Why You Should Buy (or Rent) a House in France!
Forget Golden Visas! There’s a much easier way to legally stay past 90 days in the EU.
About a month ago, I wrote about our difficult decision to sell our house in France—one that we had originally planned to renovate—and how, instead of throwing ourselves into another big project, we chose to slow down, love the house we already have, and learn to sit still for a while. In that post, I briefly mentioned how buying a house here has its benefits, and promised I’d elaborate. After several conversations with real experts, I am happy to finally be able to deliver on that. I hope you’ll be as excited as I am about this intel and come be my neighbor!
Maybe it won’t be the chateau we have for sale, but this sweet place, or these apartments you could rent….or…this one right on the beach. And, of course, as much as I’m a self-nominated ambassador for the Médoc, I’ll be happy if this just helps inspire you to come to France and stay a while. Medical coverage is cheap and good here—and, as you’ll see below, can be a bonus of your move.
For context—because I think it’s super helpful to know that we were so naive and yet it still worked out for us—back in 2015, when we bought our first house in the Médoc, we were just fulfilling a forever dream of having a house abroad. We never imagined that we would actually live here for more than a couple of months in the summer—we