We had returned to the UK and a week later the Agent called to explain the owner had declined our asking price offer!!!
Apparently, his son had placed the Grange for sale and agreed the price, but it was his father who was the legal owner and he wanted €5,000 more that the asking price we had agreed and the sale would not go through based on the original paperwork. We rejected this on principle and held firm.
This is the story of the Gray Family search for a home in France and the eventual conversion of a Barn in the Creuse that has now been turned into a beautiful home for our family to enjoy in the years ahead. The story of La Grange Grise gives an indication of our experience of doing so between 2006 and 2016. Also added are details and history of the subsequent purchase and work on La Maison Grise from 2013 and the renovation work started in 2016 on the house opposite our the Grange.