Flats to rent in Sainte-Maxime,
year-round and with no agency fees

In Sainte-Maxime, year-round letting remains a sought-after offer. Indeed, the town has close to 17,000 homes for around 6,900 main homes, according to the INSEE census. Housing lived in all year therefore accounts for a limited share of the market.

As a result, a home available year-round finds a tenant quickly. We see it every time one comes free: serious applicants come forward within the week. That is also why we advise sending your application before you have even found a home.

LOCAMAXIME has nurtured this offer since 1971. Our flats, our mazets and our commercial premises are all let on a residential or a commercial tenancy agreement, never by the week. Our tenants live here, work here, and often stay several years.

You also deal directly with the owner. There are therefore no letting fees, no application charges and no tenancy drafting charges. Over a first month, the saving runs into hundreds of euros, and it stays in your moving-in budget.

A landlord who owns the property knows it well. We know which bedroom catches the morning sun, which neighbour works nights, and which works the building has voted through. You get those answers on the phone, straight away.

The decision then comes quickly. We review a complete application the same day, and we reply ourselves, including when the answer is no. You therefore know where you stand, without chasing anyone.

After signing, that direct relationship keeps working for you. A leak or a jammed shutter is sorted with one call to 06 07 85 66 10. So there is no ticket, no manager in between, and no quote to be approved by someone who has never seen the property.

Finally, our tenants know us. Many have been here for five or ten years, and several came through a recommendation. That is the best indicator we can give you of the way we work.

The market follows a steady calendar, and knowing it saves weeks. Indeed, notices to leave arrive mostly in spring, for homes that free up in June, July and August. The choice is therefore widest at that time of year.

For the start of the school year, count backwards: search in May, send your application in June, sign in July. That way, you move in before term starts, without rushing.

Two documents are enough to open your application with us: both sides of your ID card and your latest tax notice. We review it the same day, and it then stays valid for all of our homes.

One practical point, finally. Sainte-Maxime does not appear on the list of designated high-demand areas in the decree of 10 May 2013. On an unfurnished tenancy, your notice period is therefore three months, except in the cases set out by law: a job transfer, loss of employment, health grounds, RSA income support, the disabled adult allowance or the award of social housing.

Finally, prepare your moving-in budget. The deposit comes to one month of rent excluding service charges on an unfurnished tenancy, and two months on a furnished one. Home insurance is compulsory, and we will ask for your certificate on the day you sign. Everything is then ready when the home comes free, and nothing delays your move in.