Rouen Renovation Diary: Part Two
In which I talk money! How much we paid for our apartment and how we got our loan...
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Now that you know why we chose to invest in a rental in Rouen (you can read Part One here if you haven't already), this week I’m going to be chatting to you about something that people rarely talk about: money.
Anyone who has ever purchased property will know that it’s not a walk in the park. Now throw in a different country, a foreign language and different laws, and it creates nothing short of a financial minefield. Plus numbers are not my strong suit, nor are mortgages my forté. I didn’t understand all the lingo in English, let alone in French before we embarked on this project. Fortunately I have a French partner (and honestly I don’t think I would have been able to buy a property without him). Luckily too, his bank