Farming in France

willy · Nov 8, 2021

czechmate said:
114 ha, largely drained, house and massive amount of buildings for the size of farm (it used to be bigger but got split up), €880,000 - less than £760,000

Who is selling it for you, I wouldn't mind having a look.

To be honest at the moment it is probably to soon, but I have 3 boys all farming mad and really don't want to just give it all the the oldest, so ideally need to sell our 900 acres and treble it some how. So France could be an option.

will l · Nov 8, 2021

Sparky270 said:
Irrigation ??

No and sh!t ground previous bloke had gone bust ex dairy farm

czechmate · Nov 8, 2021

willy said:
Who is selling it for you, I wouldn't mind having a look.

To be honest at the moment it is probably to soon, but I have 3 boys all farming mad and really don't want to just give it all the the oldest, so ideally need to sell our 900 acres and treble it some how. So France could be an option.

I had a look on the web site this morning (due to this thread activity) and see he still doesn’t have it on his list

willy · Nov 8, 2021

czechmate said:
I had a look on the web site this morning (due to this thread activity) and see he still doesn’t have it on his list

OK but who is he?

czechmate · Nov 8, 2021

willy said:
OK but who is he?

https://www.france-foncier.fr/property-browse.php

willy · Nov 8, 2021

czechmate said:
https://www.france-foncier.fr/property-browse.php

Thankyou

czechmate · Nov 9, 2021

willy said:
Who is selling it for you, I wouldn't mind having a look.

To be honest at the moment it is probably to soon, but I have 3 boys all farming mad and really don't want to just give it all the the oldest, so ideally need to sell our 900 acres and treble it some how. So France could be an option.

With a budget of 9 million I would think you could buy something pretty extraordinary

seedman stains · Nov 9, 2021

You could probably get fit up in the creuse or coreze or a little flat in monaco

neilo · Nov 9, 2021

What’s the position with ‘foreigners’ from the UK moving to France in this brave new world? Are we allowed to buy & run a farm there now, and eligible for subsidies that the neighbour’s will be on, etc?

I assume Brexit has thrown a few more hurdles up.

its yourself · Nov 9, 2021

neilo said:
What’s the position with ‘foreigners’ from the UK moving to France in this brave new world? Are we allowed to buy & run a farm there now, and eligible for subsidies that the neighbour’s will be on, etc?

I assume Brexit has thrown a few more hurdles up.

If you are an investor there are visas available. Temporary though. A farming company can claim subsidy. Best thing to do is find an Irish granny somewhere in the family tree. Or marry a citizen. You'll be grand then. Always take professional advice as you will most certainly need it.

neilo · Nov 9, 2021

its yourself said:
If you are an investor there are visas available. Temporary though. A farming company can claim subsidy. Best thing to do is find an Irish granny somewhere in the family tree. Or marry a citizen. You'll be grand then. Always take professional advice as you will most certainly need it.

I don't think Mrs NeilO would take kindly to that. Or maybe she would...

Matthew Britton · Nov 9, 2021

its yourself said:
If you are an investor there are visas available. Temporary though. A farming company can claim subsidy. Best thing to do is find an Irish granny somewhere in the family tree. Or marry a citizen. You'll be grand then. Always take professional advice as you will most certainly need it.

Just to add, I would strongly recommend you picked your professional advice very carefully and ensure that they are fully up to speed and fully insured in case the worst happened. There is a very knowledgeable and helpful man on her who discovered this to his detriment.

Oliveau · Nov 9, 2021

willy said:
Who is selling it for you, I wouldn't mind having a look.

To be honest at the moment it is probably to soon, but I have 3 boys all farming mad and really don't want to just give it all the the oldest, so ideally need to sell our 900 acres and treble it some how. So France could be an option.

Sounds as though you could do with a sizeable holding in the Paris Basin - Good arable land I believe.

Sparky270 · Nov 9, 2021

will l said:
No and sh!t ground previous bloke had gone bust ex dairy farm

Mad

seedman stains · Nov 9, 2021

Oliveau said:
Sounds as though you could do with a sizeable holding in the Paris Basin - Good arable land I believe.

much available up there?

will l · Nov 9, 2021

seedman stains said:
much available up there?

No, potato and veg boys paying 8k hectare for a 18 year lease, before paying 220 euro hectare rent, and that is for cereal not root crop land buying if you can find it 30k hectare for veg land, potato rents now touching 1600 euro hectare.

czechmate · Nov 9, 2021

will l said:
No, potato and veg boys paying 8k hectare for a 18 year lease, before paying 220 euro hectare rent, and that is for cereal not root crop land buying if you can find it 30k hectare for veg land, potato rents now touching 1600 euro hectare.

Graders would be busy on the potato line after growing them on your land

le bon paysan · Nov 9, 2021

czechmate said:
Graders would be busy on the potato line after growing them on your land

Nooo, he's picked all the stone!

will l · Nov 9, 2021

le bon paysan said:
Nooo, he's picked all the stone!

Yes, and look what we built with them!

mcdonap2 · Nov 9, 2021

Interested to here peoples experiences as a foreigner with French banks for borrowing to buy farms. If, for arguments sake, I put 250000 euro on deposit in a french bank would they be willing to lend to me for a farm purchase and what size loan would I be able to get? Are young farmers looked upon more favourably in terms of repayment terms?

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