Holiday Lets – Frequently Asked Questions
Getting your house in order – Sally Stone runs through the common pitfalls of holiday lets and shares handy tips to maximise rental income and keep your home spotless while you’re away
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Valued FrenchEntrée expert contributor Sally Stone is the CEO of Les Bons Voisins and has personally helped start and mentor over 50 businesses in France. In business since 2002, Les Bons Voisins is the first and most extensive network of property managers in France.
Articles by Sally Stone
Maintenance, Repairs and Decoration – Property Management in France
We’ve discussed in this series of articles about management of property in France, many aspects of the thought and care which goes into stress-free ownership at a distance of a holiday home here, most especially if that is let to…
Inspection visits – Property Management in France
We have been looking recently at what property management in France really is, and why absentee owners need to source reliable and trustworthy property caretakers to ensure they can truly enjoy their ownership of a property at a distance. For…
Why do you need Property Management?
The numbers of foreign owned properties in France have escalated steeply since the early 2000s. In fact, the over subscription of properties available to rent in this, the most visited country in the world, is often put down to the…
What is Property Management?
Property management in France is a business built because of the huge number of second homes there, whose owners are not around to deal with all the minutiae of ‘housekeeping’ in the loosest sense of that word. The first national…
Property Management in France for Absentee Owners
1 – When buying a property in France, don’t forget to budget for its ongoing maintenance, as well as its purchase price. Think ahead at that stage – a huge plot can become a costly burden rather than a…
A Franchise in France
So, you are contemplating moving to France, and need to earn a living once there – you are making your plans, and need to consider all the options available to you. Don’t underestimate what you are attempting to do is…
Property Management – A Business Opportunity for Expats in France
Nowadays, property management for absentee home owners in France is properly recognized as a viable business opportunity and rightly so. There are in excess of 200,000 UK owned holiday homes in France, before you start to count Americans (who are…
10 Top Tips For Starting a Business in France
1. Choose your location carefully. Don’t isolate yourself. If you do, it will hamper the networking which is an essential part of any new business. To have peace and quiet you don’t have to be miles away from neighbours – the…
Spring Clean Your Gîte: Marketing and Advertising – A Refresher Course!
It looks as though spring is beginning to arrive with sunshine coming through the windows and showing up the wintery dust – spring cleaning our gîtes is something we pretty much automatically think of doing, each year. All of…
Business as usual! – Despite Brexit
It’s been fascinating for me to see the changes over the last fifteen years of the demographics of people wanting to relocate to France. I’ve pretty much seen it all – keeping a straight face when people explain what…
The stress of living the dream
Having lived here for three years, I’d forgotten what a shock it can be coming to live in France. But I’m witnessing at close hand a friend who has just made the move and how hard it is for them to adjust. Any suggestions how I can help?
Settling in France: hints and tips
When making the move to France, there is far more to consider than the practicalities. Sally Stone talks about her experience and reveals the emotional upheaval a new life in France could represent.
Gîtes in France – What returns can you expect?
The gîte market in France is ultra-competitive – but this doesn’t mean it is impossible to earn an income. However, to make it work you have to be committed and focused…
Health and safety guide for letting property in France
Health and Safety for your property in France needs to be based on a common-sense evaluation.It is about managing the level of risk involved.
Is Your Gîte Up to Scratch?
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How to ensure your gîte business is profitable
Sally Stone, who runs a successful gîte and property management business, reveals how to ensure, in these changing financial times, that your gîte not only attracts holiday-makers but keeps them returning year after year…
Gîtes for the Disabled
If you’re interested in adapting your gîte so it is suitable for people with disabilities, here’s some advice on what you will need to do…
Marketing your gîte – it’s never too late (or too early)
Not only is there no point in having a fabulous gîte if no-one knows that it exists, if you don’t advertise it well, then you may as well not have bothered at all.
Renovation, refurbishment and running costs for a gîte
You’ve bought a property and now you need to get it ready. Check out our tips and good advice on getting your gîte business ready – and when you need to start marketing
A gîte in France – from the French perspective
Long before the British started renting out their properties there was ‘Gîte de France’, the official French body that controls and administers the gîtes in its network. FrenchEntrée spoke to one French gîte owner, who has run a gîte business for the past seven years.
