Beaulieu and Villefranche : happiness-on-sea !

Radia Amar - 07 February 2022

With its beaches lined with palm-trees, its luxuriant vegetation, soft light and sunny temperatures, the area occupied by Beaulieu-sur-Mer and Villefranche-sur-Mer is without doubt a privileged address on the Côte d’Azur

Based here since 1980 and consisting of two agencies in Villefranche-sur-Mer and Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat, Azur Méditerranée handles both sales and seasonal rentals in the prized sectors of Eze-sur-Mer, Beaulieu, Villefranche-sur-Mer and Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat.

“During the pandemic, we have seen strong demand for second residences which have become semi-permanent homes with the arrival of teleworking,”

Frédérique Mathias - Azur Méditerranée Luxury Estate. (04 93 01 70 75)

says agency Manageress Frédérique Mathias. “Many buyers from Paris, northern France, as well as Germany, Sweden and Luxembourg, are looking for houses with gardens or spacious apartments benefiting from terraces. We even have clients from neighbouring Nice who want to distance themselves from the city to enjoy a lifestyle of higher quality.”

They all have to be patient as, faced by this enthusiasm, offerings have become scarcer and, following lower prices over the previous five years, the trend is now heading higher. “Today, all types of homes are sought-after, from charming pieds-à-terre to very luxurious villas.”

As witnessed by the recent sale of a property in an ideal location, set in large grounds in Villefranche. Not finding a taker prior to the pandemic, the property just sold for around 8 million euros. “In our internationally prized area, only seasonal rentals are suffering from the consequences of the crisis,” adds Frédérique Mathias. “There are 1 clients from Russia, the USA and the Emirates, and owners have taken their properties off the rental market in order to benefit from them themselves.”

Based in Beaulieu since 1895, the Agence Bovis was founded by Joseph Bovis, one of the commune’s leading landscape architects.

Run by the same family for 127 years, the agency is now managed by Jessica Bovis who, like her father before her, pursues the international development of this company specializing in sales, long-term rentals, rental management, seasonal rentals and property management, in an area stretching from Mont Boron in Nice to Cap d’Ail, next door to Monaco. While offering a well-balanced portfolio of properties ranging from a pleasant studio on offer at 190,000 € to properties worth several million euros, Jessica Bovis discreetly orchestrates off-market transactions for prestige properties not advertised on communication networks.

“Our area is still very buoyant. Clients, both French and foreign, with comfortable budgets, are nevertheless confronted by availabilities becoming thinner on the ground. We now work in a race against the clock. Recently, we even handled two consecutive sales based on virtual tours. Such cases were exceptional before the pandemic.”

Jessica Bovis - Agence Bovis. (04 93 01 00 36)

Today, the solid local network compiled by Jessica Bovis over the decades enables her to respond to all kinds of demands.