The countryside between Tours and Poitiers has some of most
interesting castles and manors we find in France. Many of them have been
preserved through generations and kept some kind of historical interest, in
addition to the beauty of the architecture and gracefully tailored landscape.
As we travel now through the region we can see that quite a
number of them have now been put on the market. The rural history is on sale.
I have wondered why. And I came to realise the families are afraid
of the new taxes to come. They are also very heavily punished by the existing
property taxes, including the tax on wealth. So, they play safe and try to sell
the most expensive properties as soon as possible.
But there are very few buyers. I am told that some of the very few are from
China…
Soon or later all this will have an impact of historical
properties.
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