Transferring to France isn’t nearly a brand new dwelling in a brand new place. The approach to life modifications go a lot deeper. For some it’s about retirement. And for an growing variety of individuals, it’s about new profession alternatives. With glorious transport hyperlinks, quick web service, and the rising development for working from dwelling, France makes for a terrific option to dwell, work and play. Well-known for its very good delicacies and wine, with each day avenue markets a lifestyle, the solar of the south, a protracted and diversified shoreline, mountains, superb countryside and vibrant cities galore – there’s someplace to swimsuit everybody. Setting as much as work as self-employed – auto-entrepreneur in French – is straightforward, and alternatives for self-employed work are growing.
We talked to Brad Turner and Simon Liddiard who work as self-employed real-estate brokers for Leggett Immobilier Worldwide, the multi award-winning property company based by a British household in 1998.
Teaming up
Brad, who was born in New York Metropolis, grew up simply outdoors Washington, DC, needed each a way of life and profession change after working for a few years as a surgeon in Boston. His Bordeaux-born spouse was eager to return to France. Brad had met her whereas on a year-long flagship programme within the metropolis as a part of his research for a French Literature diploma on the College of of California. In 2018 the couple moved to Bordeaux to start out their new lives.
Simon had labored in promoting in London and Paris for a few years and in addition needed a way of life change. Bordeaux beckoned. He’d identified the town since a college alternate go to to the city which is twinned together with his hometown of Bristol within the UK, a visit which impressed him to take many holidays there. Simon’s spouse can also be from Bordeaux and had been to varsity with Brad’s spouse and the 2 males knew of one another.
Brad, with the precision of a surgeon, researched jobs and what he needed from a brand new profession: autonomy, self-employment, flexibility, room to develop a enterprise, an opportunity to create one thing new and in addition to take care of individuals. As a surgeon what he liked most was the human connection. Working as an actual property agent was, he felt, an ideal match for him, and Leggett Immobilier who specialise in bilingual brokers who’re self-employed however profit from coaching and help – ticked all packing containers.
Simon was working half time within the wine occasions business in Bordeaux when Brad broached the concept of the 2 of them teaming as much as be a part of Leggett Immobilier and work as a group. In 2018 they joined the corporate and skilled collectively. Six years later they’re nonetheless working as a group – however a a lot expanded one with the help and backing of Leggett Immobilier.
“We’ve each reached a sure age” says Brad, “we’ve received a lifetime of expertise behind us that we convey to this position. Working collectively means we are able to cowl extra terrain, one among us is at all times right here for the consumer and we are able to bounce concepts off of one another.”
Actual property workplace in Bordeaux
A kind of concepts was to open an workplace within the coronary heart of Bordeaux metropolis the place they may meet with purchasers and showcase the properties of their space – not simply within the metropolis of Bordeaux however stretching out into the encompassing suburbs, countryside, vineyards and the coast.
Leggett finalised the renovation of their new company on rue Montbazon, Bordeaux, in 2023, located adjoining to the famend historic Hôtel de Ville which dates again to the 17th –century.
Because of the brand new workplace, Brad, Simon, and their group of 10 brokers have enhanced their capability to help purchasers. This contains conducting tailor-made searches; if a property is just not out there of their listings, they will make the most of their increasing community of contacts to search out the best property.
“We share our roles” says Brad. “Every of us performs to our strengths. We typically meet purchasers collectively at first in order that we each totally perceive what the requirement is. And we’ll additionally take purchasers via the method of shopping for in France.”
“Two for the worth of 1” Simon quips.
They share the necessities to create listings, {photograph} properties, and accompany purchasers on visits. “We don’t simply open the door to a brand new dwelling” says Simon, “we provide a full service from serving to with the financing necessities for the acquisition, to recommending a plumber if wanted!”
“The most effective factor about this job is the individuals” says Brad. “That’s the important thing, serving to individuals make a way of life change like we did, serving to to make it the most effective expertise it may be, in a very lovely a part of the world. There’s a lot variation right here from the town with its tradition, historical past and wonderful meals scene to the luxurious vineyards with their world-famous wines, the wonderful seashores of Arcachon, the suburbs and even additional afield – increasing transport hyperlinks are opening up complete new elements of the realm across the metropolis.”
“And what allows us to do that so effectively is the good help and backup we’ve” Simon says. “The coaching is superb, it doesn’t cease when you qualify, it’s ongoing and the coaching programmes are actually complete. The interior techniques are nice, and there’s additionally nice knowledgeable help for authorized, monetary, advertising and plenty of extra facets of what’s required to be an agent. However we nonetheless work autonomously, we’re nonetheless our personal boss, and we are able to take a versatile strategy to work by working as a group.”
Leggett Immobilier search brokers in all areas of France. They provide glorious fee charges, very good help and cutting-edge expertise, excessive profile worldwide and nationwide advertising campaigns for a gradual stream of purchasers, plus steady coaching alternatives, and the pliability to work as a solo agent, family-run or companions like Brad and Simon.
Go to the Recruitment Web page of the Leggett Web site the place you’ll discover dates for info days which you can be a part of: Leggett Immobilier Web site
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Or contact them straight: recruitment@leggett.fr / 00.33.553.60.82.77
