Amy Bault
Manager – French Riviera/Monaco

Born in Hong Kong but moved to Biot with her French Husband 8 years ago, Amy has been working for Home Hunts for more than 7 years and she is very knowledgeable about the buying process in France.

Amy has a banking background in Asia and France. Besides speaking Chinese (Mandarin and Cantonese) fluently, she has also mastered French, English and Japanese. With more than 15 years’ experience as an expatriate in many Asian and European countries, Amy understands very well the expectations of our clients trying to find their dream property on the Cote d’Azur. Whatever you want to know about living in France as a foreigner, ask her, she can tell you!

Tim Swannie
Director

Tim is English and was born in Harrogate in North Yorkshire. He has 20 years experience of the property and recruitment industries across Europe with particular expertise in the UK, France and the Benelux.

Tim moved to live on the French Riviera in 2003. He was drawn to this part of the world by the weather and quality of life, having been a regular visitor to the area for many years.

The idea of Home Hunts was born the following year when Tim was introduced to Francois-Xavier by a close family friend. Tim is based in the Cannes area but travels extensively throughout France and overseas. As well as managing and expanding the overall business along with Francois-Xavier, Tim is responsible for the marketing and advertising for the company. He also spends a lot of time working alongside the sales team, taking care of clients both in France and London.

He speaks English, a little Dutch and tries his best in French!

FRANCOIS-XAVIER DE VIAL
Director

Born in Normandy and brought up in Paris, Francois-Xavier has over twenty years experience in international sales and marketing and has travelled to more than 100 countries.

Francois settled in Marseille in 2002 with his wife and son, having lived in all corners of the globe and he now loves living and working in the heart of the Provence. He represented an English based estate agency in the South of France for some time before setting up HOMEHUNTS with Tim in 2004. Since this time, he and Tim have developed the business to cover many new regions and counties and his time is now split between managing the sales teams, the support team at the head office and focussing on business development. There is nothing he likes more than to be out on the field with his colleagues meeting clients.

He speaks French, English, German and Spanish.

Wenanty Bronk-Marwicz (or just Bronk to anglophones)
Consultant – French Riviera

Born and raised in Poland, towards the end of the Communism, Bronk hitch-hiked to London looking to spend just a year at the University, and remained there for nearly two decades! During this time there, he fell in love with and married a French lady. Bronk worked in the top end of the hospitality industry, including a few years running the famous Claridges bar.

Bronk also dabbled in property development in London until the crash in 2008. At this point, having commuted for years between Nice and London, he decided to join his family on the Cote d'Azur . The area which he looks after for Home Hunts is quite diversified, it encompasses the prestigious but laid back Cap Ferrat, the buzzy summer holiday towns of Villefranche and Beaulieu sur mer with properties boasting one of the most unique views in the world. It also includes more relaxed and affordable areas, such as Menton, Roquebrune Cap Martin as well as Nice itself. All of those places are within a short drive from Nice airport (second biggest airport in France), as well as to the infrastructure of Nice and Monaco.

His background in Hospitality taught him the meaning of Customer Service and his years spent as an property developer helped him to fine tune his acumen for finding and negotiating a good deal. Apart from English , Bronk speaks good French, Russian and of course his native Polish

Nicola Christinger
Manager

Nicola spent over 10 years working for the BBC in News and Current Affairs and later ran training courses to teach people how to handle the media. She then moved to Zurich in 2000 where she set up her own English Pre-school which she ran for seven years.

As a child she lived in Paris, and then later on in Marbella and Bahrain but always knew that she would return to live in France. She has now based in the Roman city of Nîmes with her family and has firsthand experience of the property process both in France and Europe.

She has extensive knowledge of that certain “Je ne sais quoi” feeling, having been the Editor of a property/lifestyle magazine about southern France and continues to write for a number of magazines published in France and Switzerland.

Nicola is the manager of Provence and overseeing her team of consultants, her areas of responsibility include Aix en Provence, Les Alpilles, Uzes, The Luberon, Haute-Provence and the Provence coastline. She is also responsible for producing the Homehunts newsletter ‘The Address’.

Catherine Meyer
Consultant – The Var

Catherine was born and grew up in England to Russian/English parents. At nineteen she studied Russian at university and afterwards went to work in Moscow. There she worked in the property business, meeting her English husband who was also working in Moscow specializing in luxury housing.

In 1998 they left Moscow and spent two years in Oman before returning to England and setting up a property development business. Over 7 years ago she settled in the Var with her four children. She joined the Home Hunts team to help with Russian clients and is also responsible for the coastline from Saint Raphael to Saint Maxime and also the Fayence area in the Var where she lives.

Catherine speaks English, French and Russian and has an excellent knowledge of her local area as well as the nearby Riviera.

Chris Leder
Manager – Geneva / French Alps

Having worked in music marketing in London in the late 90’s, Chris decided to take a break by spending a winter in Meribel, and never went back. After a second winter in Courchevel, he then moved to Tignes, where he spent 8 years owning and running a successful bar restaurant in Val Claret which he sold to spend more time with his family. He joined the Home Hunts team early 2011, and hasn't looked back.

He knows the Alps from Mont Blanc to Briancon like the back of his hand, mostly down to the fact that if he’s not at work, you’ll either find him fly fishing, paragliding or skiing his way around the mountains, depending on the time of year.

Chris is based in Vuiz en Sallaz, ideally situated between Geneva and Chamonix, and after and years of living and running a business in the Alps, he is more than happy to share his knowledge of the mountains, Alpine real estate, and the often complicated French system. Half English, half American with a French daughter and partner, Chris obviously speaks the language like a local.

Rebecca Capel
Website and database administrator

Rebecca left the UK for France in 1995 where she had worked for a number of years for a property builders in Cheshire.

She arrived on the French Riviera and joined a boat as crew. After several years travelling the world, whilst always having a foothold in Antibes, she and her partner decided to buy and renovate a property in central France (near Poitiers). The project has been a labour of love for a number of years and is in fact, still ongoing. This process has given her first hand knowledge of the buying, selling and renovating process in France.

In 2010 she decided to relocate to The Var and joined Home Hunts as the Website Administrator. It is Rebecca’s role to ensure that the website is constantly kept up to date with new properties and that the information we provide to our clients is as informative and current as possible.

Amy Bault
Manager – French Riviera/Monaco

Born in Hong Kong but moved to Biot with her French Husband 8 years ago, Amy has been working for Home Hunts for more than 7 years and she is very knowledgeable about the buying process in France.

Amy has a banking background in Asia and France. Besides speaking Chinese (Mandarin and Cantonese) fluently, she has also mastered French, English and Japanese. With more than 15 years’ experience as an expatriate in many Asian and European countries, Amy understands very well the expectations of our clients trying to find their dream property on the Cote d’Azur. Whatever you want to know about living in France as a foreigner, ask her, she can tell you!

Amy Bault
Manager – French Riviera/Monaco

Born in Hong Kong but moved to Biot with her French Husband 8 years ago, Amy has been working for Home Hunts for more than 7 years and she is very knowledgeable about the buying process in France.

Amy has a banking background in Asia and France. Besides speaking Chinese (Mandarin and Cantonese) fluently, she has also mastered French, English and Japanese. With more than 15 years’ experience as an expatriate in many Asian and European countries, Amy understands very well the expectations of our clients trying to find their dream property on the Cote d’Azur. Whatever you want to know about living in France as a foreigner, ask her, she can tell you!

Catherine Meyer
Consultant

Catherine was born and grew up in England to Russian/English parents. At nineteen she studied Russian at university and afterwards went to work in Moscow. There she worked in the property business, meeting her English husband who was also working in Moscow specializing in luxury housing.

In 1998 they left Moscow and spent two years in Oman before returning to England and setting up a property development business. Over 7 years ago she settled in the Var with her four children. She joined the Home Hunts team to help with Russian clients and is also responsible for the coastline from Saint Raphael to Saint Maxime and also the Fayence area in the Var where she lives.

Catherine speaks English, French and Russian and has an excellent knowledge of her local area as well as the nearby Riviera.

Catherine Meyer
Consultant

Catherine was born and grew up in England to Russian/English parents. At nineteen she studied Russian at university and afterwards went to work in Moscow. There she worked in the property business, meeting her English husband who was also working in Moscow specializing in luxury housing.

In 1998 they left Moscow and spent two years in Oman before returning to England and setting up a property development business. Over 7 years ago she settled in the Var with her four children. She joined the Home Hunts team to help with Russian clients and is also responsible for the coastline from Saint Raphael to Saint Maxime and also the Fayence area in the Var where she lives.

Catherine speaks English, French and Russian and has an excellent knowledge of her local area as well as the nearby Riviera.

Wenanty Bronk-Marwicz (or just Bronk to anglophones)
Consultant – French Riviera

Born and raised in Poland, towards the end of the Communism, Bronk hitch-hiked to London looking to spend just a year at the University, and remained there for nearly two decades! During this time there, he fell in love with and married a French lady. Bronk worked in the top end of the hospitality industry, including a few years running the famous Claridges bar.

Bronk also dabbled in property development in London until the crash in 2008. At this point, having commuted for years between Nice and London, he decided to join his family on the Cote d'Azur . The area which he looks after for Home Hunts is quite diversified, it encompasses the prestigious but laid back Cap Ferrat, the buzzy summer holiday towns of Villefranche and Beaulieu sur mer with properties boasting one of the most unique views in the world. It also includes more relaxed and affordable areas, such as Menton, Roquebrune Cap Martin as well as Nice itself. All of those places are within a short drive from Nice airport (second biggest airport in France), as well as to the infrastructure of Nice and Monaco.

His background in Hospitality taught him the meaning of Customer Service and his years spent as an property developer helped him to fine tune his acumen for finding and negotiating a good deal. Apart from English , Bronk speaks good French, Russian and of course his native Polish

Wenanty Bronk-Marwicz (or just Bronk to anglophones)
Consultant – French Riviera

Born and raised in Poland, towards the end of the Communism, Bronk hitch-hiked to London looking to spend just a year at the University, and remained there for nearly two decades! During this time there, he fell in love with and married a French lady. Bronk worked in the top end of the hospitality industry, including a few years running the famous Claridges bar.

Bronk also dabbled in property development in London until the crash in 2008. At this point, having commuted for years between Nice and London, he decided to join his family on the Cote d'Azur . The area which he looks after for Home Hunts is quite diversified, it encompasses the prestigious but laid back Cap Ferrat, the buzzy summer holiday towns of Villefranche and Beaulieu sur mer with properties boasting one of the most unique views in the world. It also includes more relaxed and affordable areas, such as Menton, Roquebrune Cap Martin as well as Nice itself. All of those places are within a short drive from Nice airport (second biggest airport in France), as well as to the infrastructure of Nice and Monaco.

His background in Hospitality taught him the meaning of Customer Service and his years spent as an property developer helped him to fine tune his acumen for finding and negotiating a good deal. Apart from English , Bronk speaks good French, Russian and of course his native Polish

Brian Cubbidge
UK Director

Brian heads the London office and is based at Stratton Street, Mayfair. He has more than 20 years experience in the property and financial services sectors, providing investment advice to high net worth clients.

He first started working with Home Hunts when he moved with his family to the French Riviera in 2007 and instructed us to find him a house. We have remained in close contact ever since and were delighted to work together to launch our service together in the UK in 2011

Brian is married with two children, he is a keen golfer and a committed West Ham fan.

Sue Li
Consultant – French Riviera

Sue was born and brought up in Shanghai, China but decided to move to the French Riviera in 2000, looking for warmer weather and a healthier, outdoor way of life. She has a masters degree in finance which she obtained at a French business school and has experience of working in a variety of sectors including communications, customer relations and luxury property.

Sue lives with her husband and daughter in the Antibes area has an excellent knowledge of both Antibes and Cannes, the areas in which she works. She is both professional and a great listener who loves meeting new people. She speaks English, French and Mandarin and is here to listen, understand and help you find your dream home!

Ginny Groome
Manager – Languedoc

Ginny has been in France for nearly 8 years and has worked as the Languedoc Roussillon Manager for half of that time. She lives between Beziers and Pezenas with her husband and has 3 grown up children with their own families in the UK.

Ginny is fortunate to live in a village where the neighbours took her under their wing and helped her so much with integrating into the French village life and as a result improved her French skills enormously. Having worked in sales and customer service, most of her working life, Ginny adapted very easily to the Home-Hunts way of working and loves the challenge and satisfaction that it offers her, as well as the opportunity to meet people from all walks of life and from all parts of the world.

Ginny's top tip for house buyers:

Finding your ideal property - think carefully about its location and make a list of important elements. The type of property and its condition is an important consideration as is the size of land and building - then let me do the rest!

JULIEN COUSTE
Consultant – Provence

Born in Pau, in South West France, Julien qualified with a masters degree in political sciences and then achieved a DESS in marketing from the Sorbonne in Paris. Having worked in public relations for a large company, he joined Homehunts in 2004 and was responsible for creating and developing the partnerships in the region of Provence and since then has built up a strong portfolio of clients and properties.

Julien has lived in Provence for nearly 10 years, in Marseille, Aix and now in the Alpilles and he adores the region and all it has to offer. He also lived in Italy for a year and speaks Italian as well as his native French plus English, German and some Spanish which assists the variety of nationalities who look to buy in Provence.

Danny Champaneri
Consultant - Provence Coast

Born in India, Danny can truly claim he has lived in all the continents with the exception of Australia.

At the age of four, he moved to Nairobi, Kenya and spent much of his childhood in East Africa. At the age of twelve, a big move followed to Preston, England .

He obtained a degree at the University of Liverpool in 1978 and for the next 12 years, he worked as an engineer in the robotics and instrumentation industries, in the UK, Sweden and Japan. Not content with this, he succesfully made a move to Virginia, USA and formed his own business there. Having sold his company in 2001, it was time to move back to Europe with his French wife and what better place to retire than the Provence coast?

Nowadays , Danny spends his time assisting Home Hunts clients to fulfil their dreams of finding their homes in the Var as well as playing golf, walking and reading.

Danny speaks English, Hindi, Gujarati, Swahili !! and gets by with his French.

Chris Moore
Consultant – The Var

Chris spent fifteen years at Philip Morris International, initially at PM UK and subsequently in the Gulf and Switzerland. As founder of Karizma Marketing Services Chris designed and directed numerous sales and marketing related workshops for over two thousand participants in over 60 countries since 1991. Chris relocated to France in 2008 and although Karizma remains Cyprus based, Chris is now part of the Home Hunts team in the south of France. He has an intimate knowledge of the Var region of Provence including the popular villages of Cotignac, Correns, Aups, Villecrozes, Plan de la Tour, La Gard Freinet and Grimaud.

Chris would be delighted to assist with your property search in Provence, so don’t hesitate to contact him if you have plans to purchase a property there. We have arrangements with most of the accredited real estate agents in the region ,assuring you of real time access to the widest range of luxury properties on one site; www.home-hunts.com.

James Mulcare
Investment manager

James Mulcare BSc(Hons) has over 11 years of property experience as a qualified chartered surveyor working in the UK. He has worked with some of the largest global property companies and London based wealth management companies in Real Estate Asset and Fund Management.

In his role as Investment Manager for Home Hunts with HHInvest, James combines his past experience in the property investment market with his work in the luxury property market to assist clients source the best investment properties in France, Monaco, UK and Switzerland.

Also as a consultant in the SW France, he brings his extensive property experience and firsthand knowledge of the local market and surrounding area to help advise his clients find their perfect property in this wonderful region of France.

His love of adventure and travel has taken him all over the world and eventually bought him and his family to the French Pyrenees in 2006. Here he can indulge his passion for skiing, trekking and the occasional surf over in Biarritz.

James speaks English and French

James Mulcare
Investment Manager

Tracey Dallet
Consultant – South West France

At the age of 24, Tracey moved from her beautiful native Warwickshire countryside to that of the Dordogne which, she reasons, was a "fair swap". Time spent during her formative years at the universities of Tours and Montpellier had already fuelled her passion for France and the French. After a couple of years spent in London and Brisbane she resumed life in France, for 17 years, as The Independent Travellers Company's Regional Manager, South West France.

A naturalised French citizen, with a French husband and a bilingual daughter, Tracey speaks and writes native level French. They've renovated their 300 yr old farmhouse to allow for independent (and sometimes coordinated) practice of piano, guitar and drums whilst maintaining good relations with the neighbours.

For the past 20 years, Tracey has tirelessly criss-crossed the French countryside (more than 750,000 kms) to view some 2000 properties. Her professional experience has given her an outstanding knowledge of South West France, of property in France and of working with an international client base. She would be delighted to help you pursue your passion for France.

Chris Leder
Manager – Geneva / French Alps

Having worked in music marketing in London in the late 90’s, Chris decided to take a break by spending a winter in Meribel, and never went back. After a second winter in Courchevel, he then moved to Tignes, where he spent 8 years owning and running a successful bar restaurant in Val Claret which he sold to spend more time with his family. He joined the Home Hunts team early 2011, and hasn't looked back.

He knows the Alps from Mont Blanc to Briancon like the back of his hand, mostly down to the fact that if he’s not at work, you’ll either find him fly fishing, paragliding or skiing his way around the mountains, depending on the time of year.

Chris is based in Vuiz en Sallaz, ideally situated between Geneva and Chamonix, and after and years of living and running a business in the Alps, he is more than happy to share his knowledge of the mountains, Alpine real estate, and the often complicated French system. Half English, half American with a French daughter and partner, Chris obviously speaks the language like a local.

Patsy Rayner
Consultant – Languedoc

Patricia fell in love with the area on her first visit to Montpellier as a teenager and recalls long, hot days spent enjoying the beach whilst supposedly improving her French for upcoming exams!

After many years experience in business development, Patricia built up the skills necessary to getting to the heart of what her customers really wanted and spent much of her career sharing that knowledge through training and coaching teams and individuals.

The love of the Languedoc stayed with her, the beautiful coast, the exciting, vibrant city of Montpellier and the certain ‘je ne sais quoi’ of the region. Luckily, her husband feels the same and many years ago they bought a house here, using it for family holidays initially and then taking the plunge and moving out here permanently ‘before we get too old!’

Patricia speaks English and French and looks after the Montpellier area for Home Hunts.

Tim Swannie
Director

Tim is English and was born in Harrogate in North Yorkshire. He has 20 years experience of the property and recruitment industries across Europe with particular expertise in the UK, France and the Benelux.

Tim moved to live on the French Riviera in 2003. He was drawn to this part of the world by the weather and quality of life, having been a regular visitor to the area for many years.

The idea of Home Hunts was born the following year when Tim was introduced to Francois-Xavier by a close family friend. Tim is based in the Cannes area but travels extensively throughout France and overseas. As well as managing and expanding the overall business along with Francois-Xavier, Tim is responsible for the marketing and advertising for the company. He also spends a lot of time working alongside the sales team, taking care of clients both in France and London.

He speaks English, a little Dutch and tries his best in French!

Tim Swannie
Director

Tim is English and was born in Harrogate in North Yorkshire. He has 20 years experience of the property and recruitment industries across Europe with particular expertise in the UK, France and the Benelux.

Tim moved to live on the French Riviera in 2003. He was drawn to this part of the world by the weather and quality of life, having been a regular visitor to the area for many years.

The idea of Home Hunts was born the following year when Tim was introduced to Francois-Xavier by a close family friend. Tim is based in the Cannes area but travels extensively throughout France and overseas. As well as managing and expanding the overall business along with Francois-Xavier, Tim is responsible for the marketing and advertising for the company. He also spends a lot of time working alongside the sales team, taking care of clients both in France and London.

He speaks English, a little Dutch and tries his best in French!

Tim Swannie
Director

Tim is English and was born in Harrogate in North Yorkshire. He has 20 years experience of the property and recruitment industries across Europe with particular expertise in the UK, France and the Benelux.

Tim moved to live on the French Riviera in 2003. He was drawn to this part of the world by the weather and quality of life, having been a regular visitor to the area for many years.

The idea of Home Hunts was born the following year when Tim was introduced to Francois-Xavier by a close family friend. Tim is based in the Cannes area but travels extensively throughout France and overseas. As well as managing and expanding the overall business along with Francois-Xavier, Tim is responsible for the marketing and advertising for the company. He also spends a lot of time working alongside the sales team, taking care of clients both in France and London.

He speaks English, a little Dutch and tries his best in French!

FRANCOIS-XAVIER DE VIAL
Director

Born in Normandy and brought up in Paris, Francois-Xavier has over twenty years experience in international sales and marketing and has travelled to more than 100 countries.

Francois settled in Marseille in 2002 with his wife and son, having lived in all corners of the globe and he now loves living and working in the heart of the Provence. He represented an English based estate agency in the South of France for some time before setting up HOMEHUNTS with Tim in 2004. Since this time, he and Tim have developed the business to cover many new regions and counties and his time is now split between managing the sales teams, the support team at the head office and focussing on business development. There is nothing he likes more than to be out on the field with his colleagues meeting clients.

He speaks French, English, German and Spanish.

FRANCOIS-XAVIER DE VIAL
Director

Born in Normandy and brought up in Paris, Francois-Xavier has over twenty years experience in international sales and marketing and has travelled to more than 100 countries.

Francois settled in Marseille in 2002 with his wife and son, having lived in all corners of the globe and he now loves living and working in the heart of the Provence. He represented an English based estate agency in the South of France for some time before setting up HOMEHUNTS with Tim in 2004. Since this time, he and Tim have developed the business to cover many new regions and counties and his time is now split between managing the sales teams, the support team at the head office and focussing on business development. There is nothing he likes more than to be out on the field with his colleagues meeting clients.

He speaks French, English, German and Spanish.

FRANCOIS-XAVIER DE VIAL
Director

Born in Normandy and brought up in Paris, Francois-Xavier has over twenty years experience in international sales and marketing and has travelled to more than 100 countries.

Francois settled in Marseille in 2002 with his wife and son, having lived in all corners of the globe and he now loves living and working in the heart of the Provence. He represented an English based estate agency in the South of France for some time before setting up HOMEHUNTS with Tim in 2004. Since this time, he and Tim have developed the business to cover many new regions and counties and his time is now split between managing the sales teams, the support team at the head office and focussing on business development. There is nothing he likes more than to be out on the field with his colleagues meeting clients.

He speaks French, English, German and Spanish.

SARAH DELIGNY
Customer support supervisor

Sarah, a natural people person, chose to work in the hospitality industry when she finished her education. After working and travelling extensively for many years, she settled in South West London where she met her French husband.

In 2000 they made the wise decision to escape the city and to bring up their 2 young boys in the spectacular Verdon region of the lower French Alps, behind the Riviera. With 300 days a year sunshine, mountains and fresh air it was the best choice they have ever made.

Sarah and her family have now moved to the French Riviera to be close to the excellent international schools where both of her boys are studying.

She joined the Home Hunts team in 2010 to help with the expansion of the company. She is the first point of call for all enquires. Having bought 3 properties whilst here in France she has a broad knowledge of how the French buying system works.

KAREN GARIBIAN
Administration manager

Karen is based in our head office in Marseille. She has dual citizenship - French/American, the best of both worlds! She has now been living in France for 20 years, for the past 13 in Aix en Provence and before that in Paris.

Karen has a BA in French/Spanish with international relations from the University of Wisconsin. In Paris she worked for “Union de Banques Suisse” in the logistics department. When she arrived in Aix en Provence in 1998, she opened up a restaurant as she loves to cook and being around people. She then went on to managing an American program for students in Aix and did a little tourism as she loves Provence and wants to share it with others.

Karen is responsible for keeping the whole team in order and offers much needed support on a daily basis. She also manages all of the internal processes, contracts and accounts for the company. She speaks French, English & Armenian and a bit of Spanish .

Valerie Innes
Consultant – Languedoc

Val has had a lifelong association with France and the French people. She lived and studied in France, Spain and Switzerland and worked throughout Europe before returning to the UK in the mid-seventies. Her long sales career in the UK involved working for international household names (like Procter & Gamble, J&J, Rank Organisation) and travel further afield to Australia and Canada.

Having moved house numerous times both in France and the UK, working as an independent estate agent, translator and hotel manager, Val settled permanently in France in 2006. She is very familiar with the bureaucracy and cultural and social changes one goes through when purchasing a property in France.

She knows Languedoc and Midi-Pyrenees especially well and is based near Limoux, Aude. She is interested in art, history and architecture and, finds the more relaxed pace of Mediterranean life very appealing. Val thrives on meeting new people and encouraging them to benefit from such a lifestyle and more sunshine in Languedoc Roussillon

Val speaks English, French and Spanish and gets by in German and Italian.

Nicola Christinger
Manager – Provence

Nicola spent over 10 years working for the BBC in News and Current Affairs and later ran training courses to teach people how to handle the media. She then moved to Zurich in 2000 where she set up her own English Pre-school which she ran for seven years.

As a child she lived in Paris, and then later on in Marbella and Bahrain but always knew that she would return to live in France. She has now based in the Roman city of Nîmes with her family and has firsthand experience of the property process both in France and Europe.

She has extensive knowledge of that certain “Je ne sais quoi” feeling, having been the Editor of a property/lifestyle magazine about southern France and continues to write for a number of magazines published in France and Switzerland.

Nicola is the manager of Provence and overseeing her team of consultants, her areas of responsibility include Aix en Provence, Les Alpilles, Uzes, The Luberon, Haute-Provence and the Provence coastline. She is also responsible for producing the Homehunts newsletter ‘The Address’.

Kirsten Pollard
Manager – South West France

Kirsten Pollard, BA Hons, studied French Language and Literature at University College London. A natural linguist, Kirsten has also studied German, Italian, Spanish and Dutch, and always taken every opprtuinity to study, work or travel abroad. She has lived in France, in the Dordogne, since 2003, where she is happy to be bringing up her three children as bilinguals. Kirsten is keen to listen to the needs of an international clientèle and will do everything she can to help and guide them through the intricacies of the French buying process and bureaucracy and enable them to live the French dream.

Herve Levy
Manager – Paris

Brought up in the Paris area, Hervé has 15 years of international sales, marketing and management experience while working as Sales Director Europe for a key U.S  company  in textiles.

With his wife and 3 children Hervé lives in a beautiful, historic village close to Versailles. He dedicates his time to taking care of Home Hunts international clients. Herve loves a challenge and  with his extensive local knowledge and international background, he is very well placed to help buyers to really search for properties in Paris or one of its many beautiful suburbs.

Hervé speaks French, English  and  German .

Victoria Robertson
Consultant – Provence

Vicky is English, and was born in London but living in rural Lincolnshire countryside before deciding to take the plunge & move to France in 2008 with her son. With a strong business background, she enjoyed some success in setting up and running her own design business, eventually exporting her designs worldwide and then drawing on that experience as a tutor of Business English, before joining Homehunts in 2010. Although she had family living in the Charente,  Vicky fell in love with all that  Provence had to offer, with its fabulous scenery, warmth & historic towns and villages and is keen to share with you the very best that the region has to offer!

I very much look forward to working with you and assisting you in any way I can to make finding your new home a smooth & pleasant experience!

Alexander Sokolov – von Rozen
Consultant

Alexander lives in the centre of Paris with his family and joined the Home Hunts team in the city in 2011.

Alexander is of Russian/German descent and has a passion for property and architecture as well as extensive experience in the management of international clients and High Net Worth Individuals. He has worked with such clients at Sotheby's and advised French companies as a business development consultant. He is experienced in international markets, having worked in Berlin and Paris. He covers the Paris and “Ile de France” luxury market and advises on every type of residential transaction.

Alexander speaks English, French, German and Russian.