The word habitable means something along the lines of being able to live in. It seems in France that a habitable house is just that, you can live in it. You can also live in cardboard boxes, tents, mud huts, corrugated iron roofed shanty’s, some would say in some countries you could also live under the stars. All of the latter options would be more suitable than some of the ‘habitable’ houses we have seen. Got to give the immobilliers 'A for effort' in their marketing of these properties. We have however found one or two gems in amongst the merde, so to speak! Though it is quite funny, the French don’t wear their wealth on their sleeves, they won’t normally as a rule spend their money on the finer things in life - cars, furniture,
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