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Welcome to Riviera Home Owner. The directory for English speaking people with a first or second home in the South of France / Côte d’Azur.

This directory provides a comprehensive listing of English speaking businesses in the region providing a service or product for all your property needs as a home Owner on the French Riviera.

If you want to be listed in this directory, please apply through the link on the top of this page. We will only add your company to this directory if you meet our requirements.

278 suppliers in this directory
25 Jan 2010 | News | No Comment
Create Your Own French Herb Garden

The French have a very unique gardening style that is very luminous and highly distinguished. To create a French Herb Garden you will need to capture the contemporary feel that the French are renowned for in their Gardening. Intricate patterns litter their vast parks in such a manner that takes your breathe away. To create anything short of that would not sum up to a French Garden.

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7 Jan 2010 | News | No Comment
New Restrictions on French Mortgage Tax Relief

‘I have no intention of continuing to provide support for the construction of dwellings that are a sieve in terms of their energy consumption’, said President Sarkozy last month.
 Accordingly, the deductibility of mortgage interest for new dwellings will progressively be reserved for very low energy consumption properties.

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11 Dec 2009 | News | No Comment
Solar panels for electricity and heating

On average, in the south of France, we receive 300 days of sunshine every year. A huge environmentally friendly power station beaming down on our roofs, pools and gardens begging to be used for something more than a sun tan! We’ve all felt the temperature of water from a garden hose left in the sun, enjoyed the gentle heat radiating from a sunbathed evening wall, or moved a pocket calculator into the light to help the tiny solar cell power it sufficiently.

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11 Dec 2009 | News | One Comment
Collecting Rain Water

Using these tanks to collect rainwater has been around since man learned to take advantage of the rain. Although technology and materials have changed throughout time, the strategy and the goals remain the same: to collect rain water for human use.

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11 Dec 2009 | News | No Comment
Interior design and decorating tips

It may seem rather intimidating to think about decorating your own home. Lots of people just live with things the way they find are. Others get the help of professionals, since they have no clue what they like or what approach to take!

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