Bente and Steen Jensen from Lemvig, Denmark, flew down yesterday to spend a sunny spring break in their Roquefort les Pins villa. This is Bente below their magnificent Japanese cherry tree in full blossom :
It had been 0C when they left home in Denmark yesterday morning ; and 18C with sunshine when they arrived in [...]
A German film crew are filming in the pretty medieval village of Tourrettes sur Loup :
.. but the elderly locals are unimpressed :
This was a busy day !!
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…and finally darkened the shadows, added more contrast for a sunny effect and finished the trees - and there you have the result! The sunny happy house RHF sold to the lucky new owners!
This is how we work for RHF - and what you receive when you buy your beautiful new, south-french home with them! For more information contact Jeroen Zaat of RHF Prestige
Yesterday, Thursday 11th Feb we had big snowfalls all along the Riviera - even on the Promenade des Anglais in Nice. Today the sun was shining again and it began to thaw.The pretty hill villages around St. Paul de Vence looked even prettier, like Tourrettes sur Loup :
… and seen from the cemetery (!) on [...]
My good friends Bill and Carole Lomas, who have a real estate firm too - “Maison 2“, sold a wonderful 3-bedroom property in Seillans, a village in the Var… With a stunning view.
So that, after I’m finished I so want to be and stay there… but of course I can’t - the new owners of the house are the lucky guys and I am pretty sure they’ll be totally happy out there!
Old Nice is a fascinating and beautiful place, and especially at night :
Place Rosetti hasone of the best ever ice cream stalls with over 50 varieties (including garlic, lavender and thyme!) along with the other restaurants and cafes. All overlooked by the big and ornate St. Reparate church - appropriately undergoing ‘reparations’ at the moment.
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On no more than 3 minutes walking distance from Valbonne Village there is a great property-secret that I’d like to share with you: one of the most prestigious properties in the countryside behind Cannes… 
A couple of years ago RHF’s top consultant Jeroen Zaat sold it to a lovely English family and I created the painting you see up here at the time. I remember it was hard to choose which of the beautiful parts I was going to do, there were so many! 
It is a stunning, completely renovated old mill (Moulin) from the 16th century - so close to the centre of Valbonne village, one of prettiest and liveliest villages in the heart of the Cote d’Azur!
The immaculate, extensive gardens are a perfect playground for all ages. There is a large pool, heated of course, with a fully equipped pool house. A new orchard with greenhouse, along with a large new playhouse/atelier is situated on top of the hill where the new full tennis court is also situated.
The river Brague is filled with fresh water trout, there is a man-made pond with fish, ducks and turtles, as well as a waterfall. A footpath runs around the entire property for a lazy afternoon walk. And just outside the property there’s a large nature reserve. For the real walkers: it is a 3 hour walk along the river to the medieval village of Biot — and the beach.
You ‘ll agree that this must be one of the finest properties on the market today - in a very exclusive location! And it is now back on the market - Riviera Home Finders’ Jeroen Zaat has it in exclusivity. If you are interested in this property or want more information you can contact him directly or via the RHF website!
Just a short note to say we’re still alive at RHF, we’re working very hard finding homes for various clients… Luckily this hard work takes place in the South of France, and a girl has to have lunch on the beach from time to time - with or without clients, feet in the sand, sun on your hair - and I am talking end October !! I made the aquarelle above (the beach of Golfe Juan) a week ago… isn’t it wonderful over here!
I have been painting a very nice house with a great view, in La Garde Freinet!
Near la Garde Freinet were - and are - chestnut groves. The town is popular by the locals and people from nearby villages as well as tourists, for their local chestnut jam (confiture marron) and chestnut honey (miel chataignier). You can buy them at the famous “Confiturerie des Gambades”.