Estate Agents Normandy - for houses and property for
sale in the Normandy Area of France
IMMOBOULEVARD|Normandie
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We are specialist estate agents in the Normandy region of
France. We are here to help you find your new property in the Normandy region of
France! Whether it be a holiday home a business opportunity, a ruined chateau or
farmhouse please have a look at our website to see if we have something that
attracts you. Due to the fast moving nature of the French property market we may
well have something that has not yet been added to the site so please contact us
anyway.
We are very proactive in nature and are constantly on the
hunt for new houses in the Normandy Area so by registering with us by phone or
email we can keep you up to date with new houses.
If you are familiar with our site then please take advantage
of the quick links below to go straight to the various departments in Normandy
where you can find the houses we have for sale in Normandy. However, please note
that the pages for Haute Normandie and Basse Normandie listed above have maps
for each departments that can assist you in finding out where the property is
located.
Houses for saleCalvados
Houses for sale Eure
Houses for sale Manche
Houses for sale Orne
Houses for sale Seine-Martime
Normandy
France, for which we are principal estate agents,
is split into two regions as follows;
Haute Normandie (Higher Normandy) with its departments of
Seine Maritime and Eure.
Basse Normandie (Lower Normandy) with its departments of
Calvados, Manche and Orne.
The total population of Normandy, which we cover as estate
agents, is 3.26 million (Figures estimated at January 2006) with a population
density of 109 inhabitants per km2.This compares favourably with the UK which in
2003 had a population density of 344 per km2. France is roughly 2.5 times the
area of the UK so for all new House buyers to France there is still plenty of
room!
The capital of Haute Normandie is Rouen where we operate as
estate agents and the population there is 518,000 approximately which by many
expectations is low for a principal city. The capital of Basse Normandie is Caen
with a population of 370,000 approximately.
Normandy in France
Other major towns in Normandy for which we are estate agents
include;
Le Havre, Cherbourg, Dieppe, Coutances, Granville mostly based
on the coast or by the sea. This is of course a popular area for house buyers as
many dream of living by the sea and as French estate agents in Normandy we can
offer a range of seaside houses for sale that are not hugely expensive. Living
by the sea in France can still be relatively cheap so a new permanent home or a
holiday property should not cost the earth!
Normandy has proven popular with the English for centuries who
have always liked having a house in France. Of course in the early days they
tended not to pay and preferred to take by force! However, they may claim that
this was all started by William the Conqueror in 1066!
Nowadays, house buying in France and Normandy in particular
has become a more formalised and less violent procedure estate agents can assist you through the turmoil of understanding the
French Legal System and help prevent misunderstandings about the various
contracts that you will be signing. Of course, it could be argued that French
property prices represent something of a steal anyway - especially when compared
to prices in the UK and Ireland!
Normandy and its department have many regions extremely
popular with French house buyers and these include:
Suisse Normande with its hilly terrain. Immoboulevard
Normandie estate agents are fully represented here - of course!
The pays d'auge is a predominantly agricultural area and again
popular with house hunters and property buyers and as specialist estate agents
in Normandy we can offer all types of property from gites to longeurs and barns
to chateaux.
The Roumois is based around Rouen and there are a wealth of
properties for sale in this part of Normandy. It includes the communes of Bourg
Achard and Bourgtherould Infreville.
For Lieuvin estate agents and property buyers. Lieuvin is in
the Eure department and includes the towns of Beuzeville Epaignes, Lieury and
Thiberville.
Again if you are looking for Manoirs, gites. longeurs, barns
or chateaux then please contact us as Immoboulevard is one of the most
enthusiastic and efficient estate agents in Normandy.
The Cotentin peninsular, sometimes known as the Cherbourg
peninsular takes up most of the Manche department of Normandy and reaches out
into the English Channel towards Jersey.
Much of the Normandy coast represents great business
opportunities for those people who want or need to earn some money when they
relocate to France and Normandy in particular. Starting a new business in France
can be difficult but living by the coast offers a variety of options. Buying a
holiday property which you intend to let out as a gite can often bring a
reasonable contribution to its cost and also represents a nice holiday home for
you and your family. Often, however you may be looking for a house or property
with potential to develop. This could mean buying a house with gites already
done up or buying a dilapidated farmhouse or property needing renovation which
has other buildings on the land which can be renovated or done up to turn into
gites. You could then have a main house which could offer bed and breakfast or
Chambre d'hote and two or three gites on the land for Summer rentals. It would
probably be wise to offer the gites for short term lets as well. This is because
out of season the market is not so strong and there are an increasing number of
gites which are only let in the Summer and school holidays. Having a swimming
pool is a must as people often won't consider a gite without a swimming pool.
This may be slightly ironic as the weather in Normandy is not significantly
better than the south of England but it is a fact that letting a gite without a
swimming pool is much harder than with. Also you can ask considerably more money
on a letting basis. The other option in the winter is to let the gite to the
Many English incomers who need somewhere to stay whilst their new property is
being renovated.
One of the other main business opportunities is to buy a
property which can be converted into a bed and breakfast business in Normandy.
Bed and Breakfasts or Chambres D'hotes as the French call them can be quite good
businesses in Normandy but the tariffs can vary widely. A typical French run
Chambre d'hote can cost as little as 30 euros per night which is about £20
reflecting the difference in property prices. This means that you cannot expect
to reap huge dividends in terms of income by running a bed and breakfast in
Normandy. As estate agents in Normandy we can help you find a suitable property
to turn into a bed and breakfast. We also have some bed and breakfasts for sale
in Normandy that are already operating successfully. This means that the
marketing aspect of the business is already established.
Location is of course very important in terms of where you
wish to buy your new home in Normandy and we, as specialist estate agents can
certainly help advise with regard to meeting the requirements of your wish list.
Many people decide that what they really want is a property miles from anywhere.
A house in the middle of nowhere surrounded by countryside and with acres of
land. If you are moving from a congested area then it is understandable that,
considering land prices in Normandy, you would want to own your own country
estate for a relatively low amount of money but the truth is that living miles
from anywhere can cause you many problems. Land does not look after itself. All
land will need maintaining and whilst you may have a helpful French neighbour
who, for a pittance, would be prepared to cut your grass or put his animals on
your land for grazing there are many laws which could make you regret this
decision! For example, once you have let your local farmer allow his animals to
graze on your land it is his right to graze them there for perpetuity unless you
have a written contract. The other problem with living in the countryside is
that with limited French and no local shops you could become cut off in the
Winter or have trouble with medical emergencies if one or other of you were to
fall ill. In general your French neighbours in agricultural areas of Normandy
will speak no English and be unable to explain how to seek assistance. Also,
shops and other utilities will be a long way off so be prepared for some long
drives to do your weekly shopping.
Converting barns to gites when found through your local estate
agents in Normandy can also present a problem. Barns may look great for
conversion but the costs can be prohibitive. Planning can be a problem as
generally you are not allowed to put in new openings for windows if there were
never windows before. You also have to get a planning application for change of
use from agricultural to residential use. Even if it is grantedn by no means
certain - it can take months. Then you have to have a new fosse septique and
water and electricity laid on. This may prove expensive. Let Immoboulevard
estate agents Normandy guide you through this process as we have much experience
with this type of situation. Buying a house in Normandy can be arduous but we
can assist you in every step.
Normandy is also popular with buyers of property from the UK
because it is so close and has good communications with both ports and airports.
In Normandy you have Dieppe, Le Havre, Caen, Cherbourg with regular ferry
services so buying a house or property near to these ports can mean that you can
make regular trips without breaking the bank. Calais, Boulogne and St Malo are
also very accessible to the Normandy area which means you have a wide choice of
places easy to get to in the Normandy region. It also means that we as
specialist estate agents can be on hand almost from the moment you arrive to
start your house hunting trip in Normandy.
Some other areas worth considering for buying property in
Normandy and where we have many house for sale in the Normandy area are
Coutances, Barfleur - a pretty little fishing villahe, Saint Lo, Briquebec, the
seaside resort of Granville, Barneville-Carteret and Carentan all based in
Manche on the Cherbourg Peninsular. Avranches is one of the largest towns
heading towards Brittany and has a good range of larger shops for buying goods.
The Pays de Caux occupies the greater part of the Seine
Maritime department in Haute Normandy. There are a good number of properties for
sale in this part of Normandy and as main estate agents we can find houses for
sale that accommodate most budgets. Le Havre, Fecamp, Yvetot and Etretot are
principal towns in the region of Pays de Caux.
Bessin is another principal region of Normandy. This includes
the historic town of Bayeux sometimes misspelt as Bayeau which is famous for its
Bayeux Tapestry and is a lovely little town with good restaurants and hotels. It
is close to the sea and the d day beaches which make it a great place to have a
house or holiday home. Guess which estate agents in Normandy you should
approach!
The Pays de Bray east of Rouen which extends over the
departments of Seine Maritime, the Somme and Oise. In other words it spans the
regions of Normandy and Picardy.
The Rivers in Normandy include La Seine, Orne, Vire, EureRisle,
Robec, Touques and Couesnon. The Pont de Normandie straddles the Seine and is
wrth every cent of the toll with far reaching views over Le Havre and Honfleur
another property hotspot, a fantastic fishing village cum Holiday resort which
is popular with the French and, estate agents we could recommend for business
opportunties.
Some other towns in Normandy worth a mention are:
There follows a list of communes in Normandy covered by
Immoboulevard Normandie
