It is not scientifically proven, but most real estate agents on the French Riviera can confirm it: ‘You buy a house in 17 seconds’. It has nothing to do with a sunny day or a fragrant apple pie in the oven. Nor does it matter if the current owners have junk lying around everywhere. Or if an exterior door is visibly rotten. When you walk into a house in France, you immediately feel: ‘I could live here’. Unconsciously, you have already decided that this is where you will live.
And the further you walk through the house or the flat, the more specific you are. The house feels good, so your subconscious has already made your choice: this will be your new home in France. While your heart is racing and you are already thinking about which garden furniture to buy, you are semi-interested in looking at the uninteresting electric meter cupboard, the kitchen drawer that closes by itself and the storage room bulging with the contents of a large family.
Buying a house in France in 17 seconds
Of course, you mumble for form’s sake about this house’s low energy standard and that you will probably replace all the windows. You only say this in the hope that the price will be reduced, but deep in your heart, you don’t really care. You long for the French Riviera summers you will spend in this house, with all the windows open.
The first seventeen seconds, from the moment you get out of your car, look at the house and walk in expectantly, are crucial for your decision. You know enough if there is good energy in the house and it feels like coming home. Fortunately, you have professional guidance from a Dutch real estate purchasing advisor. Otherwise, you would immediately fall into the arms of the selling broker, crying with joy.
You make an important decision with your heart
If you are faced with an important decision, such as buying a house in the South of France, you will make the right decision by listening to your intuition. Let all the scenarios go through your mind (A – don’t buy and regret it forever, or B – buy and enjoy life) and feel which decision makes your heart beat faster. Some people get overwhelmed by the feeling of coming home to another house, another country. So they close their eyes, take a deep breath and ask the Universe if they are making the right decision to buy this house in France. Buying is a good decision if there is no lightning bolt in the blue sky.
The purchase advisor knows you well enough by now to see that this visit will not be without consequences. He or she will negotiate a reasonable price on your behalf that satisfies everyone. Unfortunately, purchasing a property in France takes more than seventeen seconds. To be precise, on average 7,257. Six hundred seconds is 12 weeks before you can have the key. But after that, you can start enjoying your house in France endlessly. Congratulations!
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