Dordogne Buying Guide

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Welcome to our Dordogne Buying Guide

All you need to know about buying in the Dordogne

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In this section of the site you'll find everything you need to know about real estate in the Dordogne region of France, often referred to as Périgord. We provide guidance for buyers, guides to areas within the département, details of planned developments and newbuilds that we've heard of, and market reports. The idea is to provide a useful resource for potential buyers of property of all kinds, including chateaux, manoirs, farms, cottages, maisons de maitre, gites or just building land. Once you've looked through this section, why not have a look at some Dordogne properties for sale ?

Choosing your house in the Dordogne

Don't listen to what people say about property in the Dordogne being scarce - there's masses to buy, at all prices. The days of the tumbledown barn for five ... more...

The temptation of "A Vendre"

The siren call of the Dordogne It's almost impossible to overemphasise the power that Dordogne property can exercise over the English. Decisions are made with frightening speed, often with scarcely any knowledge of the ... more...

French Property Trends 2011

Analysis of 2010 and Predictions for 2011 French property trends

Every year, FrenchEntrée carries out a survey of its property finders and estate agent partners in France to find out how the property market in different regions contrasts with official data collected for France as a whole.more...

Dordogne - the best area to suit you?

Points to consider to help in your property search. Aubeterre Agency prop 1

The Dordogne has been popular with house-buyers from outside the Hexagon. But there are many things to consider before you buy, so here's a guide to the different attractions of the Dordogne and points to ponder before you sign on the dotted line. more...

10 reasons to buy in southern Dordogne

Jacqueline Hanks is a FrenchEntree property finder for southern Dordogne area. Here she takes us through its top attractions, from townhouses with colombage to pretty new villas with swimming pools, excellent transport links and local produce. more...

New Build, Ready Built or Restoration?

A Look at the Options Open to You Perigord new build

You've made the decision; you're going to be a property-owner in France. Do you build your own, buy new or buy and renovate? Whichever you prefer, you can put your own stamp on it and be rest assured there will be plenty of choice and people to advise you. more...

Is Dordogne France’s safe haven?

Global economic slowdown, inflation, exchange rate misery, failing investments... they are everywhere you look in today’s world. Yet in this tranquil corner of SW France the reverberations of these things seem less important. The region still offers the same great reasons for buying that it always has... more...

Now's the time to buy in Dordogne

If you are looking for a place to settle in France one cannot beat the Dordogne and Correze areas which offer you the best of everything. These areas are abundant with apple orchards, walnut orchards, excellent cheeses and wines and an atmosphere that offers you peace and contentment...more...

Renovation of your Dordogne Property

Thoughts from the sharp end House and barn for restoration

There are all sorts of places to buy in the Dordogne but the classic target for British buyers has been the dilapidated old farmhouse with exposed beams and a few hectares of land, needing wholescale restoration to make it a dream home. But there are some indications that things may be changing... more...

Buying the Dordogne dream

Peter and Fran get their own piece of France

Our very own plot

We’d been back for just two days from our exploratory trip to France before finally deciding that we had to buy the plot of land. It was only the second piece of land we had visited... more...

Global warming and the Dordogne region

Think of the future with that property purchase Dried maize crop

You've bought your dream house, spent a fortune renovating it, said goodbye to the builders, moved in…and then the problems start. A prolonged drought dries out the ground and ... more...

Ribérac area property market

The English love it!

Barn for conversion

In 1989 I bought a tumbledown barn between Verteillac and Ribérac for about £35,000 as a holiday home. I spent a year renovating it with the aid of a local architect and local builders. It provided five bedrooms, a bathroom and two shower-rooms. It was heated by ... more...

Sarlat Area Property Market

Steep roofs, steep prices

Farm: €293k

The Périgord Noir is special. With its wooded hills, numerous medieval castles and churches, the broad valley of the Dordogne and the narrower one of the Vézère, and the steep roofs and golden stone of the local architecture, it has beguiled the English for years. It's not surprising, then... more...

Bergerac area property market

Upmarket, but not going anywhere

Stone house: 293k

According to Peter Doyle at Century 21 in Bergerac, English buyers represent only 20% of those buying through their agency, spending an average of €200,000 apiece. It's impossible to predict what they’ll go for, since it varies enormously, according to their needs and wants. However, he has noticed a change over the past decade. "Ten years ago people wanted... more...

South Dordogne & North Lot-et-Garonne Properties

We offer a service completely dedicated to assisting you in finding your dream property in the beautiful surroundings of the Bergerac, Southern Dordogne or Northern Lot-et-Garonne territories. Find out more on how Southern Dordogne Property Finders can assist you with your property search.

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