Is it really necessary to have
Is it really necessary to have neighbours around your holiday home? I am looking into getting a holiday home which I will stay in occasionally for work as well but might also rent out a little. Since I will not be there full-time, I know that it probably makes better sense to look for a house that has neighbours and can be "watched". However, I love the idea of getting a more isolated house that has more land and privacy. Nonetheless, I have serious concerns that it will be a target for break-ins.
In France, I even know people who are broken into regularly even though they actually live in the house! But they too tend to have either more isolated homes or have back entraces/windows that neighbours cannot see so easily.
Do you have any recommendations based on your experiences or stories you have heard? Am I worrying for no reason? I love my privacy but would be very distraught if my house was broken into when I wasn't there.
The house would be in southern Piemonte.
Cheers.
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Sadly, it has not progressed…
Submitted by Konuku on Sun, 01/12/2020 - 03:37
In reply to Hello Konuku - I saw some of… by igster
Sadly, it has not progressed because when I went back to the realtor, I discovered that someone else bought the house! I thought I had more time because it had to be completely renovated but apparently someone else liked similar things that I did and put an offer on it the same day they visited it. I have been annoyed ever since and I have not been able to find another house with the same requirements - character, older with some stone, vineyard view, vaulted underground/partially underground wine cellar and on the smallish side, good location within a certain area and just outside of a village. Houses with these things tend to quite large in Piedmont and much more money than I can spend.
So I lost the house over 2 years ago and have been looking regularly ever since but nothing has come close. :(
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