We sold our three-bed semi and bought an entire French village
COLLAPSING on the sofa after putting her two kids to bed, Liz Murphy felt like she was on a never-ending treadmill.
The couple put their house on the market in September 2020 for £355,000 and began searching for a place inLiz and David looked at dozens of properties online and made a shortlist of ten. They then spent a week in France visiting them all.Their fourth viewing was the historic rural hamlet of Lac De Maison, in Poitou-Charentes in the south west of France.
“We’d gone from a small, three-bed property with a tiny garden to this huge hamlet and all these houses,” says Liz. “It felt as if we’d won the lottery.”The couple only spoke “pigeon French” when they arrived, while the kids started school barely knowing a word. “It’s a real gift being able to work for yourself. We do have to be careful and keep on top of budgets, as there is no set income every month.
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