French Home Rental - South West France

La Grand Font - Long Term rental - affordable elegant & luxurious home for rent by the owner

Long Term Gite Rental

Long term rental of the Gite is possible, if you are looking for property this may be an ideal solution - La Grand Font is situated in the South of the Charente, enabling easy access to many beautiful areas in the region including Bordeaux, Sainte, Cognac the islands of Ile de Re and Oleron, La Rochefort, Royan, Marennes in the Charente and Brantome, Perigueux Sainte Foy la Grande, Castillon La Bataille,Sarlat and Rocmadour in the Dordogne.
Close to the famous wine region of Bordeaux were you will find Medoc, favourite wines of St Estephe, Pauillac, St Julien and Margaux. South of Bordeaux and distinctive wine areas of Graves, Sauternes and Barsac producing d'Yqem, La Tour Blanche, Laville-Haut-Brion and Lafaurie-Peyraguey. To North of the River Gironde lies the wines of the Cotes de Blaye and Cote de Bourg. To the East of Bordeaux and North of the river Dordogne can be found Pomerol, St Emilion and Fronsac.
Less well know wines from in and around Bergerac include Cotes de Bergerac, Pecharmant and Monbazillac.

RENTING a property long-term provides you with a certain security whilst searching for a dream home in France, but finding a place can be tough. All the books on buying in France recommend renting a place first so that you can get a better idea of an area, and see it outside of just two weeks in the middle of August.

But the books don’t really go into any great detail and it can be a frustrating experience. Most web site searches for long term rentals produce hundreds of pages of holiday gites.
Whilst most of these are fine for a fortnight, experience indicates that many would not be suitable for longer term living, especially in the winter, and of course, one would not want to be paying anything like normal holiday rates for a long-term rental.

A couple of other things are worth considering when staying in a place for a period of time.

Make sure your chosen property is going to be warm enough in winter, and be clear about what bills you are going to be paying. For example, the price of oil for central heating systems has rocketed over the past months so try and get an idea of the going rate.

Also insist on a telephone being put into the property, mobile phone bills can soon get out of hand and you can also hook up to the internet to expand your property search if required.

And finally if you are looking to extend your rental period it is so much easier to find another place once in an area should you have to leave your original house.