The hurlyburly, lost and done

It is difficult to sell homes to people because you are trading in dreams and aspirations. The buyer looks for a time in a future which is often impossible - the seller has hopes for a future dependent on impossibilities.

I look on and know that both cannot be right and often believe that both may be wrong - but I cannot judge or comment (but of course I do).

Today I showed a young couple a home near Pezenas which I “feel” is perfect for them - all I could do is to let them look and hope they could see it would be right for their home - perhaps tomorrow when they go back they will “see”.

My problem is that the owners of homes like this one can already see that houses of this quality are so rare now, plenty of new villas are springing up like mushrooms - colonies of tuppaware cloches surround every town and village, the pattern of houses in Southern France is under going the most radical change since the Romans set out the planning patterns in the first century AD - so why would anyone sell a unique home of this quality on what is clearly a “rising” market.

Why indeed - so we all sat supping local wine and eating a barbecue this evening in the garden of this home - perhaps tomorrow the “battle will be lost and won” ?

coast and country, Diary, french property, new villas, southern france

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