Publisher's Synopsis
Acquiring a second home - in the UK or abroad - may not only be the fulfilment of a dream but can also be a good investment, with the value of property in the UK still rising and the possibility of income from holiday lets. This handbook explains how to go about finding a property - in the UK, France, Italy or Spain - and choosing the most suitable: a remote country cottage may sound ideal, but will the lack of local amenities become a burden? Would a sea-front flat be too costly to maintain? There are chapters on how to raise the money to buy the property, how to let it profitably, looking after it, and the rewards (and rip-offs) of timeshares.;Further sections deal with insurance, taxation and poll tax and how to sell the property, and the book also considers the implications of the Channel Tunnel and the opening up of Europe's trade barriers in 1992.
