Buying on the French Riviera with DAMA
Are you planning to buy on the French Riviera, or have you already found a property? DAMA helps you define your priorities, identify suitable properties and move through the purchase process with a main point of contact.
We can work with you in English, French or Russian.
Understanding how you live
Before suggesting properties, we take the time to understand your budget, requirements, timing and how you intend to use your home.
Will you live there throughout the year or visit for a few weeks each season? Would you like to get around on foot, host family or stay close to a school and the places you use regularly?
These conversations help us establish your priorities and advise you on suitable areas. An appealing address may involve significant compromises in everyday life. We help you understand those trade-offs as your search takes shape.
An initial selection, refined by your feedback
A selection
Following our conversations, we prepare and send you an initial selection. You tell us which properties interest you, which you would rule out and why.
Your feedback
Your feedback helps refine the search. A layout, setting or atmosphere you discover in a listing can change what matters to you.
Viewings
We then arrange viewings of the properties you have selected, taking account of your availability and the areas you would like to explore.
A search that extends beyond our portfolio
Depending on your brief, we draw on DAMA’s own listings, properties marketed by partner agencies and opportunities identified through our network.
For particularly specific searches, we may also approach owners whose property is not officially on the market. This depends on the type of home you are looking for and each owner’s circumstances.
Our aim is to present relevant options and help you understand their strengths, limitations and the checks to consider before moving forward.
Already found a property?
You can come to DAMA after finding a property on a portal, in an advertisement or on another agency’s website.
We have assisted international buyers who wanted someone they could trust locally to help them understand the purchase process while living abroad.
Together, we define the support appropriate to the property you have identified. This may include coordinating conversations and viewings, helping you assess how well the property fits your plans, identifying matters that need closer examination and following the purchase process with the professionals involved.
Viewings that help you compare and decide
A viewing gives you a first-hand understanding of a property: its access, surroundings, layout, outdoor space and suitability for everyday use.
We help you compare the options and identify questions that need answers. Your impressions shape the next stage of the search and may lead us to reconsider an area or a requirement.
Our advice may also mean taking more time, arranging a further check or deciding against a property that does not fit your plans.
A main point of contact throughout your purchase
Through your conversations, your contact at DAMA develops a clearer understanding of your preferences, priorities and reservations. That continuity helps with the selection of properties, the organisation of viewings and the follow-up of your plans.
When you decide to move forward with a property, we help prepare the next steps and coordinate relevant exchanges with the professionals involved. Depending on the purchase, these may include the agency marketing the property, the notaire, your bank or specialist advisers.
We handle information about your plans discreetly and organise the necessary exchanges according to the needs of the purchase.
Exploring the area
To start comparing locations, explore our guides to Villefranche-sur-Mer, Beaulieu-sur-Mer, Èze, Cap-d’Ail and Roquebrune-Cap-Martin.
You can also browse our properties for sale before our first conversation.
Tell us about your plans
Whether you are starting your search or have already identified a property, tell us what matters to you, the areas you are considering and your timing.
We will take the time to understand your situation and work out the next step with you.
Prepare your purchase: financing as a non-resident and international schools and areas for family living.
Let’s discuss your property plans