Brittany Higgins and David Sharaz fail to sell their home in France

The former Liberal staffer has faced an uphill battle trying to sell her French countryside abode and has been forced to significantly drop the asking price. See the photos.

Exclusive: Brittany Higgins and her husband David Sharaz have failed to sell their French villa ahead of their return to Australia, dropping the advertised price by $85,000 in a desperate bid to find a buyer.

Their three-bedroom home on a 5000sq m property is nestled east of Bordeaux in southern France and it was originally listed for sale in September with an asking price of €420,000 ($682,000).

This has now dropped to €367,500 ($596,500) and is close to the price (about $600,000) the pair paid when the home was purchased in 2023.

Brittany Higgins and David Sharaz at their new home in France. Picture: Matthieu Rondel.

The French abode is located on a sprawling countryside landscape and also features a pool and small lake.

The small lake on the property where Brittany Higgins and David Sharaz lived. Picture: Instagram

The pool on the property, where Brittany Higgins and David Sharaz bought in France. Picture: Instagram

It is being sold by agency Agency Eleonor and boasts in the online advertisement that it has an upstairs level including a bedroom with its private bathroom and dressing room.

Brittany Higgins and David Sharaz listed their taxpayer-funded French home. Picture: Prorieties.le Figaro

It also features a cellar and garage and tells prospective buyers it’s, “ten minutes north of Bergerac, with beautiful views of a village in the countryside”.

The property is being sold partly furnished.

Inside Brittany Higgins and David Sharaz’s French home. Picture: Prorieties.le Figaro

Ms Higgins received a $2.4 million payout from Australian taxpayers in 2022 after she said her political career was destroyed following her allegations of rape by her former colleague Bruce Lehrmann in Parliament House in Canberra in 2019.

A bedroom in Brittany Higgins and David Sharaz’s French home. Picture: Prorieties.le Figaro

Earlier in the year Ms Higgins said she had been forced to sell her French property to pay for legal costs in defamation action taken against her by Liberal senator Linda Reynolds over claims she defamed her former boss in social media posts.

It was reported the legal action has already cost Ms Higgins more than $1 million in lawyers’ fees.

Brittany Higgins while pregnant in their French home. Picture: Instagram

The month-long trial was heard in WA’s Supreme Court before Justice Paul Tottle and finished in September but a judgment is not expected until after Christmas.

It remains unclear how much in damages Senator Reynolds is seeking but it is understood to be a “substantial” amount.

Brittany Higgins and David Sharaz’s French home. Picture: Instagram

Ms Higgins’ and Mr Sharaz’s plans to move overseas and start a new life has been short lived – the pair will return to Australia in the new year to start a family and have in recent months shared numerous posts about Ms Higgins’ pregnancy.

Ms Higgins last week uploaded a series of photos on her Instagram account from Europe celebrating her 30th birthday and wrote: “Couldn’t be more excited to be closing the chapter on my twenties – let’s be real they were a mess.

“Despite the circumstances, I can’t wait to be back in Australia and starting our little family in the new year”.

Among those to like the post included the ABC’s chief political correspondent for the 7.30 program Laura Tingle.

Mr Sharaz also posted a video of himself eating McDonald’s new Hot Ones’, a fried food sold by the food giant in France.

Ms Higgins and Mr Sharaz declined to comment.

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