From an email passed on to friends: “Most of you have heard (and put up with) my nightmare stories of trying to buy a flat in France over the last year. From rogue estate agents to forgetful notaires to insurance rackets, the journey to getting our keys yesterday has not been a stress-free one...mais bouff, c'est la France. There has been, however, one fantastic element in the process I wanted to promote to you all. The company is called France Home Finance. My broker got us a fantastic French mortgage, made some French people to do some work and stuck by us through thick and thin. She's also an expat so she understands our frustrations, and spoke to lots of the people I would have otherwise verbally assassinated. Top-line she comes fully recommended from yours truly.”