Overseas Home Buyer's Handbook

Owning a home in another country is now a perfectly normal expectation for an increasing number of people. Yet the purchase of a home abroad is a quite different process from the everyday routine in Britain, whether you are buying for reasons of business or simply for pleasure. In this comprehensive handbook Geoffrey Pilgrem distils almost two and a half decades of experience of the European and Mediterranean residential property scene, to bring the reader information and advice on buying a home abroad. Using his first-hand knowledge of the people, the places and the properties, he guides the reader through all the essential steps, from deciding which country best matches the buyer's expectations, through the maze of advertisements, agent's details, and inspection visits, right up to the purchase itself. Everything is covered; buying for business purposes, the legalities of foreign real estate purchase, frank comments on the various areas, and advice on how to sell a foreign home when it is time to move on.