This is the second in a series of posts about buying, renting, and selling our property in Provence. Please note that, our homes, christened La Bonbonnière and L’Oustaloun, were purchased by a lovely family who continues to rent them both—for more information about these vacation homes as well as others, visit www.RentOurHomeInProvence.com It was beginning to feel like Monopoly—do we buy Park Place so we can build on Boardwalk? I hoped one of us had a “GET OUT OF JAIL FREE CARD” card. We spent a lot of time in our courtyard. Photo by W.T. Manfull In this case, do we buy a bergerie in the neighboring building—a sheepfold, in English—and a parking space in order to keep “our” courtyard? Those who read Part I know it was this charming courtyard that stole our hearts and played an integral role in our decision to buy our maison village. But, it wasn’t really “ours.” It was part of the neighboring property. View of the courtyard from the home of friends in the recently converted copropriété (condominium complex). Photo by W.T. Manfull We knew this, but for as long as anyone could remember, the owners of our [...]