Tickle-International-Property Update 52

Another busy week with price reductions, withdrawals, sales and new listings.  I have once again included Over The Tracks in this weeks listings because at an asking price of only 60,000 Euros for a detached country house with 24,000 m2 of land in a convenient location it is an absolute steal! We have had a huge amount of interest and I am pleased to say that I have now put some photos on the site showing how the house looks now following the recent break in. I left the old photos on as well so you can see how it is and what it could be!

This house was originally on offer at over 230,000 Euros. A little expensive for the time of listing but not a lot. The owner then reduced the price over time but always behind the market so it was always just a little expensive for the time. It also got stale. Everyone had seen it, it had been for sale forever and everyone assumed there was something wrong. There wasn't but by the time the owner agreed to ask a realistic, "selling" price it was too late.The market response was "seen it, bored with it, must be something wrong".  There was nothing wrong when it went to 100,000 Euros but the recent break in (if you leave any house empty and unsecured for long enough someone will break in) has seen the owner finally wash his hands of it and set a rock bottom, never to be repeated price of 60,000 Euros.So if this is what you want, get in touch.

Another property that is troubling me is  Hedge Row Why hasn't it sold? I do not know why! It's a good house, great price, convenient location and ready to go. Surely people aren't being put off by a green pool? All comments and suggestions welcome! I really need help or an offer here.

Finally I should be in hospital next week for a hip replacement (my third - no jokes) so if I am a little slow replying to emails please bear with me.

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A Special Stop

I got a reminder last week of one of the joys of Spain. I was driving up to France and approaching Burgos I remembered seeing an ancient town off to the right on previous trips. As it was pit stop time I turned off to take a quick look and was simply stunned. The town was Lerma and what I found was a truly magnificent old town with an enormous square surrounded by cloisters at it's heart. That was special enough but we wandered into a local bar which, with it's flagstoned floors and  low ceilings, could have been from a film set; the perfect Spanish bar! Better yet, this is wine making country and the locals were really testing the local vintage. Red, white and rose in the enormous glasses you see on TV dinner parties. However, instead of swirling a bit of wine around the bottom and sipping it, these glasses were filled, the wine was being quaffed and a great time was being had by all!

As a driver I took my coffee (although there was a terrible temptation to book a hotel room, forget the journey and join the party) and found a table. Shortly after the barmaid appeared "would we like some soup"? Of course we said yes and what we got in little pots was a concoction of chorizo and vegatebles that would put any of Mr Heinz' tins to shame.  Oh, and it was free!

So a toilet break on the motorway turned into an enervating and memorable experience and that is one of the joys of Spain: the ability to produce surprises and delights totally unexpectedly. I may not sell homes in Lerma but there are plenty of these experiences available where we do sell and it was wonderful to be reminded of what a special place Spain can be.


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