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Article: C'est chic, c'est cheap; Property Mail: France.
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- Daily Mail (London)
- Article date:
- May 6, 2005
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Byline: LIZ ROWLINSON
There's still a corner of France where homes are cheap and the summers are hot, reports Liz Rowlinson
SO YOU hanker for the values of Fifties rural Britain when property was affordable, front doors were left unlocked, traffic was a rumble rather than a roar and shops closed down for long lunches. . . then make a beeline for the Limousin region of France.
And you won't be alone. The region is experiencing a sudden influx of British homebuyers, including young families as well as retirement couples, which isn't surprising as four-bedroom homes still go for as little as [pounds sterling]70,000.
Tucked between the ...