Edouard VII : A wafting breeze of dynamism

In January 2012, Andrea Tarabusi and Dario Griffone, each with 10 years of experience in real estate, founded the Edouard VII agency, now among the leaders in the Menton and Roquebrune-Cap-Martin sectors. Andrea Tarabusi takes stock of their achievements..

With two adjacent offices in Menton, one dedicated to sales, the other to rentals and rental management, a second agency in Roquebrune-Cap-

Martin at the gateway to the Principality of Monaco, Edouard VII radiates across the French Riviera from Menton to Villefranche-sur-Mer via Beausoleil, Cap d’Ail, La Turbie, Eze, Beaulieu-sur-Mer and Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat.

Professionals with perfect mastery of French, Italian, English and Spanish offer their discerning advice for both sales and acquisitions, rentals and rental management - from studios to prestige villas - not forgetting to assist their clients in their administrative, banking, tax and notarial procedures.

This villa of 145 m² in Roquebrune-Cap-Martin is currently split into two apartments benefiting from a garden of 240 m², a generous terrace and panoramic views of the sea. 850.000 €.

This villa of 145 m² in Roquebrune-Cap-Martin is currently split into two apartments benefiting from a garden of 240 m², a generous terrace and panoramic views of the sea. 850.000 €.

Andrea Tarabusi has co-managed the Edouard VII agency with Dario Griffone for the past nine years.Edouard VII, 10 avenue Edouard VII, Menton (04 93 35 35 19).

Andrea Tarabusi has co-managed the Edouard VII agency with Dario Griffone for the past nine years.Edouard VII, 10 avenue Edouard VII, Menton (04 93 35 35 19).

This superb, renovated 2-bedroom apartment of 87 m² is on the top floor of a magnificent bourgeois building in the centre of Menton, a stone’s throw from shops and the beaches. 730.000 €.

This superb, renovated 2-bedroom apartment of 87 m² is on the top floor of a magnificent bourgeois building in the centre of Menton, a stone’s throw from shops and the beaches. 730.000 €.

If refurbishment is required, the agency relies on a solid network of craftsmen, experts in renovation and home staging. Currently, sales are doing well, from 1-bedroomed apartments to villas priced around 1.5-2 million euros. Italians are making a big comeback on the investment front, ready to pay 120,000 to 250,000 € for a studio or 1-bedroomed apartment, preferably to renovate, and capable of giving a targetted yield of 6 %.

Anglo-Saxons fond of holidays and residents of Monaco set their sights on villas with the same enthusiasm. Recently, a house of 200 m² in grounds of 1,500 m² in Les Hameaux de Roquebrune, offering panoramic views of the sea and hills, found a taker at 1,890,000 €. Despite the healthcare crisis, dynamism is still very much on the cards in the eastern part of the Alpes-Maritimes.