How To Get To Your New Home France

One issue concerning buying property in France which concerns many people is the ease of access from your home country. Some destinations in France are easy to get to from England or continental Europe, whereas others can take a considerable time. Depending upon whether you intend to french property for sale live in France all the year round, for some of it or for the odd week or two, this can be an important factor in the choice of areas you may consider buying. The channel tunnel and car ferries have made it easy for English people to 'pop over the channel', and indeed the price of holiday and smaller properties evinces plenty of interest in the 'weekend retreat' and cottage convenient for family holidays not far from the Channel ports or tunnel. Should you be looking to live in France all or most the time, for instance if you are retiring there, the criterion of easy access from your home country often becomes less important. A chateaux in the middle of no-where may only be a hassle if you are trying to reach it from an airport, or perhaps by car going from Northern England to Southern France, in which case it becomes either a chore or a labour of love. Not so if you live there for most of the year, when long journeys become less necessary. Some people have various ways of getting round the problem. The car ferries from England to Northern Spain are very useful if you wish to take your own (probably overloaded) car or vehicle to Southern France, and many English people with property to the north of the Pyrenees find this a convenient way of getting there without the otherwise very long drive. Most people who live in France have a French car and so proximity to one of the increasing number of small commercial airports is simplified if you have friends to pick you up or drop you off. Indeed over the last 20 years the number of commercial flights to small French airports, and from local European ones, has revolutionised the scope for people wishing to buy conveniently located property, as many previously out of the way places have become more accessible. In turn of course this has led to a rise in the property prices in many areas due to its accessibility. For 'weekenders', families holidaying in their own cottage property for sale in france or foreign French residents who want to see their friends or families, France is certainly 'smaller' than it was. At the same time it is still equally possible to find quiet country retreats 'far from the madding crowd', yet within comparatively easy travelling distance, so if you chose carefully you can get the best of both worlds. There is no doubt that communications in France have improved considerably in the last two decades, and people seeking property in France now have an even larger choice than ever before.