| The French government have been using the | | | | to our ears he was also pretty fit if my memory |
| leaseback property scheme for thirty years now and it | | | | serves me well. |
| has proved a good way for the government to | | | | Today, most Parisian students will be eager to spend |
| encourage investors to help out with their | | | | their weekends at concerts such as Madonna, |
| accommodation shortage. Leaseback property also | | | | Coldplay, or Snoop Dogg. Who, I ask? Such silly |
| provides excellent opportunities for people with some | | | | names! |
| spare cash to get involved in an investment that could | | | | Paris is also has a strong cultural element that attracts |
| well lead them to a future home, holiday home or long | | | | investors of leaseback property. It can evolve from |
| term business. | | | | ultra modern, high tech buildings and events through to |
| The leaseback property is popular in Paris but | | | | the little cobbled back streets of historical Paris. I |
| properties are few and far between. However, just | | | | doesn't take much, simply look up above the shops |
| outside of Paris is Versailles and Marne La Vallee and | | | | and take in the cities architecture. It truly is a treat to |
| they have been providing some great investments | | | | behold. |
| through leaseback properties for these past thirty | | | | Talking of shops - no trip to Paris is complete without a |
| years. So, have there been many changes during that | | | | shopping experience. And what an experience it will |
| time? | | | | be! Haute couture is available on every street as well |
| Paris has, for so many years, been the centre of | | | | as smaller, bespoke shops that offer trinkets and |
| fashion. It was thirty years ago and it still is today | | | | treats from the arts and crafts specialists from the |
| thanks to the likes of Christian Dior, Coco Chanel, Jean | | | | area. |
| Paul Gaultier, Christian Lacroix, Nina Ricci and Yves | | | | Paris has been home to a number of artists over the |
| Saint Laurent to name just a few. These designers | | | | years and evidence of their influence is still abundant |
| have truly put Paris at the top of the fashion stakes | | | | throughout France. Many of them, like Toulous Lautrec, |
| and it now has a thriving industry surrounding not only | | | | made their way to Paris in the hope of making their |
| the design but also an education system that breeds | | | | fame and fortune. Paris still encourages artists of all |
| the designers of tomorrow. Thus, the area is always | | | | denominations by providing some of the best artist's |
| looking for leaseback property investors to provide | | | | schools in the Western World. |
| accommodation to the students. | | | | It seems that Paris and the surrounding areas began |
| Paris is also a hot place for musical concerts and has | | | | many years ago as the centre of everything |
| a place for every type of sounds, from modern to | | | | fashionable. All that time has managed to achieve is to |
| jazz to classical. Thirty years ago when the leaseback | | | | bring it further and further into the modern world until it |
| property scheme began, users of this were treated to | | | | is the place to be seen, whether you are into fashion, |
| the then modern day sounds of David Bowie. Who? I | | | | art, shopping or investing. What better place to invest in |
| hear some of you ask. Well, ask your parents. David | | | | a property that gives you somewhere like this to retire |
| Bowie was one of the best musicians around in the | | | | later in life. |
| late 70's and brought one of the more unusual sounds | | | | |