Who hasn’t at sometime dreamed of a holiday home in the sun? But the downside of managing and maintaining a property from abroad can be off-putting. No one wants to spend their precious holiday time catching up with building maintenance or worse, dealing with seasonal disasters such as burst pipes or leaking roofs. But it has never been easier to manage and maintain your overseas property if it is in the Charente. The recent upsurge in European migration has brought skilled, qualified builders and artisans who are on hand to provide maintenance when it is needed or on a regular basis.