Why Buy a House in Northern France?

1. Although French property prices are slowly rising, houses are still excellent value compared with their English equivalents. For buyers from the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany, property is also relatively cheap and very easily accessible by an excellent road network.
2. The system of buying and selling houses in France is more straightforward than in the UK in particular. Now it is even easier with the help of L'Abri-Tanique Residential, the English-owned estate agency (immobilier) that offers a unique friendly, personal bi-lingual service.
3. L'Abri-Tanique Residential specialises in the Pas-de-Calais region of Northern France. This is the prettiest part of the North and is easily accessible by road and Rail. In fact most of the properties we sell are within one hour's drive of the port of Calais and its Eurostar station which offers direct passenger services from London and Ashford.
4. The Pas-de-Calais has numerous pretty farming villages, winding lanes and magnificent towns like St Omer, Arras and Hesdin. There are wooded hillsides and well-stocked trout streams running through seven deep valleys and you are never far from the Cote d'Opale including miles of sandy beaches and sophisticated sea side towns such as Le Touquet.
5. Although it is only a short distance from Dover, the area is typically French. British influence barely exists beyond the Channel ports and you are more likely to meet fellow English in Provence than in a typical Northern French village.
6. L'Abri-Tanique Residential serves French, British and European clients which gives us an intimate knowledge of the local property scene and enables us to bridge the cultures - a skill which is not usually found among French estate agents!
7. A visit to L'Abri-Tanique Residential can be incorporated with a visit to the historic town of Hesdin, an hour's drive from Calais and 45 minutes from Boulogne. Our offices are situated on the corner of the cobbled Place d'Armes in this historic town. From our office windows, clients can see the sixteenth century Town Hall, built by the Hapsburg Emperor Charles V for his sister Marie of Hungary when Hesdin was a fortified frontier town between Liapsburg Artois and France. Hesdin has plenty of excellent restaurants and reasonably priced small hotels and chambre d'hotes (bed and breakfast establishments) and thus makes an excellent base for your property search.

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