French Property News – August 2019

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CASE STUDY: NICE LIFE IN NICE,

EVEN WITHOUT A CAR

Life without a car is no problem for

Carolyn Reynier, who has lived on her

own in Nice since 2006 and rents a studio

apartment in an old hotel near the

Promenade des Anglais.

“I am thrilled to be able to do

everything on foot,” says the writer, a

regular FPN contributor. “For me the great

joy is being able to walk a minute or two

to have an early morning swim in the sea.

I can walk easily to the opera house and

the old town, to the port, the Place

Garibaldi and the train station. We have

an excellent bus and tram system (€1 in

town, €1.50 to Monaco or Cannes) and

the second tram line opens soon. One

section, from Magnan to the airport, is

already open and there will be a stop

near me.”

Carolyn travels by train, bus or boat to

resorts along the coast such as St-Tropez

and takes a bus into the Mercantour hills

with friends to go skiing or hiking. Even

the city’s international airport is within

walking distance!

For people without a car, she

particularly recommends the lower

section of Gambetta, around Place

Garibaldi, the port and places close to the

train station and 100 (Monaco-Menton) or

200 (Antibes-Cannes) bus routes.

€74,200: Adorable cottage in a small hamlet near
the village of Rohan in central Brittany with one large
bedroom, country-style corner kitchen, woodburner,
manageable garden, double-glazing and new roof;
brimming with rustic charm, it’s close to the Nantes-
to-Brest cycle path and the medieval château town of
Josselin (agencenewton.com)

€129,995: Sweet stone house in a village with all

amenities near the stunning citadel of Carcassonne and

its airport and motorway links; offering rental potential,

the house is well renovated and has two bedrooms, a

bathroom and shower, plus an ensuite attic room, roof

terrace and small rear courtyard (beauxvillages.com)

€46,000: Beautiful bolthole being sold fully furnished

in the picturesque tourist town of Lassay-les-Châteaux

in the Normandie Maine regional park 90 minutes south

of Caen ferry port; the cottage has a new roof, a double

bedroom and shower, a small attic upstairs and space

outside to park and have an apéritif (leggettfrance)

One in three households in France has a sole occupier

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Carolyn hits the beach

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