PROPERTY LETTER – 25th January 2005.

Dear All,

Runners World magazine billed this as the year of “2005 and thrive”. Corny? Perhaps…. but I go along with the sentiment, and everyone I know, and the people I see around here feel it.

Cannes – Le Plan Vert.
(Cannes – The Green Plan.)
A 32 page brochure turned up in our office entitled “Cannes – Le Plan Vert” and I liked it so much I rushed off to the municipal offices – “L’Hotel de Ville” – and collected a whole pile which I am sending and giving to people who express any interest. It’s an outline of the improvements planned for Cannes in 2005, with an introduction by the Deputy Mayor Monsieur Brochand in which he details the plan to uplift our city.

THE PROPERTY MARKET IN THE DEPARTMENT OF “LES ALPES-MARITIMES”

Principal Source:
“Les References immobilieres du notariat – Novembre 2004.”
Chambres des Notaires des Alpes Maritimes
18 Rue du Congres
06000 Nice

The laws, decrees, appendices, amendments and numerous administrative circulars that confront the seller and the buyer of property in France can quickly become a fearful source of confusion and disorientation. Fortunately the knowledge and professionalism of the Public Officer, the Notaire that we all must turn to as our intermediary, and in whose responsibility and absolute integrity we place our trust, is not only a legal obligation, but a real source of confidence.

The French Riviera – The Cote ‘d Azur

The Cote d’ Azur stretches from Menton on the French / Italian border, through Monaco, Nice and Cannes to St Tropez in the West.

It can be covered is less than an hour and a half drive, end to end, on the A8 motorway.
It stretches from the beautiful Mediterranean to the mountains, a narrow strip of very special land protected from the vagaries of European weather by geography – namely the Alpes Maritime.

The climate is similar to that of Cape Town, minus the wind.

A LETTER FROM THE FRENCH RIVIERA.

As I sit down at my keyboard in Cannes this Sunday morning Sky News is reporting that Carlisle is flooded. Hurricane warnings are being broadcast and huge parts of Wales and the West of England are under freezing water. Rivers have burst their banks and a state of emergency has been declared in 40 areas so far. More icy rain and gales are predicted.

LIST OF PRINCIPAl EVENTS – 2005.

CANNES.

23rd – 27th January – MIDEM
14th – 17th February – GSM World Congress (Cell phone industry)
23rd – 27th February – Festival des Jeux (Gambling)
08th – 11th March – MIPIM (Property)
30th March – 1st April – Heaven Expo
11th 15th April – MIPTV
27th – 29th April – SIEBEL EMEA USERS CONFERENCE
11th – 22nd May – FESTIVAL DE CANNES (Film Festival)
24th – 27th May – LONGINES JUMPING INTERNATIONAL
05th- 07th June – Salon du Bijou BIJHORCA (Jewelry)
19th – 25th June – Cannes Lions Advertising Festival
14th 19th September – Festival International de la Plaisance (Sailboats)
17th – 21st October – MIPCOM
31st Oct – 4th November – TAX FREE WORLD EXHIBITION
07th – 11th November – GARTNER Group European Symposium I.T. EXPO
16th – 18th November – MAPIC
06th – 08th December – ILTM – International Luxury Travel Market

MONACO.

20th – 23rd January – Monte Carlo Rally
28th Jan – 02nd February – Historic Automobile Rally
02nd – 05th February – IMAGINA
04th – 06th February – XXIst Primo Cup Trophy – Credit Suisse. (Sailing)
01st – 04th April – Forum International Du Cinema Et Du Literature
09th – 17th April –Tennis Masters
05th – 08th May – Salon de Automobile de Prestige
19th – 22nd May – GRAND PRIX
26th June – 1st July – 45th Festival de Television
20th – 23rd September – SPORTEL
21st – 24th September – 15th Monaco Yacht Show
Espace Fontielle:
20th – 28th January – 29th Annual festival of Circus
31st March – 04th April – 16th SALON “DECORATION ET JARDIN”
28th -30th April 10th Jumping International
06th – 15th August – Monte Carlo Antiquities
25th – 28th November – 10th SALON “ MONTE CARLO GASTRONOMIE”
Sporting d’Hiver”
30th July – 15th August – Bienniale Internationale des Antiquitaires (Antiquities)
10th – 15th September – 49th Rendezvous des Assureurs (Insurance)

NICE.

05 – 14 March – Foire de Nice Salon Batir
04th – 07th April – Tissue World (Fabrics)
26th – 28th May – 16th Congress of International Dentistry
10th – 14th September – International meeting of the Cardiovascular & Radiological Society of Europe
26th – 29th September – Distripress Congress