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DAY FOUR 12 days of Actions to Reduce Negative Climate Change in French property

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DAY FOUR

Insulate your Floor with Waste Wood

At ESREA France in line with the United Nations Conference on Climate Change currently taking place in Paris we have decided to offer 12 daily doses of  actions steps we can all take to reduce negative climate change created by our actions inside our French property.

Please consider taking these actions step and share the ideas with friends via social media or as you wish.

Today is day four

Insulate your Floor with Waste Wood

You can insulate your French home against heat loss in many different areas. We offered a temporary fix for door air leaks here using a dog. Today we turn to the floor.

We are renovating an old floor in our French home and we need to insulate over the current floor. After consulting with many people we are choosing to use waste wood that comes in a compressed format.

This insulation helps protect against heat loss and also the transfer of sound.

Remember when you are shopping for your French real estate dream there are many French homes that are old which gives them a lot of charm, however, it also means that insulation in the French property may not be so good.

Please share this idea with friends and please let us know your ideas.

If you are looking for an English speaking French real estate agent in a particular part of France we can help you find one just contact us here.

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DAY THREE 12 days of Actions to Reduce Negative Climate Change in French Property

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DAY THREE

Donate or Re-use Items During your French Home Renovation

At ESREA France we work to help people find their dream home in France with the assistance of our growing network of English speaking real estate professionals.

In line with the United Nations Conference on Climate Change taking place we have decided to offer 12 daily doses of  actions steps we can all take to reduce negative climate change.

Please consider taking these actions step and share the ideas with friends.

Today is day three

Easy Action Step Number Three

Donate or Re-use Items During your French Home Renovation
I have seen French property owners at the garbage dump throwing out what I still consider usable items such as counter tops and gutter piping. I even saw a person a few months ago throw into the bin with broken tiles what looked like new terracotta planters, items we have just purchased. I saw the terracotta just smashing into pieces.

I am not pointing my finger just pointing out alternatives. When we renovate it is an option to place on free services like ‘le boin coin’ or ‘craiglist’ the useful items we have someone may be interested in using them.

Another approach is to see if you can re-use any of the items you have taken apart in your renovation. We will reuse the sinks we recovered when we took apart an old rotten kitchen. The sinks are beautiful old ceramic models.

Please share this idea with friends and please let us know your ideas.

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3 Big Mistakes French Property Buyers Frequently Make

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There are some core basic rules a French property buyer needs to follow. Here are 3 of them we offer more in our no charge e book and via consultations.

First Buyer Mistake
Making an offer of a certain price before you have read the diagnostic reports for a French property.

Second Buyer Mistake
Not confirming if the property is also for sale at a lower price with other agencies before visiting

Third Buyer Mistake
Not testing out the features in the property during the visit

Skipping these rules when you are buying a French property can often lead you to paying more in the short term for the property and in the long term due to unknown problems.

Get more information via our free e book below or learn a lot via one of our money back guaranteed consultations

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12 days of Single Actions to Reduce Negative Climate Change in France DAY TWO

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DAY TWO

Reduce Heat Loss During the Winter with a Dog

At ESREA France we work to help people find their dream home in France with the assistance of our growing network of English speaking real estate professionals.

In line with the United Nations Conference on Climate Change taking place as I write in Paris from November 30th to December 11 2015 we have decided to offer 12 daily doses of  actions steps we can all take to reduce negative climate change created by our actions inside our French property.

Please consider taking these actions step and share the ideas with friends.

Today is day two

Reduce Heat Loss During the Winter with a Dog

In French the object that looks like a sausage and is made of material and stuffed with old pieces of cloth and you put it down at the bottom of a door is called a ‘chien de porte’ or ‘boudin de porte’.

Whatever you want to call it if you do not have proper insulation beneath the doors in your French property at this time you can use a ‘chien de porte’ to reduce the loss of heater air to outside. Otherwise you are going to see heat and mean exit through the area that is not air tight.

Ideally, it is better that you take the time to check where there are air leaks in your home on your own or with the help of a professional and seal the leaks.

Remember there are many French homes that are old which gives them a lot of charm, however, it also means that insulation in the French property may not be so good.

The temporary ‘Door Dog : ) ‘ is also inexpensive. Prices for Boudin or “Chien”de porte details on Amazon Fr and here are details on Amazon UK We even found an example on Amazon Com here

Please share this idea with friends and please let us know your ideas.

Come back tomorrow for the next Simple Action Step.

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French real estate municipal pre-emption right

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Did you know the French municipal / city hall can block you from your purchase?

By virtue of the municipal pre-emption right [droit de préemption urbain (DPU)] local French authorities have the right to buy real estate for sale by private individuals or companies, in preference to any other buyer.

Should the municipal / city hall desire to use this option, the local authority is authorized to replace the initial buyer.

Source: Notaires de France

 

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