Popular Estate Agents in France
Dec - 14 | 
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French Property
France is one of the established overseas property destinations and still proves very popular today. Many estate agencies operate in this established french market, so how do you know who to look after you on your quest to find the best french estate agent? We have listed below some popular estate agents in France, if you know of any others or would like to recommend a company that you have worked with please feel free to leave a comment at the botttom of this post.
French Property Experts – Based in London UK and France
French Property for sale – Based in Prechac South West France
JB French Houses - Based in Southsea UK
Latitudes – Based in Middlesex UK
Francophiles – Based in Kent England
Sifex – Based in London UK
Midi Property – Based in London UK
Property for sale in France – Seymour James based in Prechac France
Beyond Biarritz – Based in the Alps France
A Place in France – Based in Portsmouth UK
Leapfrog Properties – Based in London UK
RHF International – Based in Valbonne France with many contacts throughout France.
This looks like a good list, but does anyone know anymore great agents? I’d love to hear of your personal experiences.
Hi
One for the list
http://totallyriviera.com
I know a lot of people who’ve bought from them in Nice and found their customer service second to none.
Thanks
Mike
Hi,
I know one.
The fact is, I’ve never heard of your site until my estate agent, now a good friend, told me about you. He asked if I could write to you about my experience of his agency on your site.
He’s an Irish guy called Gerry O’Neill and runs a site called premierfrenchproperty.com. They have four agencies in the Dordogne and Lot-et-Garonne.
I’m guessing but I wondered if your list above is a compilation of companies and websites based on popular keyword searches for property in France. Even better if they are people you know and can vouch for personally who do things to make them “great agents”.
For me a personal recommendation holds a lot more water than the results of a google search.
We started our search for property in the Dordogne in 2004. We visited with a number of agents but very quickly sorted the wheat from the chaff. We bought a year later. From Gerry. Why ? Lots of reasons.
At that time the housing market was up. Agents seemed to have more clients than they could shake a stick at. We only had a budget of 150,000 euros and were sent to the back of the queue by most of them. I bet the same agents today would bite my arm off for that amount. If they’re still around.
We found their prescriptive approach too much to bear. It was a bit like that character in the Harry Enfield series, the Dad who said “Nah, you don’t want to do that.” Listening was a problem for them. “Two ears and one mouth” became our catch phrase.
Then, thankfully, we met Gerry. A breath of fresh air. He was relaxed, laid-back and knew his subject inside-out. But most of all he was humble. He immediately won our confidence. He made a point of telling us about the negatives of properties we thought would suit. He explained why they wouldn’t. Like the one with quarry or the chicken farm next door. Others waited until we got there when we could see it for ourselves hoping that if they threw enough crap at the wall that maybe some of it would eventually stick.
Gerry knows how to listen to people. “I don’t sell houses”, he said. “Houses sell themselves, I’m just a glorified chauffeur.” After our first meeting, we knew we’d found an agent we could trust. Several house hunting trips and twenty viewings later he found us our ideal home in France. I have to say he put up with a lot. He had the patience of a saint.
Since then, we’ve recommended others to Gerry. And they in turn have sent friends and family to him who needed someone to take the stress out of buying a home overseas off their shoulders. Say no more.
Best regards,
Sarah
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