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      <image:title>Franco File Blog - Preparing a French House for AirBnb: Lessons for new hosts. - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Franco File Blog - Preparing a French House for AirBnb: Lessons for new hosts. - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Locking bathroom doors are extremely important even for single family groups.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Franco File Blog - Preparing a French House for AirBnb: Lessons for new hosts. - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Finally being able to change a bulb and dust the high beams over the lounge.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Franco File Blog - Preparing a French House for AirBnb: Lessons for new hosts. - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Mr I can build or fix anthing - our friend Zhenya, installing a lock on the basement door.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Franco File Blog - Preparing a French House for AirBnb: Lessons for new hosts. - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>The larder cupboard.</image:caption>
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    <lastmod>2025-12-17</lastmod>
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      <image:caption>The first croissant by the pool. A key moment for new house owners.</image:caption>
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    <lastmod>2025-10-21</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Franco File Blog - Getting It Done And Getting In - Loading the car</image:title>
      <image:caption>We were very lucky in that we had been able to agree purchasing all the furniture from the sellers, so we only needed to bring, bedding, clothes, kitchen things to get started with and PC equipment to allows us both to work online for the next few weeks. A van was not needed at this stage which made arrangements a lot easier. We had a roof box on the car, but still had too much stuff prepared to go. We practiced loading the car on the Sunday which proved to be a good idea as it became clear that we had planned to take more than could fit in the car. We had to leave behind some bedding, board games and a few other things that were not truly essential for this first trip.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Franco File Blog - Getting It Done And Getting In - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>We had booked a hotel about 6km from the house, so that the morning of completion could be relaxed without a long journey or early start. It turned out that the hotel had a board game theme which excited us because boardgames are our main hobby. The weather was very pleasant for late September and we could enjoy a drink outside before a very good dinner in the linked restaurant.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Franco File Blog - Getting It Done And Getting In - Katerina Mahuzier @katerina.france</image:title>
      <image:caption>And then she was gone, though typically she kept in touch several times over the next week to check that everything was going OK. We had been in touch several times a week over the previous intense 4 months and it was strange to know that our brief work together was finished. We really can not recommend Katerina enough. If you are non resident, non fluent french speakers looking to buy a house in the South West of France then you should consider using Katerina or one of her colleagues at Beaux Villages Immobilier.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Finally owners of our French house and very happy about it.</image:caption>
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    <lastmod>2025-09-21</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Franco File Blog - Almost Home - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>French bank documents to be reviewed and signed to accept the mortgage contract.</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.francofilestory.com/franco-file-blog/the-interrogation</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-08-26</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Franco File Blog - The Interrogation - Tell Us Everything!</image:title>
      <image:caption>The last time I applied for a mortgage, it was in the UK in 2002 and there was very little scrutiny in comparison. As I remember it, they needed to see proof of income, bank statements to ensure we were not too heavily in debt already and not much else.</image:caption>
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    <lastmod>2025-08-15</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Franco File Blog - How AI Helped Us Buy a House in France - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Here’s how the AI assistants helped us manage, learn, and stay (mostly) sane during the house-buying process so far. These tools are limited only by our imagination in using them. They can do much more than most people realise.</image:caption>
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    <lastmod>2025-08-03</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Franco File Blog - The CdV Sales Agreement - A thorough review of the CdV is needed.</image:title>
      <image:caption>It is human nature to miss small things in large documents, plus the small print details are always the things that you should check in agreements. Personally spending such a large amount of money scares me and I checked the CdV very carefully. This review resulted in a few changes being requested as listed below.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Franco File Blog - The CdV Sales Agreement - That’s it, we now have a signed sales contract. Things start to get very real financially going forward.</image:title>
      <image:caption>Next will be the preparations for the AdV, the Appointment of Sale. We will explain that soon.</image:caption>
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    <lastmod>2025-07-24</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Franco File Blog - The DDT Reports - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Just a selection of the many parts of the DDT report collection.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>An example of the room and material descriptions from the DDT report.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Franco File Blog - The DDT Reports - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>The energy rating from the DPE report.</image:caption>
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    <lastmod>2025-07-14</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Franco File Blog - No No No No Yes - Jim always says no first, then yes, eventually.</image:title>
      <image:caption>Frustration aside, this very much reminded me of the character Jim Trott from the classic British TV comedy, The Vicar Of Dibley. The character Jim had a very rural, country village style to him and was known for a very bad stutter. He was unable to say yes without first stuttering no several times first. Perhaps Jim was secretly a french bureaucrat, never being able to say yes without first saying No!</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.francofilestory.com/franco-file-blog/allo-allo</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-07-01</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Franco File Blog - Allo Allo - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.francofilestory.com/franco-file-blog/a-quiet-week-with-a-little-admin</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-06-21</lastmod>
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    <loc>https://www.francofilestory.com/franco-file-blog/a-few-other-things</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-06-11</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Franco File Blog - There is always more to do. - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>All the other things to plan around buying a house.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Sample energy rating from a property information sheet.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Franco File Blog - There is always more to do. - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>A modern hierarchy of needs!</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.francofilestory.com/franco-file-blog/preparing-for-the-cdv</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-06-07</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Franco File Blog - Preparing for the CDV - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Verbal offer made. LOI. Formulise the offer in a signed document. Validates the buyers’ situation Inventory of contents included in the sale agreement. Assign Notaire for legal paperwork. Exhaustive report on all safety and environmenal aspects of the property CDV includes results of DDT and any special conditions. CDV agreement, it is time to sign. Post CDV signing buyers have a 10 day cooling off period. Now it’s time to pay the deposit. Money on the table, this is getting real.</image:caption>
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    <lastmod>2025-06-03</lastmod>
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    <lastmod>2025-05-31</lastmod>
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      <image:caption>The kitchen that we turned down.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The house and pool area. The one that grabbed our hearts.</image:caption>
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    <lastmod>2025-05-29</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Franco File Blog - The Trip Down - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Franco File Blog - The Trip Down - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.francofilestory.com/franco-file-blog/french-mortgages-introduction</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-05-28</lastmod>
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    <lastmod>2025-05-25</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Franco File Blog - Shopping List Of Houses</image:title>
      <image:caption>House 2. Last minute addition from an email on Friday. Near Bergerac. €446,850 Pushing the limit of our budget but worth looking at.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Franco File Blog - Shopping List Of Houses - House 2. Near Villetoureix, 335,000 € This was the house that came through in an email and made Teresa respond asking for more information. It’s beautiful from the front, back, inside and has a small pool.</image:title>
      <image:caption>This one set the standard against which all the others that we are considering are being judged, at least on paper.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Franco File Blog - Shopping List Of Houses - House 3. near Issigeac, 399,000 €</image:title>
      <image:caption>Yes, having a pool is a theme, almost a must have. I would like one (Mark), Teresa less so, but the visiting grand children, family and friends would definitely all appreciate it.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Franco File Blog - Shopping List Of Houses - House 4. Family Home with Heated Pool in Peaceful Setting Near Bergerac. 418,700 €</image:title>
      <image:caption>From the email of recommendations we received this was initially the stand out one, top of budget, wow factor property. Now we’re waiting to see if the photos live up to the reality.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Franco File Blog - Shopping List Of Houses - House 5. The last one worth showing. 4-Bed Home with heated pool close to Sarlat-la-Canéda. Price 345,000 €</image:title>
      <image:caption>The famous Sarlat le canada is somewhere we previously visited and had high on our list of locations. However all the others are also within an hour or so of Sarlat so it has a lot of competition.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>We loved the dining table and think it will be part of the deal. Also, the tiles match the decor so well.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The lounge entering from the kitchen showing the balcony.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The lounge showing the balcony and very important book shelves. We will need more book shelves but it’s a start.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>They called this garage 2. On the back, connected to the utility room. I’m thinking it needs a bar and pool table.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Upstairs front bedroom. We will almost definitely keep this as a study with a sofa bed for guests.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Doors to the kitchen and lounge. There is no clear front door. No one door to rule them all.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Upstairs bedroom 2. Most likely will become a room for visiting grand daughters as it has a pretty painted door and will be best with a single bed.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Garage 1 No one parks their car in the garage, it’s always used for storing tools and other stuff, right? Note the ride on mower. Non paying guests may have to learn to use that ;)</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Downstairs bedroom 1. This one faces the terrace and pool area. We loved the wallpaper too!</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Downstairs bedroom 2. This one faces the back, is the biggest bedroom, has built in wardrobe and a large attached dressing room. No ensuite though.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>House with red-tiled roof, large tree, and outdoor seating on a green lawn under a clear blue sky.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The tower bedroom. The 2 first floor sections are separate from each other. The first floor with the 2 study bedrooms is accessed via the lounge and the wooden balcony. This bedroom is accessed from stairs off the dining area. It and the connected bathroom are isolated from the rest of the house. We think this will be the master bedroom unless it is too hot in summer, then the downstairs bedroom will become master. We will find out in 2026 hopefully.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Upstairs bedroom 2. Most likely will become Yessenia &amp; Delilah’s room as it has a pretty painted door and will have a single bed.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Downstairs bathroom which serves bedrooms 1 and 2. Accessed from under the balcony off the lounge.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Doors to the kitchen and lounge. There is no clear front door. No one door to rule them all.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The tower bedroom.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Built in BBQ by the pool</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Downstairs bedroom 1. This one faces the terrace and pool area. We loved the wallpaper too!</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>“Our” little vine. Can you even call it a garden if you don’t have a vine?</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Downstairs bedroom 2. This one faces the back, is the biggest bedroom, has built in wardrobe and a large attached dressing room. No ensuite though.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The house from top corner of the plot</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>View from a loft overlooking a living area with colorful abstract paintings on the walls and modern furniture.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The car port. Parking on grass also possible in summer.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The road curving around the driveway entrance</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>They called this garage 2. On the back, connected to the utility room. I’m thinking it needs redoing with a bar, TV and pool table.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>View of house from lower front garden I had not seen hanging plant bags like on the little tree before.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The wood store in garage-2</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Another view of the house</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Garage 1 No one parks their car in the garage, it’s always used for storing tools and other stuff, right? Note the ride on mower. Non paying guests may have to learn to use that ;)</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>View back to the house from top of the plot. The black mark is either a dump of ash from the woodburner or bonfire site. TBC.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>View of house from lower front garden I had not seen hanging plant bags like on the little tree before.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Interior of a cozy living room with a staircase, wooden beams, a round table with a plant, black chairs, and people in the background.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>View back to the house from top of the plot. The black mark is either a dump of ash from the woodburner or bonfire site. TBC.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Under the car port</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Over the vines and up the hill, you can just see Chateau Monbazillac.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Over the vines and up the hill, you can just see Chateau Monbazillac.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>From the balcony showing the lounge ceiling height.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>View from bedroom 2 over the rear garden. Currently another table and a hammock are outback in the shady area</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Did we mention the pool already?</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The road curving around the driveway entrance</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The lounge showing the balcony and very important book shelves. We will need more book shelves but it’s a start.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>From the road showing the driveway starting on the left, house in the distance.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>We loved the dining table and think it will be part of the deal. Also, the tiles match the decor so well.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The house from the end of the 12m pool. Several loungers and chairs are available to enjoy the pool area.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>French house for rent, La tour Blanche, a white house with brown shutters and a red-tiled roof, set in a rural landscape, with a patio decorated with potted plants, outdoor seating, and a brick BBQ, under a clear blue sky.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>French house for rent, La tour Blanche, a white house with brown shutters, a round tower with a steep roof, and a gravel driveway. There is outdoor seating with umbrellas and a small barbecue in a rural setting with trees and hills in the background.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The pool is 11.5m to the step, 4m wide and 1.50m deep.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Pool light and solar garden lights create atmosphere at night.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>From the bottom of the large grass area, plot size 5200m2</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>There is a wide path through the vineyard from the garden to the road in the distance.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Plenty of space to play or relax</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The back garden also has table and chairs and a hammock.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The modern kitchen with oven, dishwasher, fridge freezer, microwave, Nespresso and all necessary china ware.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Kitchen at La Tour Blanche, a modern kitchen with oven, dishwasher, fridge freezer, microwave, Nespresso and all necessary china ware.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Kitchen at La Tour Blanche, a modern kitchen with oven, dishwasher, fridge freezer, microwave, Nespresso and all necessary china ware.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The dining area between the kitchen and lounge. Six chairs and others can be added from the other rooms if needed.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>A comfortable and spacious lounge with TV and woodburner.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>A cozy living room with a mix of modern and rustic decor. It features a yellow sofa, a yellow armchair, a coffee table, and a blue accent wall with bookshelves. There is a television ona unit, a window with white curtains, and a stone fireplace.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The period fire place with wood burner.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>We hope you find peace at La Tour Blanche</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Viw of the early morning autumn fog from french house La tour Blanche looking across the vineyards towards La Dordogne river.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Christmas lights aroudn the swimming pool at French House La tour Blanche</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Christmas elf does not come with rental at La Tour Blanche. It is a bring your own elf policy.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Cotton candy larger than the child in Bergerac Christmas market.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Colorful illuminated fountain with arcs of blue, pink, and green lights in Bergerac at Christmas.</image:caption>
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