The Journey to Your Château

Embarking on the journey of château ownership is an exciting prospect. At Our French Château, we accompany you from initial dream to the delightful reality of holding the keys to your historic French property.

The Allure of a French Château - Château De Blet

Tailored Ownership: Accessing a Grand Château

We support and guide you in finding and acquiring your dream château under the most favourable material and financial conditions, and subsequently in managing all aspects of its upkeep, service, and security.

Our French Château offers flexible pathways to acquiring your ideal property, whether as its sole owner, a collective family investment, or possibly joining other like-minded persons to acquire an even grander and more prestigious property that would otherwise be financially unattainable.
In either scenario, shared or sole, the property is typically held within clear legal framework, and its commercial potential is expertly managed to cover costs and provide returns, ensuring your magnificent investment remains a source of delight, never a burden.

Initial Consultation and Investment Strategy - Elegant Château Interior

The Journey Begins: Initial Steps

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    Initial Consultation

    Contact us to register your interest. We will discuss the type of property you are looking for, the level of investment you are considering, and other important factors such as the number, length and period you intend to spend holidaying in the property. We will also look at the type and level of commercial activity you are willing to have on the property, and whether or not you want to ensure one or more rooms are exclusively for private use.

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    Investment Strategy

    We see if your expectations and budget means you can go alone in acquiring a property, or if it has to be a shared investment. If so, we will match you with like-minded potential investors looking for same type of property and similar demands regarding the balance between private and commercial use.

Château Hunting and Property Viewings - Process Unfolds

Finding & Visiting Your Château

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    Château Hunting

    We go château hunting for you: we present you with pre-selected lists of properties, on which your feedback will help us better understand what your dream château looks like. We have established relationships with Estate Agencies specialised in French châteaux, this ensures you will not miss any off-market opportunities. Eventually, you will select a shortlist of desirable French properties.

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    Property Viewings

    We organize and take you on a one or two viewings a day trip, where we let you discover the domains while advising you on key aspects of the properties, good and not so good things to consider. We also make movies so that you can easily review details later on when finalising plans. When the investment is going to be a shared investment with non-relatives, we do our best to make sure all potential future investors join the trip, as future decisions will be made collectively and it is therefore important to see how well everyone get along.

Decision, Acquisition & Enjoyment - Château Lifestyle

Finalising Your Dream

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    Decision & Financial Planning

    Once back at home, we send you the viewings videos and let you take your time to review those and decide which one -if any- you would consider acquiring, on your own. For collective investment, we merge answers to see which properties are favoured by all or most in the group. At this stage we will start financial planning for favoured properties, looking at potential commercial revenues, renovation and maintenance and operational cost. We will also prepare a draft of the agreement between investors on how to manage the property and its shared ownership. This will be part of the creation of the legal vehicle used to acquire the property, a French SCI, or Société Civile Immobilière, a special type of company whose sole purpose is to manage property ownership.

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    Final Agreement & Acquisition

    We get to the final round of discussions aiming to get an agreement that everyone align with. We then accompany investors through the administrative acquisition of the property, while on our side we set up the operational and commercial activities of the properties, including renovation works and personnel management.

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    Enjoy Your Château!

    This is the moment your château dream becomes a tangible reality, welcoming you to a life of beautiful holidays and timeless elegance. Picture your time there: savouring delightful breakfasts prepared to your liking, with only birds happily disrupting the quietness of the place, then enjoying a stroll through your perfectly kept estate, from its verdant parklands to its immaculate interiors, and later maybe stepping into your swimming pool on a hot afternoon... Indulge in the Art of Château Living.

Transform your château dream into a tangible reality.

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