Lay My Hat

We have a B&B for sale in SW France - 20 kms from Bergerasc airport, note the reason that we are selling is due to the fact that my husband & I are getting a divorce and he is currently living in Australia. The property has bookings for 2010 and also benefits from rental income from a shop which more than covers the running costs of the Chambres d'hotes.

The asking price is 375k which includes all furniture and fittings, the interior is stunning and has been featured in design magazines and on the internet, around the world.

Leeann

We also have a bnb for sale in valencia region, spain. Not because it is a failing business, on the contrary, but with ailing parents in the UK we are spending more time there. I love this business and really dont want to give it up but we hope to sell, regroup and in the future do the same again.

thanks, again for everyone´s tips.....beautiful places, though my husband needs a wee bit of grden space and he won´t go to Spain...don´t really know why!!!
so we´re still looking......France sure seems more affordable than Portugal, am amzed at the property prices here even for ruins...
We thought we had done alot of our "homework" before moving here, but I guess, we were being too optimistic!!!
Best to you alll, aasta

Personally I think you have been lucky in not finding anything in Portugal if your husband dislikes Spain. Although different countries there are many similarities.

Leeann - Your place is gorgeous and a credit to you. You must be sad to be leaving.

Hello Richard, merci beaucoup for your kind compliment. It is sad as a lot of effort went into setting up the Chambres D'hotes but the house also holds memories which does not aid the moving on process.

I am staying in the area as I have another property in a nearby village which I have set up as boutique apartments and also run an online antiques/homeware business so help would be provided should the new owners require any assistance.

We are looking for a couple to run the Chambres D'hotes in the interim, so grateful if you could keep an ear out incase you hear of anyone that maybe interested.

Wishing you a great season with lots of lovely guests.

Leeann

Hello Everyone!!! We are still looking for a B&B...so keep us in mind if you hear of any for sale....we would like to have a bit of garden space, so a place totally without is not suitable for us...thanks...aasta

a couple that could be interesting :

No 1



582,400 Euros

Large Mas.
Currently arranged as 5 apartments plus barns on a plot of 4 hectares.
Pool and well.
2 garages.
Suitable for Gites, or horse riding centre.

Location : Nr Ales
Region : Languedoc-Roussillon
Department : Gard
Surface : 360m²
Land : 40000m²


http://the-languedoc-page.com/phpBB2/vi ... php?t=4821

No2













Between Sommieres and Castries
Mas / Farmhouse.

695,000 Euros

Maison de Vigneron in exc condition.
12 rooms on 3 floors
7 bedrooms
1 bathroom, 2 shower rooms
35m2 lounge
1 garage + 100m2 barn.
Pool

Region : Languedoc-Roussillon
Department : Hérault
Surface : 300m²
Land : 1600m²
Number of bedrooms : 7


http://www.the-languedoc-page.com/demo/ ... css&id=411

Peter

thanks...we are looking into these...aasta

Another one : http://the-languedoc-page.com/phpBB2/vi ... php?t=4909












Peter

thanks...very beautiful...but regrettfully out of our price range!!!!

If Brazil comes to your mind please look at "Domaine du Tamarindo" or "Maison du Kite" at facebook. In the state of Rio Grande do Norte, Northeast Brazil. A new construction 2010, 2 Villas with 5 individual apartments all furnished, wonderful tropical gardens and only 200m from a marvellous beach, one of the best spots for kitesurfing. The owners are constructers and have built it for selling. Price cerca EU 410.000 euros for both Villas.

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Pipa-Braz ... 6244891837

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Canguaret ... 2851684682

aasta wrote:Hello!!
We´re beginning to fold under the red tape of starting from scratch here in Portugal....so we´re wondering if there are any inns for sale in Portugal, Italy, Sardinia, , Southern France??? Anyone have a tip...we might just consider...am being a bit facitious (spelling)!!!! but we thought it might be worth a try!!!
thanks, aasta

Hi

We are based in the Herault in the South of France. We live in a small village (non touristy) with 2.5k inhabitants yet there are 3 (YES THREE) B&Bs. We are including ours although we dont do much Most of our business is guest apartments which is why we are still here 10 years when most other B&Bs have been and gone! That and working very hard at marketing.

Most villages around here have at least 1 B&B even ones with no shops, in the middle of nowhere, with no tourist or passing trade! Before buying anything around here (even an established B&B) we would stronger recommend that you ensure that you look closely at the likelihood of making a decent living. Some successful B&Bs are being sold by the owners to cash in on their success (and rightly so) however beware that they wont be taking their clientèle with them.

Herault and most of Languedoc Roussillon has a B&B lake as well as the more publicised wine lake. We would suggest that it is a place to avoid UNLESS you are absolutely sure.

Have you given yours enough time? It is very daunting when you first start. We think that it took about 3 to 4 years to start to be comfortable with everything and to start thinking that maybe we might just be ok. Even now we think about every penny (or euro!) that we spend. Prior to that we thought every day whether we had made the right decision particularly when an unexpected bill dropped through the letter box.


Good luck

This is an old thread and the OP now has a B+B business up and running.

Brenda wrote:This is an old thread and the OP now has a B+B business up and running.

Hi Brenda

yes you are right - sorry!!

We hope however that our comments are still of help to anyone thinking about purchasing a B&B in the South of France ?

Will go back to supping the local wine lake!

VT

PS can the admin now close the thread?