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What does Bord de Mer mean in a French real estate ad?

If you are looking to buy a French property by the sea you will be looking for the term ‘bord de mer’ in a French real estate advertisement which means on the edge of or ‘by the sea’.

Note: if you read ‘Apercu Mer’ this means in general there is a small view of the sea from the property. For example, you can see the sea between two buildings or between trees. It does not mean the property is by the sea, the ‘apercu mer’ could be a distant sea view.

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What is a Chantier?

Sometimes when you see a French property for sale you will see a sign that say ‘ Chantier’ . A ‘chantier’ is the French term for a building site.

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UAE Abu Dhabi Invest 750 million Euros in French Buildings

After Qatar, who have investors buying famous French buildings such as the Carlton International Hotel in Cannes, UAE investors (as part of the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority) will spend nearly 750 million Euros to acquire beautiful real estate in Paris and Lyon this year. Final signing is expected to take place in December 2013.

The purchase is being made by the sovereign fund of the emirate in the middle east and the purchase is to buy the assets of Docks Lyonnais, a real estate company owned by the Swiss bank UBS. Examples, of what will be purchased included the address 6 to 8 Boulevard Haussmann in the Opera district of Paris.

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What is a Grenier or Vide Grenier in a French advertisement?

The French term Grenier refers to an attic, the storage area under the roof in a house.

The term ‘vide’ means empty and when the two words are put together ‘vide grenier’ you have what is a sale of items by people who want to empty out their attics.

In North American the equivalent to a Vide Grenier is a garage sale where a property own uses their garage as a temporary store location to sell items to the public passing by.

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What does the term couloir mean in a French property ad?

Couloir is the French term for a corridor or as we sometimes say in English a hallway.

Throughout this site you will find numerous French real estate terms explained in English. Please take your time and you can learn lots.

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