Pricey French real estate on the cheap. The French government is eager to assist you with your plans for occupation.
PARIS December 3, 2006 (Scotsman) - France is overburdened with its opulent patrimony. The state has more castles, manors and monumental buildings than it knows what to do with, and can hardly afford to properly maintain them. ... It has transferred some property to provincial governments, along with the headache of upkeep. Work on hundreds of other sites has been suspended due to a lack of funds. ... For all their Gallic pride, the French seem happy to have anyone take them off the hands of taxpayers.... Many investors buy with only a vague idea of how they'll use the property, but the finance ministry says the government does not care.
"They won't have the right to destroy it, or paint it red, or build a tower in the garden," said one official at the ministry of finance. "But they can use it for a bordello as long as they obey zoning laws."
... Soon up for sale will be the Hotel Majestic, once a huge luxury hotel in central Paris that Hitler seized for his military government headquarters in occupied France. France's foreign ministry took over the building after the war and it was there that the Paris Peace Accords ending the Vietnam War were signed.
A touch of paint, a little plaster, and -- presto! -- suitable as a bordello or a snug for the Heeresleitung.
PFFT (What is this?): France going for cheap 3 | Shabby money-pits 4 | Rayonnement français 0
