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Cimiez
Cimiez is where this site’s promise matters most. The estate is open, the notaire is appointed, and the heir lives somewhere else — London, Paris, Milan, sometimes much further. Almost every job here is done without the person instructing us ever entering the flat.
The buildings
Former Belle Époque palace hotels converted into flats, 1930s residences, a few villas higher up. The flats are large, the cellars and attics are full, and the furniture has often been in place for two generations. Many of these homes were barely opened in their occupant’s final years.
The access problem
Wide roads and, in most residences, parking close to the entrance subject to the building manager’s agreement. Original lifts, where they survive, are rated for little weight: heavy furniture goes down the stairs, which lengthens the removal day.
A job typical of this area
An estate handled by a notaire, with a sole heir living in London. A complete photographic inventory sent before anything was moved, a written report by email every evening, papers and jewellery set aside and shipped by insured courier. The disposal notes went straight to the notaire’s office.
An illustrative case, reconstructed from real work. Nothing that could identify a person or an address is published.
How long it takes
Five to eight days for a full family flat including cellar and attic. The written instruction from the notaire or the entitled heir sets the start date: without it we go no further than the visit and the quote.
Observed duration for this kind of property. It depends on the volume, the state of the place, and when the written instruction reaches us.
Tell us where the property is.
We know the local obstacle before we arrive: the lane no van can enter, the hill road, the residence where access depends on the building manager. You do not have to be in France for us to start.
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