Our house - in Villenave d'Ornon


This is the house we rented. The agency (email me and I'll gladly recommend them to you by name) took a chance and said we could view two houses. Well, one had gone by the time we got there, but the one we saw was 150 sq. m. and 1020 euros/month (seriously over budget!) However, it's in good shape. It has a garden. It's on the right side of town, fairly near the schools. It has three reasonable sized bedrooms and it has a garage with a window (where I reckon I could have the back as a study and the front as storage). It's quite a bit smaller than our house in Shotton, but it's big enough for us and to have people to visit. And it will be ok. I took lots of pictures for Pat to see, and she's already happy with it.

The agent said to the landlords "Now, what do you want to do about this insurance?" They said "Insurance? I don't think we need to bother with the insurance, do we.." Agent - "Are you sure - it's your decision..." Landlords - "Yes, we're sure..."

And we finished up at the landlady's house, drinking orange juice and mineral water.

What about the seriously bust budget? We'll have to make it up in other areas (food?) and it will mean that we will try to buy our own place sooner. I doubt if we could afford to live here long term! But to get us to France it is a wonderful provision. One woman said that it is little short of miraculous!

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