Posted by Virgil Burks
House Hunters International was on TV last night and it was the best one for me by far. My daughter is thinking of moving over to France to study for her college degree and then masters, so we are trying to help her. We have been watching as many travel programmes as possible on Directtv Local Channels to gain some knowledge of France. And some of them are fantastic and have possibly helped my daughter avoid some of the pit falls which are usually associated with buying homes.
We were considering buying an old house and then doing it up for her. The relocation programmes have warned people who are intending to move abroad and carry out renovation work about some of the cowboy builders that can be found over there. Some of the con stories that they were talking about were unbelievable. One man had his home built from scratch but with no adequate foundations and the local governing body has ordered it to be demolished. The travel programmes have opened my eyes to possible problems and has already ensured that when the time comes, I will be getting my daughter a lawyer to sort out any licenses and a project manager to oversee any work that is being done.
