The Brightest Heaven of Invention

A “Muse of Fire”  would be useful when I am writing these notes about my days of working as an estate agent in France - I spend a lot of time answering questions and “walking through” the legal agreements with clients. This is not very creative, but it can be very satisfying.

For example, a couple of weeks ago we sold a wonderful old wine-growers house, dating from the mid 19th century to a young man from the UK who only had one day to look at property in Languedoc. Although he clearly loved the property, he was not sure if it would please his wife - I was “willing” him to make an offer as it really was a fantastic bargain. Anyway, he rang from the airport and said he would offer the asking price - in French law this means that he had secured the property as I have the mandat from the owner at this price and it could then be considered the the deal was done.

Today has been a delight in going through the eleven pages of his agreement, by telephone, of the “Compromis de Vente” which is the legal agrement for the buyer to buy and the seller to sell. I really am pleased for him and his wife, who will love this gem.

A muse would also be useful when writing the details of properties for the website - I loathe the misleading way many agents describe their properties and are so “economical with the truth” that what is left totally misleads people looking - I try to do justice for the owner of the property, but I try hard to describe any property so that someone living on the other side of the world can make a real evaluation as to whether it is worth the plane fare, hotels and car hire to come to France and view the property.

Clients very often send me a link to another agent’s description asking for my honest evaluation of the property - only too frequently  I have to respond with details that I really believe should have been in the advert in the first place.

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