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5. Meet neighbours before you finalise your decision. Get to know them. As with any property purchase, your neighbours will be a part of your life once you've moved in to your new property.
6. Negotiate. Contact a local valuer to get an impartial opinion.
7. Consider taking independent legal advice, through another notary or a UK based specialist. The vendor instucts notary who acts in sale of property. They are acting in conveyance of title, but not for either side.
8. Just as in UK get property inspected by a qualified buildings surveyor.
Oliver Phillips works for PFS France (http://www.propertyforsalefrance.co.uk/) a business that helps French property owners advertise and sell, and potential buyers find, some of the finest and best cared for traditional French properties available.