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Natalie Leggett & Mick Dempsey 's home in the Charente
53 pages of French properties for sale PLUS
regional guides to get you started
44 North & West 56 Central 64 South East 75 South West
91 Prestige 97 New Developments
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ISSUE 02 | WINTER / SPRING 2015
LEGGETT MAGAZINE No. 02 · January 2015 PUBLICATION DIRECTOR Joanna Leggett EDITORIAL DIRECTION & GRAPHIC DESIGN Nicki Brown
STAFF WRITERS Helen Holbrook, Laurence Constant CONTRIBUTORS Graham Downie, Karine Charriaud, Emma Nicholson, Kevin Andrews, Yvonne
Russell, Anna Sirinides, Tim Clark, Simon Smallwood and Jennie Poate. TRANSLATIONS Hannah Hick PROOF READING Stuart Ross EDITORIAL COORDINATOR
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Let's live in the Alps!
Discover the Alps and our
team of agents
6 MEET THE TEAM
Our award-winning staff at Leggett
HQ
8 A FRESH PERSPECTIVE
Natalie and Mick's gorgeous garden
12 BUYING A PROPERTY
Advice on buying a property
in France
14 LIVING IN FRANCE
La belle vie!
18 IT'S SHOWTIME!
A life in the day of a French
property exhibition
20 INDIAN SPICE
A celebrity chef in the Charente
24 LET'S LIVE IN THE ALPS
Discover the Alps and our agents
34 FUTURE TRENDS
Financial predictions from our
experts
36 NEW REGULATIONS
European inheritance laws
38 SELLING A PROPERTY
Useful advice to achieve a
successful sale
40 UP, UP AND AWAY
New ways to market your property
91 PRESTIGE PROPERTY
Exceptional property from an
exceptional estate agency
98 LEGGETT LIFE
Tim Clark on what it's like working
for Leggett Immobilier