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House Hunting in France: A Diamond in the Rough Near the Basque Coast
A Nine-Bedroom Villa in Southwest France $5.6 MILLION (4.95 MILLION EUROS) This nine-bedroom, Neo-Basque-style villa sits on a grassy 1.85-acre lot in Winter Park, a quiet residential district outside of downtown Biarritz, the resort town on France’s Basque coast, near the border with Spain. Built in 1920, the 6,458-square-foot house was last renovated in the late 1990s, and has been unoccupied for five years. “You have to do some renovation work,” said Philippe Thomine-Desmazures, associate director of Barnes International Realty, Côte Basque, which has the listing. A gravel driveway leads to the covered front portico. The entry hall has a checkerboard tile floor and a powder room. Double wood doors…
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House Hunting in Guatemala: Among Volcanoes in Antigua for $299,000
A Two-Bed room Townhouse in Antigua, Guatemala $299,000 This two-bed room townhouse sits in a gated community on the outskirts of Antigua, the colonial town and UNESCO Heritage Website surrounded by volcanoes in the highlands of central Guatemala, about 25 miles west of Guatemala City. “It’s near to Antigua, but not in the hustle and bustle of the commercial places,” said Glenn Wilson, an agent with Century 21 Antigua Great Households, which has the listing. The 39-home improvement is laid out as “a large sq., and in the middle of the sq. there’s a park with benches, gardens.” From many areas on the grounds, he explained, residents can eye the…
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House Hunting in Greece: Seaside Splendor on Tinos Isle for $1.8 Million
A Stone Mansion Overlooking the Aegean Sea From Tinos $1.8 MILLION (1.6 MILLION EUROS) This five-bedroom property sits on a hillside in Ktikados, a village near the southern coast of the Greek island of Tinos, in the Aegean Sea. Built in 2006 of local stone, the property has a main house with two bedrooms, plus two small guesthouses separated by a garden with olive and fruit trees, on just under half an acre. Tinos, about 75 square miles in size, is bigger but much quieter than neighboring Mykonos, the popular tourist destination known for its party atmosphere, said George Kasimis, the head of Aegean sales at Greece Sotheby’s International Realty,…
