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Azillanet delightful house rental, Languedoc, South France. VILLAGE HOUSE FOR RENT IN AZILLANET MINERVOIS, LANGUEDOC HOME FRANCE HOUSE VILLA RENTALS VILLAGE HOUSE RENTAL SLEEPS UP TO 7 5 MINS TO RIVER OR LAKE SWIMMING TERRACE WITH MAGNIFICENT VIEWS RENOVATED TO HIGH STANDARD CLOSE TO MINERVE, CARCASSONNE, NARBONNE, AND MEDITERRANEAN BEACHES A house in the quaint village of Azillanet, near Olonzac and Minerve, with magnificient views from the terrace. Situated in the heart of the Minervois region, close to the Mediterranean. Nearest swimming: River, 4 km. Lake, 7km. Sea, 37 km ACCESS: Airports - Carcassonne (40 mins), Toulouse (1h30m), Montpellier (1h30m), Barcelona (3hrs) Larger photo - Azillanet rental DETAILS OF ACCOMMODATION This delightful village house has been fully renovated , and special efforts have been invested in trying to bring out its traditional features. It is situated in the quiet village of Azillanet, close to Minerve, at the top of a narrow street, the rue du Couvent, very peaceful and safe for children, next to the large Church square with plenty of room for parking. Entering through double half-glazed doors, one sees a large kitchen/ dining/ living room. The kitchen is equipped with a stove, fridge and freezer, and an open fireplace with a woodburner stands on the side. To the left of the kitchen is a bathroom with a washbasin, shower, W.C. and a washing machine. To the back of the kitchen/dining area, equipped with a large dining-room table, is a lounge/ living area. Stairs lead to the upper floor with two double bedrooms, and one large single bedroom as well as an area with a cupboard. Access to the single bedroom is through one of the double bedrooms. The stairs lead up to the another floor, with a landing, off which is a twin bedroom and a private roof terrace with magnificent views over the village rooves, to the Aude valley plain, the Pyréneés, and the Black Mountains. The terrace is furnished with garden furniture and a barbecue. It is totally private with no windows overlooking it. Special features: Electric heating in each room. View from terrace Dining / kitchen area Lounge area View from 2nd floor bedroom 2nd floor landing 1st floor double bedroom 2nd floor twin bedroom AZILLANET AND SURROUNDING AREA Azillanet is a small village of 230 inhabitants including a small grocery shop, butcher, post office, excellent cave cooperative and restaurant. The bread van selling baguettes and croissants stops outside the house at 8.55 every morning. Olonzac, only 4 kms away offers a wider variety of shops and has a market every Tuesday morning and another one on Fridays in the summer. The village is situated at the heart of the Minervois, renowned for its red wines and is located where the river plain changes to a picturesque landscape of limestone gorges, hills, and vineyards. In the plain, a short distance away is the Canal du Midi (where boats can be rented) and the Lac de Jouarres, a small lake offering beaches, a cafe restaurant and swimming Ten minutes up into the hills is the magical village of Minerve, straddling deep river gorges, with natural bridges, where swimming is possible. A village known for the Cathar martyrs that died after a long seige by Simon de Montfort. A village with great restaurants, art gallery, streets and mountain paths to discover. The old washhouse, Azillanet Map showing location of Azillanet, Languedoc DESCRIPTION OF SURROUNDING AREA Thirty minutes away in one direction are the cities of Carcassonne with its magnificent medieval walled city, and in the other direction the cities of Béziers - well known for its fêtes in the Summer months (with bull fighting) and its flower market, and Narbonne, with its Roman museum and sites, shops and restaurants, and its close neighbour the endless miles of beaches at Narbonne Plage, Gruissan, and beyond. To the south east are the hills of the Corbières with the beautiful abbeys at Lagrasse and Fontfroide, the mountainous castles of Quéribus and Peyrepertuse, as well as the idyllic seaside resort of Collioure. ACCESS Airports - Carcassonne (40 mins), Toulouse (1h30m), Montpellier (1h30m), Barcelona (3hrs). Railway (TGV) - Narbonne (40 mins) . HOUSE FOR RENT IN AZILLANET, MINERVOIS - SLEEPS UP TO 7, TERRACE Bookings are Saturday to Saturday. Prices include bed linen, but do not include towels. Payment is in euros - though Pounds sterling is also accepted. Rentalcosts below are based on the Euro value (£GPB and $US are approximate) LONG TERM RENTALS AVAILABLE WEEKLY RATES 2006 £ GBP $ US EUROS OTHER MONTHS £215 $400 €320 APRIL, MAY £270 $500 €400 JUNE, SEPTEMBER £305 $565 €450 JULY, AUGUST £375 $690 €550 Contact Joelle Saunders at Tel (33) 4 68 91 30 61 E-mail: azillanet@southfrance.com Rue du Couvent Azillanet 34210 Olonzac France South France Guide | Languedoc Sights | Art Workshops | Vacation Properties | Properties for sale Advertise your house
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Related Articles Speed your home sale with these fast fix-ups The hidden financial truth about remodeling Smart -- and stupid -- ways to pay for your remodel The Basics 6 reasons your home isn't selling advertisement So, you're in agony because your home has languished on the market week after week. Here are some culprits that may be keeping buyers away in droves. By Bankrate.com Has your lawn grown up around that "For Sale" sign? Have the wasps moved into the lock box on your front door? Did you just receive an invitation to your real estate agent's retirement party? If so, chances are your home sale fizzled. Here are the six most-common reasons why homes don't sell and what you can do about it. Your home is overpriced Optimistic home sellers love to parrot the old adage, "There's a buyer for every home." But they often leave off the qualifier: "at the buyer's price." Find a loan that's right for you at the Loan Center The fact is that buyers, not sellers, ultimately determine the market value of a home. You can ask for the moon and set your listing price well above comparable properties in your neighborhood, but at some point it will be up to you, the seller, to accept what the buyer thinks your home is worth. Overpricing is the most common reason homes don't sell. When you ask an unrealistic price, it sets in motion a process that often works against you. Here's why: Most real estate agents, and hence most qualified buyers, will see your new listing within 30 days. If it is overpriced by as little as 5%, it will be duly noted and interest in your property will wane, especially if you show no intention of coming off your asking price. You likely already priced out buyers who might have qualified for financing at a more reasonable price. Even if you manage to find a buyer at your inflated asking price, the property may not appraise at that figure and the financing will fall apart. Your real estate agent may have approved or even suggested the inflated asking price to secure your listing. Conversely, other agents often use overpriced properties like yours to help sell their own listings. ("Here's what they are asking. Now would you like to take a second look at that first house I showed you?") "If you have a house that really should be priced at $200,000 and you've got it listed at $260,000, you are trying to compete against homes that really are worth close to $300,000 and all of a sudden your home really is not competing well," says Jeri Fisher of Jeri Fisher Real Estate in Missoula, Mont. "You want to compete with what is available out there among homes similar to yours." If your home remains on the market for too long, agents and buyers may begin to wonder if there are other, perhaps more serious reasons why it isn't selling. "It becomes shopworn, the same as a jacket hanging in the store week after week," says Fisher. "People are aware that it has been on the market a long time and agents stop showing it." Your home doesn't 'show' well Your home is competing against shiny new houses in those pristine subdivisions out in the suburbs with their attractive prices, incentives and community amenities. Face it: Even the best old house needs a little makeover if it hopes to attract a qualified buyer. The good news is most of the work will be cosmetic and relatively inexpensive: a new coat of paint, a few attractive window boxes, a thorough cleaning of floors and carpets. Voila! The place may look good enough to reconsider. A good real estate agent can advise you on where your time and money are best spent. "Price and condition are two things that the seller can do something about," says Fisher. "I always give people my 'honey-do' list. I think paint is probably a seller's best friend because it makes things smell fresh and look fresh. If it's time to paint, it's time to paint. It's the best return on investment." You're in a bad location Nothing has a greater effect on your home's value than its location. Your humble abode might be worth a king's ransom were it located in Palm Beach, Aspen or San Francisco. It might even jump thousands in value just two streets over in the next (and far superior) school district. "If you're in one of the higher-ranked schools around here, you're going to add $50,000 to $100,000 to the price of the same house," says Lenn Harley, a broker with Homefinders.com Inc. in Maryland and Virginia. The point is, location rules in real estate. If your home's location is less than desirable, your options are somewhat limited. A good real estate agent will do his best to help you accentuate the positive and eliminate the negative of your circumstances, say by using foliage to screen off offensive adjoining properties or dampen traffic noise. The best way to compensate for a poor location is to reduce your asking price or offer attractive incentives such as seller financing or a lease option with rent credit. You have a lousy listing agent Yep, they exist: Real estate agents who mislead, misfire and misbehave. Their bad advice can cost you plenty in time, money and the sheer hassle of keeping the place show-ready 24/7. The agent from hell will allow you to overprice your home ("Here's what I can get for you if you list with me!"), not market it properly, fail to screen for qualified buyers, be unresponsive to interest from other agents (if they sell their own listing, they don't have to split the commission) and keep you totally in the dark throughout the process. What's more, if your agent is abrasive, arrogant or otherwise difficult to work with, other agents may not want the hassle of showing any of their listings to prospective buyers. You are battling competition or market conditions We've all heard the terms "buyer's market" and "seller's market." In real estate, market conditions are affected by any number of external forces, some of them predictable (the weather, sort of), some of them unpredictable (the local economy, interest rates, public optimism or pessimism). In a "hot" or seller's market, homes go fast. Inventory (homes on the market) may be low, meaning less competition for you. Chances are better that you will get your asking price in a hot market; in fact, it is not uncommon to even be offered more than your listing price. But in a "flat," "cold" or buyer's market, sales slow to a trickle, inventories grow and buyers can find bargains, especially when they know the seller is motivated (i.e., paying on two mortgages). If you're trying to sell in a flat market, you're not only competing against all that vacant new construction, but against rentals as well. In this case, be prepared to settle for less than top dollar, or wait to sell until the pendulum swings once again in your favor. You have ineffective marketing Gone are the days when an agent could simply place your listing with the local multiple listing service, hold a halfhearted open house and wait for another agent to bring forth a buyer. Today's top performers launch a multilevel marketing plan that includes listing tours for area agents, newspaper and even TV ads, weekend open houses, listing fliers and placements in local real estate publications. Computers and the Internet also have changed the face of real estate. According to the National Association of Realtors, today more than one-third of all home buyers use the Internet for house hunting. The best real estate agents are computer-savvy. They have your listing in color on their laptops to show clients and communicate frequently via e-mail, a particular boon when working with out-of-town buyers. Suffice it to say that if your real estate agent isn't listing your home online through the company Web site as well as with the local MLS, you may not be getting the exposure necessary to find a buyer. "There are those who just put the listing in the multiple and pray it will sell and those that put a lot of effort into marketing their listings," says Fisher. "Unfortunately, with this weird system of compensation we have, they all get paid the same, whether they know nothing or have many years of experience." 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