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One of the main attractions of France for many people, the beautiful landscape and the number of people. In addition, a general lack of transport in rural areas and it is not surprising that the old French farmhouses are in demand with foreign buyers.

Is this the kind of property you are looking for there is more good news - most of the French do not want them!

It is not that there is something wrong with them, but in some ways, it is not an easy time for rural France. Agriculture is usually very strong, but has more mechanized and less people. The same is true for other rural occupations. Probably the only growth area is tourism. Fewer jobs mean that young French families have no other choice than to move closer to the towns and cities to find work.

You also have to consider that the average French farm probably needs some work and sympathetic renovation not exactly cheap. In many cases it is cheaper to buy a new home as a renovation of an old and during the French Romantics as often they are also very practical.

The result is that in France there are rural properties for sale. Almost always, these with a reasonably large plot of land and barns, stables or other outbuildings. From most peoples standards, they are not expensive. It is true that prices have risen strongly over the last ten or fifteen years, but this has been, and although the trend is still upwards in most areas, it is only a few percent per year now.

For foreign buyers from the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and Germany, for example, these properties are tremendous value for money.

So there is an after-page French farms for sale? Well, that's where we need to make a practical and let us see the rose tinted glasses on one side!

It is not easy to find real estate in rural France, in very good condition, and if you do this, they draw a premium. They are not only popular with foreign buyers, but also with the Parisians, many of whom, how to escape the city on weekends. That is not to say, everything else goes back, but as we already said that you were probably the most places have a bit of work, and this is one area where you need to carefully consider your budget.

Some friends of our recently purchased an old farmhouse for about 100,000 euros. When it is finished, there will be six bedrooms and four bathrooms. They are very practical people do ad a lot of the work itself, but the work will cost in the region by another hundred thousand.

Now I do not believe that two hundred thousand euro is really all the money on for a six-bedroom house in a beautiful area (with only deer for neighbors), but the important point is that the renovation work is to double their original spend.

It is really only a matter of doing a little research and good advice, so you know what you yourself in. A French Farm offers challenges that a city house, but the chances are excellent. I recommend it.

Apparently Jeff is an Englishman living in France. He is the author of the French Property Buyer's Guide, which is crucial for everyone thinking of buying French farm houses or other properties.