AREA
Nice Ouest
Western Nice — Arénas, Sainte-Marguerite, lower Californie — is where we meet the most long-closed properties. Second homes, jointly inherited flats where nothing has been settled, homes left as they were after someone moved into care. It is not an emergency. It is a condition, and it is treated in order.
The buildings
Large residential developments from the 1970s and 80s, flats open front to back, plastered partitions, original soft flooring. The north-facing partitions mark first: that is where the months of closure can be read.
The access problem
Wide roads and workable parking; access depends on the building manager or the caretaker. The difficulty is not getting into the building but getting into the flat. Keys circulate between agency, manager and heirs, so we ask in writing who holds what before the visit.
A job typical of this area
A second home closed for six years, a leak never reported, mould across the north-facing partitions. Eight days of controlled drying with moisture readings, fungicide applied only once the readings had come down, then repair for sale.
An illustrative case, reconstructed from real work. Nothing that could identify a person or an address is published.
How long it takes
Ten to fifteen days where drying is needed, eight of them for the drying alone. The schedule is given at the visit and the readings are sent to you as they are taken: you watch the wall dry without being there.
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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