Testimonials

The sale of my three properties

I would like to thank Belle Maison for the sale of my three properties. Your firm and especially Anne did an outstanding job!

Anne was always patient and responsive

The service we received from Belle Maison Gascony was excellent from the very first contact. We were sent all the additional information we requested so that we could properly research a range of properties. It was particularly useful for us to receive the cadastres and aerial photos so that we could see how each property was sitting within its land and within the wider environment.  This allowed us to create a shortlist of properties to view. During the main visit to our preferred property, Anne was always patient and responsive. She listened carefully to our requirements and to our questions and gave considered and balanced responses. We had two key questions that Anne wasn’t able to answer, so she texted the owners and we received clear answers straight away. After the visit, we had further questions answered and we also requested a floorplan for the house so that we could work on possible layout adjustments. This was sent straight away, which helped us enormously in considering whether to proceed or not. We eventually decided not to proceed, but we rest assured that Belle Maison will provide continued support with our search.

Au nom de mes frères et soeur, nous voulions vous féliciter pour votre efficacité, car vendre en moins de 8 jours un tel bien atypique est une réelle prouesse. Votre texte était très inspirant de même que les photos et votre connaissance de vos clients a dû faire la différence.

Armance made every constructive effort possible

Despite not having succeeded in buying La Grange I want you to know that Armance made every constructive effort possible to move us towards the purchase. She was very patient with our questions, she arranged three visits with artisans and was extremely helpful in every respect.

We had been quite clear for some time that our offer would be subject to a detailed assessment of potential costs which in our view meant a purchase price of ~€400k….in the event we went to €425k but, understandably, the sellers took the higher offer.

We are still searching and I hope that Armance will succeed the next time.

Thank you both, and best regards

Très à l’écoute et a su comprendre nos besoins

Nous avons trouvé notre maison grâce à l’agence Belle maison Gascony !

Tous les biens que nous avons visités étaient de grande qualité, et nous avons été particulièrement bien accompagnés par Armance, qui a été très à l’écoute, a su comprendre nos besoins et être en veille pour nous lorsque nous étions à distance. Nous avons grâce à elle trouvé notre maison et avons passé un excellent moment dans tout le processus de recherche.

Calmly, professionally, with humour and an understanding

From our first contact with Belle Maison, my wife and I were impressed by the professionalism which Belle Maison, and Anne specifically, demonstrated to us.
Anne promptly understood the criteria of the type of house for which we were looking and, despite the time constraints we placed on her, Anne managed the process calmly, professionally, with humour and an understanding of how it is to purchase a property from a distance and in relatively unknown territory.
Anne answered our questions with alacrity and with a sincerity which we appreciated, all delivered in an English which demonstrates her command of the language.
For family reasons, we have put our move to Gers on hold, but once we are in a position to resume our search, Anne and Belle Maison will be the first estate agency whom we shall contact.

Professionalism and kindness

Immense thanks for the professionalism and kindness of your team. Armance proved a marvelous interlocutor — extremely thoughtful and proactive, ahead of our arrival in the region, during our stay and after our departure. Such attention and care are rare and deeply appreciated.

Merci aux “drôles de dames”

Nous tenions à vous remercier sincèrement pour tout le professionnalisme dont l’agence a fait preuve lors de notre transaction et en particulier celui de Madeleine.
Un grand merci aussi à Raquel et Flavie, l’accompagnement que vous avez mis en oeuvre est un atout majeur et fait de « Belle maison » une agence hors du commun.

Sérieux, bonne humeur, franchise!

Quand ma femme et moi avons rencontré Madeleine de Belle Maison Gascony, le courant est directement passé.
Simple, droit au but, avec la convivialité, l’humour et la franchise qui font de bonnes relations humaines.
Nous lui avons expliqué ce que nous cherchions, à savoir que nous étions très précis pour une requête assez particulière, en étant le plus exhaustifs
possible sur chaque point important à nos yeux.
Nous avons dû visiter trois maisons. Dans les trois, il y avait celle que nous venons d’acquérir, comportant à peu de choses près
tout ce que nous désirions. Tant au niveau des “ondes”, que du technique, de la situation et de l’état.
Toutes les négociations, le suivi, les diagnostics et inter-relations entre les différents protagonistes ont été gérés par Madeleine
et Belle Maison Gascony avec un maximum de sérieux, de bonne humeur et ce, sans lésiner sur les détails.
Je dirai: prestation de haute qualité! Sans la frime et “washi-washa”.
Parfait!

Professionnalisme et gentillesse

Je voulais juste encore féliciter le professionnalisme et la gentillesse du personnel et Madeleine qui nous a montré de son propre chef la maison de nos rêves. Encore merci

Amélie nous a permis d’acquérir la maison de nos rêves

Nous remercions Amélie Girard Breedlove pour son infatigable énergie, présence d’esprit et précieux conseils qui, par un accompagnement sans faille, nous a permis d’acquérir la maison de nos rêves. Amélie a été constamment disponible pour les questions et difficultés potentielles rencontrées dans l’achat d’une maison et a facilité les visites. Ses photos sont d’excellente qualité. Je ne saurais la recommander davantage pour tout projet immobilier.

We are extremly happy

We have been searching for a house in the Gers for more than 2 years and have been in touch with about 6 real estate agents. Madeleine of Belle Maison is our favourite. All communications have been open and transparant; she does not only tell what we like to hear as potential buyer. We liked working with her because she replies quickly and accurately to all our questions. She does what she says. And she comes up with solutions for any hickup which may occur. We are extremly happy with the property we managed to purchase through Belle Maison.

Professionalism and integrity

A very straightforward sale handled with professionalism and integrity by Belle Maison

Belle Maison helped us turn the dream of moving here into a reality

We immediately fell in love with the picturesque sunflower fields, vineyards and tranquil medieval villages of Gascony. Belle Maison helped us turn the dream of moving here into a reality. Their multi-lingual team made it easy for us to work with them on our house hunt and to communicate from a distance. Our agent Amelie was wonderful. Despite changing our minds numerous times on location, type of home and even our budget, she patiently stuck with us and remained positive and helpful throughout. Not being familiar with the French real estate system, the Belle Maison team guided us professionally through the purchase process, including providing contacts for an English conveyancing lawyer and a building inspector to safeguard our investment. I have no hesitation in highly recommending the services of Belle Maison as I sit here in our new home, watching squirrels play in the garden.

If you want a good agent in the Gers look no further

We bought our lovely house in France from Belle Maison and ten years later as our lives changed they sold it for us.  They are great people to work with and they look after their clients very well.  If you want a good agent in the Gers look no further.  Highly recommended!

“C’est chouette”… or as we English would say “Wow!”

“C’est chouette”… or as we English would say “Wow!”

It was such a great experience to work with the team at “Belle Maison Immobilier” here in Condom, Gers, France.

Never have we experienced such attentiveness from any Estate agent in the UK or from an Immobilier here in France. Our viewings were well organised by Beccy and there was no “Pushiness” for us to buy, it was always a case of being asked, “So what are your feelings about that property?”

Beccy was brilliant at “hand holding” all the way through the process right down to organising the transfer of services into our name.

Thank you so much for everything you did for us, you made the whole process a great deal more bearable with no stress involved.

We would have no hesitation to recommend “Belle Maison” to anybody that may wish to move into the Gers region.

De aangename en solide begeleiding

De afhandeling van de verkoop van het huis is goed geregeld door de prettige en degelijke begeleiding van Becky Santos.

Zij heeft ons goed geadviseerd.

 

Une relation brève mais intense

Que pouvons-nous dire sur notre relation avec Belle Maison? Brève mais intense !!

Amélie nous présenta les « potentiels acheteurs » et entre nous tous, nous avons transformé cette possibilité en une réalité tant espérée. Ça faisait si longtemps que nous voulions vendre la propriété de ma belle-mère qui a 89 ans, habitant à Madrid avec nous… Merci à vous de nous avoir aidé, d’avoir été là au bon moment et d’avoir suivi l’opération jusqu’au bout ! Merci mille fois !

We very much appreciate the multi language skills at Belle Maison

Belle Maison offers a great variety of houses and Amelie helped us buy our house in La Romieu. Not only did she listen to our desires and gave us several options to choose from, and she thourougly explained the process of buying a house in France. After we decided which house was to be our future home, Amélie lead us all the way through the legal process and paperwork. Even after we moved in we have had great help from the staff of Belle Maison with any question that may arise being new in France. We very much appreciate the multi language skills at Belle Maison as our French is very limited.

Vi kan verkligen rekommendera Bella Maison !

Une agence avec beaucoup de qualités

Nous recommandons fortement cette agence avec beaucoup de qualités, depuis l’accueil jusqu’à la recherche du produit. Nous cherchions une ferme depuis 9 mois, et nous sommes tombés sur Marina. L’affaire rapidement menée à notre demande, tout a été réalisé en 1 mois. Nous ne pouvons que vous conseiller cette agence.

Disponible et attentive aux moindres détails

La vente de ma maison de famille dans le Gers s’est faite dans les meilleures conditions et je tiens à remercier l’équipe de Belle Maison pour son efficacité. Le panneau de photos de la maison qu’elle a réalisé la mettait en valeur dans son cadre de verdure. Amélie a toujours été disponible, attentive aux moindres détails pour une vente, encourageante et perspicace. La maîtrise parfaite de la langue anglaise a été un atout supplémentaire et j’ai pu vendre ma maison dans un délai très bref pour ce type de bien. De plus, grâce à la gentillesse de toute l’équipe, les rapports ont été constamment cordiaux avec les acheteurs.

An extensive knowledge of the area and properties

From my first visit to Belle-Maison. I was impressed with and grateful for the warm welcome that I received from the staff in the office.They were extremely helpful and professional, with an extensive knowledge of the area and properties, which I found extremely useful. I am delighted with my new home which Amelie found me. she also helped with negotiations with vendor and notaries. It made my move go so smoothly and would highly recommend this company to anyone searching for a property in the Gers region. I can’t thank them enough for their help and support.

Le bon goût et les précieux conseils de l’agence Belle Maison

En poussant la porte de l’agence Belle-Maison de Condom nous ne nous doutions pas que le jour même nous visiterions notre future maison. Sur un coup de cœur qui ne s’est pas démenti depuis, nous nous sommes décidés sans perdre de temps. L’agence nous a assistés avec compétence et une grande disponibilité lors des premières négociations, dans le bon déroulement des formalités de diagnostic, la demande de devis pour les travaux prévus, le choix d’artisans etc. jusqu’à la signature de l’acte définitif. Le bon goût et les précieux conseils de l’agence Belle Maison nous ont à proprement parlé ouvert la porte de la maison de nos rêves.

We could not possibly have done this without you

Wendy and I want to say a big thank you for all of your assistance in finding us the perfect home. We know it wasn’t easy, and we know we must have tested your patience to the ends. But Amélie, Raquel and Marina always remained calm, friendly and very helpful throughout, managing the whole process up to and beyond the day we finally moved in. We could not possibly have done this without you. We received a lot of conflicting information from other agents before we met you, but you set our minds straight, and sent us on the correct path. You were always right about the houses we should and shouldn’t see, yet agreed to go along with us on each occasion. Wasting countless hours of your time – but at least you always got to say I told you so. Although I don’t remember you ever saying this! We have been in our new home now for five weeks, and it already feels like we have been here forever. We love the house, the area, the people, and of course the Armagnac! We shall forever be grateful, and cannot wait for the chance to extend our thanks further, over drinks and dinner once we have finalised the dining room.

Thank you again, and best wishes as always.

Answers to all our questions

With Belle Maison’s help, we bought our home in the summer of 2015. We had seen some properties with other realtors, but Belle Maison were unique in that they showed us only places that actually meshed with our ‘wish list’, and, that they had viewed the properties before taking us to see them. They found answers to all our questions, and pointed out issues that we might not otherwise have seen. In fluent English they patiently guided us through the French real estate process, and even sat with us through all our meetings with the Notaire to ensure our understanding of the transaction.

Many thanks to Raquel and Amelie at Belle Maison for their help finding our home in France.

A thoroughly professional agency

Since arriving in France in 2004 we were fortunate to have been introduced to Belle Maison, a family run estate agent in Condom. They have located three properties for us, two of which were successfully sold by them and, this summer they sold a small investment property near La Romieu. Belle Maison is a thoroughly professional agency with efficient, motivated staff plus an excellent website. They work hard for their clients and leave no stone unturned when representing buyers and sellers. I have no hesitation in recommending this agency and look forward to working with them for many years to come.

Thank you for all your help

Thank you for all your help over both the purchase( your father in 2005) and sale in 2015. Both you and Amelie never gave up despite a pretty tough market. What I really appreciated was your help in the closing stages with a difficult purchaser. The Notaire was your introduction and I’m still using him. In the course of the past 11 years yours is the only French firm that I would recommend wholeheartedly.

My sincerest and highest recommendation

Raquel and her wonderful colleagues at Belle Maison not only found a great house for us to buy (in a country in which we do not reside full time – we are British and American), she also made sure all the crazy details that needed tending to were done and done perfectly, smoothly, easily. She took care of things I thought I would be responsible for, like contacting and setting up all of our utilities. We were so grateful for this amazing level of service and attention to detail. Raquel held my hand throughout the daunting process and made it pleasant and seemingly trivial (though it was not!). She is smart and efficient and truly caring. I give herself and her agency my sincerest and highest recommendation. We have kept in touch over the years, and now I am honored to call her a friend.

A great example of how real estate agents should operate

Belle Maison very quickly understood what we we’re looking for and did a superb job in showing us to properties that they knew would be right for us.

As an English family buying in France for the first time, Belle Maison helped us with the unfamiliar process and went out of their way to assist with every aspect of the sale.

Even after having bought our place, Belle Maison has always been very happy to help with post-sale matters.

In our view, Belle Maison is a great example of how real estate agents should operate.

Completely stress free service

Raquel and Amelie throughout the whole process you have provided us with excellent support and a completely stress free service and for that we cannot thank you enough.

Professional, responsive and willing to help

Belle Maison proved to be the perfect partners for us when it came to finding and purchasing a property in Gers. They were extremely professional, responsive and willing to help before, during and after we had purchased our property. We are not from France, so we found ourselves leaning on them for support during the purchase process – their service was great and they went above and beyond what one might expect from a typical real estate agency. I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend Raquel and Amelie to anyone looking to buy property in Gers.