We will then conduct the search for you as detailed in the process page. Thus doing, we will provide you with the core of our services.

First we will save you time, lots of it. We will make all the first visits for you, contact the sellers, Notaries, Real Estate agents...

We will send you detailed reports, discuss and refine the search with you as we go along. In the end, you will only need a couple of days to visit in person the properties you are most interested in. The process of spending entire days of perusing advertisements, making phone calls, taking appointments, following directions, visiting uninteresting properties is up to us.

Once we have established a short list together, just hop on a plane and enjoy a couple of days in the South of France. We will pick you up at the airport, drive you to your hotel, and accompany you on each visit of your short listed properties, so that you can concentrate on the most important: choose the Riviera home of your dreams.

Second, you will benefit from our local network of contacts and our knowledge of the area.

We have a keen idea of the prices and trends in a given area. We know all the small cities and villages surrounding major cities. The property of your dreams may be in La Colle sur Loup, right next to St Paul de Vence or in Mougins, right next to Cannes,or in Eze, next to Villefranche and you might overlook it through a conventional Internet or Agent search.

Besides, we are independent since we are exclusively working for you. local real estate agents will, quite understandably, show the properties that are listed in their portfolios, thus limiting your choice. You have the luxury, through our services, to use most of the foremost real estate agents in any given area.

Furthermore, we will also search for you with individuals, local Notaries, developers, etc...

We provide you with the widest range of possibilities within the parameters of the agreed upon search mandate.

Specialty searches:

We may also assist you if you are looking for something quite particular.
For example, you may want a "Bio house", constructed partly or totally with environment friendly materials, and/or optimized for energy consumption with the latest techniques. In other terms, an ecology minded home.

You may want your search conducted with Feng Shui or Vastu principles, which requires more focussed searches taking into consideration personal details of the purchasers, as well as the intervention of a Feng Shui consultant throughout the search and purchase process.

If you have horses, or want to get them for your South of France property, you will require either existing stables or a property where you will be allowed to build them.

You may also wish to purchase property that can be used as a business as well, such as a vineyard, a cooking school, a bed and breakfast or even a camping!

Perhaps you desire a property with a mooring for you boat or a helicopter landing pad.

Also, you may want property which is already staffed with a couple of caretakers or other personnel.

Let us know which specialty search you would like us to conduct for you, and we will let you know whether we are up to the challenge.

Third, once you have made your choice, we will assist you in understanding all the intricacies of the French regulations and through every step of the purchasing process. Beyond the act of purchasing real estate in France, which may be complicated enough, there are taxation and legal issues, such as inheritance for example, that are to be taken into consideration.

Obviously, we are not qualified to provide advice on such matters, but we will gladly assist you in identifying some of them, introduce you to qualified English speaking professionals (lawyers, bankers, tax advisors, doctors...). We will help you understand and translate documents and procedures related to the purchase.

We DO NOT provide any advice not directly related to the purchase of real estate property within the frame of the search mandate agreed upon and signed between you and Riviera Hunt. You should secure licensed and goverment sanctioned help from professionals in all other matters, such as financing, insurance, legal and tax considerations, respect of French as well as your country's laws and regulations, international treaties and so forth.

For more official information on the subject, please consult the English language website of the Notaires of France, who are government appointed officers and are the only sanctioned corporation in France to complete and oversee real estate transactions.

More importantly, we can be your primary contact in communicating with the different parties involved in the project: Notaries, sellers, real estate agents if applicable, bankers... Please note that we cannot and will not make any commitment on your behalf to any other third party. We can and will however relay information between the parties.