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We have had a terrific response to our appeal for contributors to our
BBC1 consumer programme targeting the trouble areas that can afflict those buying property in France.

We appreciate the vast majority of property purchases ARE success stories. However, buying a property in any country can be a minefield without the right advice and too many people have learned the hard way when their dream of owning a home abroad has blown up in their face.

Both victims of rogue traders and those who just didn’t know what potential problems to look for would have valued the opportunity of knowing what they know now before they purchased.

BBC1 aims to highlight the potential pitfalls so that in future, there may be even fewer disaster stories. By casting light on these problems we can head towards a more positive, informed property purchase experience.

We are still looking for a wider list of people’s experiences.

When buying your property did you:

• Stumble upon an unexpected termite or hornet infestation?
• Get mislead about planning permission?
• Discover that your boundaries were not where you had been led to believe?
• Discover that your property was in fact on someone else’s land?
• Find out that access to your property was across neighbour’s land?
• Maybe the swimming pool you bought with the house had no planning permission?
• Had the fosse septique collapsed or didn’t your house have one?
• Have rogue traders or misleading agents lead you up the garden path?
• Perhaps you now find yourself looking forward to the prospect of sharing your new French property with your spouse's partner from a previous marriage?

Everyone has an experience that they could share to prevent people from making the same mistakes. Please share your story with us.

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If you have had a property buying experience you would like us to know about, please contact us now!