390,000€, good example of how to market a property?
Paul, not usually. An agent should only receive commission for what they sell.
Roger - do you not still have to pay commission to the agent(s) even if you sell it privately ?
Yes deffo!
Can you write some guidelines on how best to post please, we use them in the category header.
One post per property, price, region, links, description etc.
Tips etc?
I’ll set up the category now
Are we letting agents in too? I think we should?
Yes let’s trial that too, maybe they can have a sub category each or Private Property Sales and Agency or something?
Here’s the private property sales category
http://www.survivefrance.com/c/for-sale-or-wanted/property-sales
Can you move the existing properties to it please?
Ok it took us a while but we got there! We’ve now got a Property section in the For Sale and Wanted topic. If your property is still for sale or if you are looking to buy please post your listing here;
http://www.survivefrance.com/t/about-the-property-for-sale-category/13572
This service is entirely FOC and is available to both private sellers AND agents. But please, only ONE property per post and don’t forget to include some images.
So if you haven’t sold yet, fingers crossed that this will help!
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After being here for the past 47+ years 
I have had to deal with a few estate agents. There are good and bad & I have a few stories of the “bad ones.” One way to keep them in trim & help us smile (it’s only a suggestion)… would be to include a “bad corner” for those bad guys… Nothing like an accessible blog to expose and protect us all against the rogue estate agencies. Sharing a good laugh (it’s usually not such a funny story when it happens) With no bad language of course and nothing defamatory… just blogging some past stories in a humorous way can be a relief and a warning to the bad b*ggrs.
Ok I now feel I should start with an example:
After agreeing to sell my house to an artist friend (who I didn’t know was looking for a place in the town) and while drinking a cup of coffee in her house, the door bell rang. It was the man from the estate agency Particulier to Particulier, where my property was for sale and I knew him well. With my back turned & my friend telling him that she had found her ideal property, he began to run down my property to get her back on his books. He didn’t succeed, and although I kept quiet and didn’t turn around, I nearly spat the coffee out on my friends table in shock.
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