2020 & 2021 Recap
We are now one week into 2022. Hélas, the Covid-19 pandemic is still here. As for my personal life, the biggest change is that I have upgraded my humble abode—from…
Home Buying Experience
A house owner – Day 1
We have gotten the keys! We are now the official owners of a French house in Gometz-le-Chatel, Essonne, a little town of 2,500 inhabitants, about 30km south of Paris. It…
Buying a house in France (Part 8)
This was our 8th house visit, and the last stop of our ‘Buying A House in France’ quest. We started our house visits in the middle of January 2021, amidst…
Buying a house in France (Part 7)
After the 4th house visit debacle, we became a pair of more experienced house buyers. On the same day we changed our mind on the 4th house, we visited the…
Buying a house in France (Part 6)
4th House Visit It was the first week of February. We had been actively searching for a house to buy since the start of the year. However, we had only…