The French adminstrative system has a well deserved reputation for impenetrability and being completely unavoidable.  Estate agency has of course its own complement of documentation and many trees have died in the service!  Today I am in the Orthez office.  Not a good start - a buyer has backed out saying they arent going to buy because they cant fit their fridge into the kitchen without knocking down a wall.  Hmmm ......as Marge Simpson would say.  Another client has cancelled their exclusive contract because we have done so few visits.

 

My list of things is getting longer and I have only been here an hour.  For once, I am hoping for some peace and quiet to get things done.