About

Just France has been renting fine properties in France to a world-wide clientele since 1991. As our name implies, we specialize exclusively in France.

What makes our company different from other U.S.-based companies that offer properties for rental in France?

• We offer a property for rent only after one of our staff members has personally inspected the property and determined that it is up to the high standards our clients expect.

• We deal directly with the owners of properties rather than working through European rental agencies. The result is better properties at lower prices, and fuller and more accurate information on those properties for our clients.

• We specialize in the sunny South of France - Provence, the enchanting City of Lights - Paris and several other regions including the Côte d'Azur, Périgord, the Loire, Aquitaine and Burgundy, with a selection of properties in other regions.

Our staff: left to right: Mouna Hilali, Kelly Bateman, Coralie Saliège, Annie Flogaus, Katie Crawford, Catherine Beck

The Just France staff is ready to advise you personally on our many properties throughout France. Our advisors include:
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Annie Flogaus at a mas near Gordes

Annie Flogaus, Just France Owner and President. Annie has been with Just France since 1996 and has personally assisted thousands of clients. Annie was recognized in 2006 and 2007 in the Condé Nast Traveler list of recommended villa agents. A French major with a business minor from Duke University, Annie loves to travel and experience the French lifestyle and the cuisine. Her extensive journeys throughout France and especially Provence have allowed her to develop a real understanding of French culture and to scratch the surface of understanding the French people! Annie and her husband Dave have a young son and two cats.

Kelly Bateman is our Vice President and has been with Just France since 2000. Kelly came to us from the French-American Chamber of Commerce in Philadelphia and was a French major at West Chester University. She studied at Université Paul Valéry in Montpellier during her study abroad year. Kelly, a lifelong Francophile, is a Property Specialist for Provence and most of our other countryside properties. She is also our computer and photo genius. She is beloved by her clients for her thorough details and willingness to go the extra mile. Kelly and her husband Mike head a small menagerie including two rescued greyhounds and are also very involved with their local greyhound adoption organization.

Kelly Bateman      in Isle-sur-la-Sorgue

Catherine Beck at the Louvre

Catherine Beck is our Paris specialist and is a 2003 graduate of Penn State University with degrees in Business Management and French Language. Catherine also manages all of the accounting for Just France. She spent a year in Paris after college as an au pair and gained a thorough knowledge of the city. Catherine managed a small company before joining Just France in 2005 and has been recognized by her clients and colleagues alike for her genuine warmth and careful attention to detail.

Coralie Saliège is a native of France who joined Just France in 2002. She took her baccalauréat in Lyon and graduated in 2001 from the Ecole Supérieure de Commerce de Montpellier with a degree in business administration. Her official title is Sales Director (see below) and she is instrumental to Just France in working with our French owners to secure rentals and arrange a wide variety of services that our clients request. Coralie enjoys karate and has an energetic Labrador.

Coralie Saliège in the village of Goult

Mouna Hilali at a mill house in Dourdan

Mouna Hilali joined Just France in 2007. Mouna took her baccalauréat in Achères and obtained degrees in Management and International Commerce in France. She worked in France as an assistant at a real estate agency and at the after sales department at the headquarters of MG Rover France. Her first experience in the United States was as an au pair for a Franco-American family. Mouna is a Property Specialist for the French countryside and takes care of many administrative duties for Just France. She lives in Philadelphia and enjoys movies, fashion, decoration and cooking.

Katie Crawford joined Just France in January 2008 as a Property Specialist. A 1999 Penn State graduate, Katie lived in France for 12 years as a young child. Her mastery of the French language is most impressive and always catches the ears of our French owners. Katie studied abroad in Paris during her junior year of college and worked in northern France as a sales associate of a pallet manufacturing company during her last semester at university. Katie’s professional experience includes employment at two French companies in the United States: office manager at Sonepar, an electrical wholesale distributor, and clinical research associate at Sanofi Aventis pharmaceutical company. Katie was with Just France in 2002-2003 and we are delighted to welcome her back. Katie is married with a young son and enjoys spending time with her extended family, especially her numerous nephews and nieces.

Katie Crawford at the Château de Brancion in Southern Burgundy

The Staff of Just France in Provence - May 2005
Domaine Saint Gayan, Gigondas

All property advisors are French speakers and devoted Francophiles, and they travel to France several times a year to meet with owners, update their knowledge of existing properties and to inspect and photograph new houses, villas and apartments for offering to our clientele.

What can you expect when you contact Just France for information on our properties?

First we will speak with you in depth about the kind of experience you are seeking in France. Is your major interest a beautiful view, a superb kitchen, proximity to a village, good value, an interest in wine - or a combination of all? We have years of experience in matching people and properties. Whether you are one couple or a large group having a family reunion or celebrating a special anniversary, we will offer you a selection of properties tailored specifically to your needs and budget.

Second, we will answer your questions about properties on our Website that interest you, and tell you their prices. We may also point out one or two that we feel you may have overlooked, or that are new listings that are not yet on our Website.

You will review the properties with other members of your family or group, and we will provide any other information you need to make an informed decision. When you have chosen a property we will notify the owner immediately of your interest and confirm availability. Finally, we send you a Rental Agreement to confirm the booking (please see our booking procedures).

About Just France Sales

Property Inspection Policy. It is Just France's policy to meet with the owner and to inspect and photograph all properties offered for rental. In exceptional cases Just France will offer a property that we have not yet inspected where the property has been strongly recommended by a source (such as current owner or a former renter) whose judgment we respect, and where photographs support the recommendation. In the rare case where we have not yet inspected a property, our consultants will invariably bring this fact to the client's attention.

Housekeeping and Other Staff. Some owners provide limited housekeeping as part of the rental price. Where it is not provided housecleaning can be arranged through the owner, generally at about $15-25 an hour. Properties with pools invariably include pool maintenance. Some luxury properties come with full-time staff. In most cases, Just France can arrange for additional personnel such as a part or full-time cook or driver.

On-Site Assistance. All properties have a caretaker or other responsible person who may be contacted in case of emergency or because of plumbing, electrical or other problems. The phone numbers of contact persons are provided with Arrival Instructions, which the client receives abut three weeks before departure. Many owners have prepared extensive information for Just France guests that includes restaurant recommendations and suggestions for local sightseeing. This information is found at the property.

Rental periods. Many owners decline to rent for less than a two-week period. Some impose this minimum only during the high season and may rent weekly during other periods. Most owners rent strictly from Saturday to Saturday. Some prefer simply to divide the month in half and rent from the first to the 15th day of the month, and from the 16th to 30th. The minimum rental period at all properties is one week.

Advance Bookings

First, our inventory constantly expands as we add new properties to our listings. Second, from years of experience we know that no two rental inquiries are the same. To make an informed decision a client often needs in-depth information that catalogs simply cannot provide.

Finally, it is our policy to offer only properties we have inspected and are available to us directly from the owner. We decline to take a European agency's catalog, paste our address on the back and offer the properties as if they were our own.

Detailed descriptions and extensive photographs. Following a property inspection we write our own description, being careful to point out any features that may enhance or detract from its desirability. Idiosyncrasies at individual properties (road noise, steep drops dangerous to children, etc.) are explicitly noted. Our earnest desire is that the client experience no unpleasant surprises on arrival, and for this reason our descriptions are quite detailed and are accompanied by numerous photographs showing both exterior and interior characteristics of the property.

Arrival

Arrival and departure times. Owners normally welcome guests between 4:00 and 6:00PM on the day of arrival, and expect them to vacate on their departure date by 10:00AM. This schedule allows the owner time to restore the property to move-in condition after a client's departure and before the next client's arrival. Arrival and departure times may sometimes be altered in exceptional circumstances.

Paris Apartments

The problem, we believe, lies in the gap between travelers' fantasies of a typical Paris apartment, and the unfortunate reality. When people think of Paris, they imagine a city which more than any other in the world epitomizes style, elegance and unfailing good taste in all things related to the decorative arts. This perception is actively fostered by Parisians and borne out in innumerable ways, from the way Parisian women dress to how galleries and antiquaires arrange their merchandise in store display windows. But alas, when it comes to apartments offered for rental, nothing could be further from the truth.

Just France has inspected scores of apartments in Paris over the years. Many are drab, dreary and not up to normal standards of cleanliness. Even if they are located in fine neighborhoods or are offered at exceptionally low rates, we decline to offer such properties for rental.

Select properties offered for rental. Just France has selected a small number of apartments in Paris that we feel comfortable in offering for rental. The properties range from affordable ($1,750 and up) studio and one-bedroom apartments and superior ($3,400 a week and up) two-bedroom, two-bath properties to very expensive three and four-bedroom townhouses. All have been inspected by Just France. Many of these apartments are positively elegant, the majority offer substantial comfort in pleasant surroundings, and a few are simple but tidy and efficient properties that will be acceptable to most clients. All of the apartments have well-equipped kitchens.

Short and long-term rental. Some apartments are available for as little as one or two weeks, while some owners prefer only longer-term tenants staying for a month or more. Most Paris apartment rentals can start on any day of the week. Bookings are accepted for any period over one week (i.e. 10-day rental, 12-day rental) rather than only by the week. Call and let us know your needs.

Assistance with Travel Arrangements

Restaurant recommendations. We will be happy to share with you our knowledge of restaurants in different parts of France. Clients going to Paris, Provence and the Côte d'Azur routinely receive with their Arrival Instructions a detailed list, compiled over the years, of our favorite restaurants in these areas.

References. Just France is a member of the Philadelphia chapter of the French-American Chamber of Commerce, the Mainline Chamber of Commerce, and the Better Business Bureau. Should you desire references from clients who have rented previously through our company, please ask.

The Joy of France

800 Lancaster Avenue, Suite M-3
Berwyn, PA 19312
Tel. 610-407-9633 Fax 610-407-0213

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