We Sold our house within two days of putting it on the market This made us wonder if we had under priced the property but also we were very happy that we could sell quickly thus doing away with needing a mortgage to finance the French Property. We were also pretty fortunate that the buyer was looking for an investment and was happy to rent the house back to us for less than we were paying on he mortgage.
We quickly made an offer on our French house 10,000 euro's under the asking price and were very pleased to have it accepted, we were off to a good start. When it came to transferring funds to France to pay for the house we were also in luck as the exchange rate rose in our favour and actually saved us £2500 from our estimations.
So the date is set to pick up the keys. Friday 16th February, the ferry is booked for the 14th Feb (romantic crossing of course) as you can imagine Wendy is buzzing and I am reserving judgement until I have the keys in my hand...
Whilst we are over there we need to ensure we read the meters, arrange direct debits for the utility bills, and open a bank account.
So we will be saying at our house in France from the 16th Feb til 18th Feb when we dash back to Poole, which is going to be difficult as I suspect both of us will want to stay as there is much to do for phase 2.
Stage1:
- Selling our house in Poole
- Purchasing the house in France
- finding somewhere to rent in the UK
Stage 2:
- saving up so that we can survive until the B&B can sustain us
- modernise the french house to create a home
- network and establish a B&B 4 motorcyclists
Stage 3:
- give up work in the UK
- move lock stock barrel to france
- enjoy our life riding and entertaining motorcyclists.
