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| Buying Property in Burgundy, France with BURGUNDY4U |
Burgundy 4U estate agency specialises in rural houses in the Burgundy region. Our services do not stop at finding the property. We are there to guide you throughout the buying process and settle in.
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We take the time to listen to our clients
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We have all gone through the process ourselves
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We are there for our customers also after the purchase
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On this page everything about finding a house for you:
Our all inclusive property finding service:
- General information about the area and its facilities, to help you decide on the right location.
- Clear and realistic descriptions of all properties we recommend.
- We will accompany you to viewings, and will liaise with the owners of properties to obtain answers to any questions you may have.
- We will suggest travel plans and accommodation for your time over here.
- Our aim is to make sure you are completely happy that you have made the right decision when you finally make an offer for a house.
- If need be put you in touch with surveyors, so that you can order a survey
- We will issue bilingual (English/French) pre sales contract
- We will be there when the exchange of contracts takes place at the notary
- Burgundy4U shows its house prices including its Agency fees.
- Except for the Notary costs, all obligatory costs are included in house sales prices shown in this website.
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The only Obligatory charge to add to Burgundy 4u prices shown on the website are notary fees, see below some examples of these costs
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House cost
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Notary fees
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| 10 000 Eur |
1 750 Eur |
17.05 % |
| 50 000 Eur |
4 460 Eur |
8.92 % |
| 75 000 Eur |
6 070 Eur |
8.00 % |
| 100 000 Eur |
7 550 Eur |
7.55 % |
| 150 000 Eur |
10 640 Eur |
7.09 % |
| Higher price |
about 7% of purchase
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Ask us for a specific quote
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"We are in this business for the long term, our aim is to build a solid business by serving our clients well today when they buy a house, but also should they decide to sell in the future. Our prices reflect this, I mean it is no use charging too much today, if we cannot sell the house again in a few years time.
Many of our clients believe that our prices are inflated as we are specialised in selling rural property to non French people. In fact, as in France houses are seldom sold by a single agency, we are obliged to keep our prices competitive. We actually welcome you telling us when you see a house cheaper elsewhere.
At Burgundy 4u we have said from the beginning, we do not only find that house for you, but go further by helping you settle in the area".
Benjamin Haas |
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Our property searching service (Mandat de recherche)
If we do not have your property on our books, we can SEARCH for your ideal property. We will do a search with other competing agencies, and keep a watch out for what you are looking for. If you decide to contract this service, our charges are the following: 3% of the purchase price, with a minimum charge of 5000 Euro if the house is not on “our” books. This is inclusive of legal co-ordination and translation services until the completion of the deed of sale (acte authentique). All this on a No sale - No feee basis.
Extra assistance with settling in
Getting to grips with the realities of daily life in a foreign country can be difficult, even if you speak the language fluently. Therefor The Burgundy4u team members offer a settling in service. A service which is not obligatory, but many of our clients have chosen to use to their satisfaction. Normaly we charge a fixed fee of 1500€ to include the following:
- Be your advisor and make sure the French buying process works for you
- Help with opening a bank account
- Transfer of utilities (gas, water, telephone, internet, electricity) and help set up automatic bill payment.
- Obtain quotes and organize insurances relative to Living and owning a house in Burgundy.
- Represent when needed the client during the buying process, if duly aithorized.
- Introduction to local authorities, Maire, Schools, etc.
- Introduction to Architects, project managers and local artisans.
- Translation relative to all activities mentioned above
- Insurance coverage for all these activities carried out by a Burgundy4u representative.
Please contact any of us for any other services or a taylor made proposal to make Burgundy your home
What next?
The first step is to help us understand what you want, by filling in the registration form on this website. The more information you give us the better we can work with you. Our first contact will be to understand what your needs are. After these have been established, we will suggest properties to you, and keep you updated of new properties that fit your brief. Once you are ready to visit we will help you organize your trip to the area. It is normal that the selection criteria, or your wish list changes over time, as we both get to know each other better. Thank you for keeping us informed.
The Burgundy4u team.
Some comments from our visitors:
- Hi there, Benjamin, well, as you promised when we first met at the property exhibition at Taunton racecourse, Burgundy4U have found us a home, looked after us, helped us all the way and we're in ! Very simple, very easy and enbelievably efficient. You'll recall that we were impressed by you and Ingrid at the show, we liked your approach and all looked good. When we returned home we were most impressed with your website, again something which augured well. Very, very quickly you sent us property details which exactly matched the broad outline of what we were looking for, so no time wasting sifting through unsuitable options. All that was early November 2007. We arranged to view properties over several days via three of your offices, Sally at Vezelay arranged somewhere for us to stay and an itinerary put together. It all worked perfectly even to having rubbish weather - an ideal way to see property we think since you're seeing them at their worst and in the worst of the weather, so no rose tinted glasses there. In fact, although we've been married for more than 20 years, it's the first time we've ever house hunted together! Fortunately we agree on almost everything. Carolyn and I did travel down to the Limousin to look at other possible homes there....but at the end of a very full week it was definitely Burgundy and one property was chosen. I rang Laurent at the Vezelay office tea time Saturday and put in an offer, the deal was agreed as we sat on the Calais ferry dock on Sunday afternoon and from then on we were in the incredibly capable hands of Sally and Laurent. A massive thank you to them is in order.
The whole process was explained and questions instantly handled
Paperwork was dealt with quickly and efficiently
Regular contact was maintained throughout
A suitable date planned for the signing and hotel booked
Good weather arranged for signing day
Excellent suggestions of where to buy what given and followed through
Sally and Laurent even managed to organise a plumber for a burst pipe within 5 minutes of a call for help ! And the plumber suggested some very good restaurants. So on the 12th June 08 we had our new home in Burgundy and we are absolutley delighted. The previous owners had left things in very good order so we managed to combine moving in, buying new things for the house and having a holiday really well. A fantastic 10 days of hard work, spending money, starting to discover the area, meeting the neighbours, meeting the deputy mayor, checking out bars and restaurants, enjoying the wildlife and scenery of the region and drinking more than the occasional glass of wine. Thank you to all at Burgundy4U for such brilliance in everything. Look forward to seeing you near Epoisses in August and having a good chat over good company, food and wine and every success in the future. Send: mecredi 25 juin 2008 16:56 by Mark and Carolyn Lightfoot
- Many thanks to all who helped us so much with our quest for a house in Burgundy. Sally & Laurent, Robert, Ingrid and Paul & Julie. Of course, special thanks to Carolyn who nursed us through the process of the purchase, and made it really very straightforward! Francine also, for organising paperwork, and appointments, and for being lovely, charming and patient! We will of course tell everyone we know who is looking for a property that you should be the first port of call. Best wishes for 2008! Valerie & David Ferman
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