07.1.2009
With 5 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms, an independentguest apartment ; 291m ‘habitable’ on over 1 Ha of land, south facing. Price: E2,120,000. Wonderful mature Mediterranean gardens, with a 10 x 5m swimming pool, and featuring an ancient stone ruin which is lit up at night :
The west side garden - flat grass lawn and flower [...]
06.24.2009

As mentioned a week ago, I have been painting a house in Cabris for a friends’ birthday. The house has a great view, all around, towards Cabris and also towards the sea. They also have plenty of olive trees (enough for their own oil!!) and last but not least, perfect rosebushes all over the place… It is a marvelous house with a great ambience - which I hope you can see in the painting:
Click on picture to see details!
And below an overview of the making of such a painting:

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06.18.2009

Close to Valbonne (Riviera Home Finders headquarters) and all the other lively Riviera villages and cities - yet quiet and away from daily business and noise, lies Cabris, a beautiful village 550m up the Plan de Provence hills. From the top of the village, you have a truly spectacular view towards the sea.

The village of Cabris dates back to 1000, though the way it looks nowadays, reflects the reconstruction of the 16th century (after the Black Plague). Southwest of the village lie the ruins of the Chapel of Mostayret. They are built by the Lerins Monks in the 4th century. There is also a tiny lovely 19th-century chapel - the Chapelle de Saint-Jean-de-Pape. The vestiges of the castle of Cabris, mostly destroyed in the Revolution, are still visible from the Place Mirabeau, named after the writer and statesman who often stayed here. Cabris has always been popular with great thinkers and artists, like Marcel Pagnol , Albert Camus and Antoine De Saint-Exupéry.

Exupéry with his mother - on a tile in Cabris
And you can follow their example, by taking the A8 motorway, then the N 85 and finally the D 4. Cabris is only 6 km from Grasse, it has a population of 1370 people

I am writing about Cabris because I am in the finishing stages of a painting for a friends’ birthday. He has a house there, with a splendid garden, gorgeous roses and a great view - to the sea from one side and on the village of Cabris from the other… Watch this space…
06.7.2009
Riviera Home Finders is still going strong, despite the crisis…
The first in June is sold by Leo and Karin, RHF’s Real Estate couple for the Var - you can safely say they’re on a roll! Karin and I worked hard on the original aquarelle for the new owners: They will receive it this week at completion, in the office of the notaire as a present - we do this for all our clients - instead of a bottle of champagne or some flowers. An original aquarelle by the Marina Artists Team makes a great gift - the feedback is always very very positive!

About the villa: as you can see on the painting it has a swimmingpool (overflow) and it is luxurious and well-maintained.

It has a stunning seaview and is located in a much sought-after closed private domain.

Les Adrets is only 5 minutes from the highway A8 and 30 minutes from Nice airport. You drive to Cannes in 20 minutes. Now this house is of course sold - to a Belgian couple, but we have much more where that came from! Visit
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05.24.2009
In March I
posted about a villa close to Mougins that we once sold and then had for sale again. And now, two months later, Master-Realtor Jeroen Zaat has sold it yet again! The happy and lucky new English/French owners were looking for this modern style of house - and fell in love with it immediately. They will improve it even more, with ecologically conscious additions and replacements, solar energy, the newest ultra modern audio visual systems etc…
Above you see the painting of their house as it is now - and I hope to be able to show you an “after” version in a couple of months!
In the meantime - even with the “oldfashioned” fittings - the owners can still enjoy the fantastic South-French view (picture below) and the fabulous sun…
05.22.2009
Its all happening here on the Rivierathis weekend, with the world’s ‘rich and famous’ in town for the Cannes Film Festival and the Monaco F1 Grand Prix.
Last night SHARON STONE hosted a gala dinner atthe Eden Roc on Cap d’Antibes, guest of honour BILL CLINTON. Tomorrow night at the Fairmont in Monaco there’s [...]
05.13.2009
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05.3.2009

This fabulous villa in Gassin, painted by the Marina Artists Team will soon change owners! It was sold by Pia Frei of the RHF office in Saint Tropez.
The 250m² villa is located in a sought-after domain close to Saint Tropez. A few years ago it was completely renovated and it now offers spacious rooms, exquisite decoration, natural stone floors and everything made with care and the highest quality materials Of course there is air-conditioning, alarm and a private garden with pool area, not overlooked…
The large living / dining room with kitchen overlooks the Gulf of Saint Tropez. This wonderful villa has 4 bedrooms with their own bathroom and the new owners can live there all year round- or just spend their holidays there.
Gassin is situated close to St. Tropez and the Mediterranean sea.
The old village is still authentic, with old winding streets and ancient houses. It overlooks vineyards, the sea and the forest with a magnificent view from the Iles D’Or over the Maures Mountains and all the way to the snowy peaks ot the Alps.