Well, after just over 6 weeks of being single I have put in an offer on a house and it's been accepted!
I got it for nearly €20k less than the asking price, so I am very happy. Now I need to go through the whole house buying process in France, without speaking much of the language, this should be interesting.
There are a few things I will need to do with the house when I first move in, the major one is to fence in the garden and put grass down. I can't have the dog running riot in the neighbour's potager!
As I'll be moving in October/November I'm not sure grass seed is going to take very well, especially as the dog likes to dig... does anyone know of anywhere in the Poitou-Charentes area that sells turf??
I've looked all over the Internet so I know it's going to be a big task to find somewhere!