Thanks to Danish gift for home decoration, you can now customise your property with useful and inventive products. Have a look at Danish crafts and you’ll become addicted to ! The company will be present at the Furniture and Design fair in Milan. There is no doubt that their home decoration items will seduce visitors.
If you have a property on the French Riviera with a wonderful terrace or garden, you’ll enjoy the tree stump cushions. They’re ideal for garden furniture. They’re available for chairs, benches and are unique. Indeed, the dyed wool is rolled felted and sliced in order to create these different colors and shapes. They look like annual rings of a tree stump. Your home decoration is unique too !
Continue reading ‘Property and home decoration: the Danish attitude’
No one can speak about the French Riviera without stating Monaco (or Monte Carlo). Obviously the principalty isn’t French but there are strong links with France. And Monaco definitely takes part of the French Riviera. Real estate in Monaco is a big deal because real estate developers are few. Pastor family owne the main buildings. The crucial point is above all space. Monaco is a small territory. More and more foreigners want to live in Monaco.The principalty has been working hard to find new spaces to build properties (flats) and hotels.
At the end of the seventies, high buildings were constructed on the Larvotto area. During the 1990’s, Monaco created Fontvielle area : 22 hectares have been constructed on the sea. But it’s still not enough for the most expensive and secure place on the French Riviera. At the beginning of 2000, a seawall has been added to create a bigger port. Monaco needs also place for cuise ships and yachts. Continue reading ‘Monaco misses space : a new incredible plan’
If you’re looking for a good place to spend some holidays, why don’t you rent a property on the French Riviera? I do recommend the Var because it’s one of the most woody and shinning area in France. Its shoreline is amazing and its nature is well preserved. On the French Riviera, Var is known for its authentic fishing villages and its lovely and peaceful scenery.
The most famous place is Saint Tropez. Despite the growing number of tourists and the endless traffic jam on summer, the beauty of Saint Tropez has been protected since 1960. The cosmpolitan village offers properties to rent from € 25,000 to € 150,000 per month. Continue reading ‘Rent a property on the French Riviera’
I read an interview in a French review of Vincent Gregoire from the famous trend setter company Nelly Rodi. He explained that this year the home decoration has been divided into 4 main trends. First one is “disco fever” with a mix of flashy colors and white. The furniture are voluminous and humour is considerable in the home decoration. Slat and Vinyl plastic are back !
On the reverse, the second home decoration trend is based on loft spirit. The property look is closed to the industrial architecture. The colors are strongs with several grey tints on the walls and blue and red furniture. You can add transparency and glamour with a huge crystal chandelier. This typical home decoration is called “urban energy”.
The third home decoration trend deals with sophisticated natural items. Continue reading ‘Home decoration : 4 trends in 2008′
French riviera is often associated to cities like Nice, Cannes and St Tropez … Marseille is hardly known and that’s a pity ! 20 years ago, Marseille suffered from a bad reputation due to the poor economic market and some insecure districts. The situation was unsmilling compared to other cities on the French Riviera. Real estate market was in a disastrous shape.
Since 1990, Marseille has been transforming in a dynamic city with more and more renovated areas. Thanks to TGV, Marseille is only at 3 hours from Paris. No doubt that real estate prices have increasing since. But the city is still affordable compared to other cities on the French riviera.
And Marseille is very well located. An international airport allow you to go everywhere and far away. But if you prefer to stay on the French riviera, Marseille is a perfect spot for visiting Provence. Within 30 min, you are having lunch on a trendy terrace in Aix-en-Provence. If you prefer history, please have a look to Avignon (one hour driving from Marseille). If you prefer suntanning, go to Cassis and enjoy its “calanques”.
What about culture ? Marseille is working hard on that ! The city of the French Riviera aims at beeing the new European cultural city in 2013. The city hall and the local authorities involved themselves in many architectural and cultural projects for Marseille. For instance, a wonderful castle called “Château de la Buzine” will become a city of cinema : almost 4000 m² dedicated to cinema with a 7000 works library, an amazing 350 seats projection room and a museum about Marcel Pagnol. Continue reading ‘French riviera : Marseille is an ideal place to invest and to live’
Fashion is everywhere, even in the French real estate market ! For instance Mr Castelbajac has just created furniture dedicated to your home decoration. The tables and chairs keep the spirit of the fashion designer. Thus you can buy a fashion designed chair for 640 euros. The name of the chair : Baudelaire
In the same spirit, a 350m² property designed by the worlwide famous designer Philippe Starck is for sale closed to Paris. The price is 3,700,000 euros. There is no price for fashion !
Buying a property is not an easy task to do in its own country ! There are many factors to take into account : the local prices, the neighbourhood, the evolution of the area…When you want to buy a property abroad, the task is much more harder. You need to find the right information about prices but also about the transport access to the property, the local legislation (see our post ) . Are you sure that there is no plan for a motorway construction close to your property? Where to find a good architect?
Moreover, you have to visit many properties and some French real estate agencies don’t feel confortable with English speaking. Some of my clients have decided to ask for a property finder when they felt fed up with visiting properties during all their holidays without success. Continue reading ‘Do you need a property finder to buy a house on the French Riviera ?’
Nowadays on the French Riviera, it is not an easy task to find a property with a direct access to the sea . Indeed, seafront properties represent a micro-market on the French Riviera real estate market itself . French Riviera with Paris is known to be the most expensive region in France for real estate properties.
Prices are even higher on the cape and there are few beautiful and amazing capes on the French Riviera: Cap Martin, Cap d’Antibes, Cap d’Ail, Cap Ferrat and the famoust peninsula of Saint Tropez. Notice that there is no property on some of them : for instance the peninsula of Giens (Var) is protected as a natural park for pedestrians access only.
Obviously if you’re looking for an access to the sea, with enough deep water to moor a boat, the task is harder. That’s why you need a property finder. Continue reading ‘A property at the water’s edge’
You don’t need to play golf to live in one of the famous golf centers in the French riviera. Golf properties are appreciated because they are well guarded in a quiet environment with a little forest. You can choose if you want to have a view on the greens but all the properties are at a walking distance from them.
The French Riviera is a vey well known place for golf centers : you can choose between a wide range of villas and places. The Royal Golf of Mougins is one of the most famous and expensive one. It offers luxurious properties and an easy access to Cannes. Except in a few golf centers, many of them send beautiful detached houses with a lot of space and many facilities. Prices go from € 1,500,00 to € 4,000,000 if you add a specific guardian and an access to the golf equipements (spa, golf course, restaurant …) like in “Terre Blanche” at Tourettes (Var 83). Continue reading ‘Why don’t you live on a golf ?’
