Entrusting your villa means giving yourself the chance to regain some time, knowing the house is looked after as we would look after our own. Here is what we review together before starting, then the path, step by step, from our first meeting to the arrival of your first guests.
What you expect from the villa
Before any calculation, three ideas are enough to frame the project.
- Your stays. Which weeks would you like to keep for yourself, your family, your friends? Tell us your periods, ideally for the whole year: we block them, confirm them in writing, and they can be adjusted with a simple message.
- Your role. Would you like to entrust everything to us, or keep your own providers, a long-standing gardener or pool technician, for example? Both are possible.
- Your home. What is there to preserve, refresh, equip? A villa that is already furnished sometimes benefits from a rethought interior; if it has just been purchased, we can furnish it.
The points to review together
A furnished villa offered in full to guests passing through is a French “meublé de tourisme”, or tourist furnished let. Nothing complicated, but a few points are worth looking at before you start, and we go through them with you. Our guide to renting out your villa in France sets out the framework.
- Main or second home. A main residence may be let for only 90 to 120 days a year in the communes that require a registration number (Service-Public, in French). For a second home, we check the commune’s rules with you.
- An estate or private development. If your villa stands in a housing development, an estate or a private residential complex, these often have rules (co-ownership rules, a specification or an association) that may restrict letting. We read them together, before any commitment (Service-Public, in French).
- The pool. It must be secured before every arrival. In our collection, every pool is, even those that are not fenced: alarm, shutter, bar-type cover or fence, depending on the villa.
- Insurance. We recommend comprehensive home insurance for a second home (or for a main residence, if that is what it is), so that you are covered on as many points as possible. A simple non-occupying owner policy is not always enough: speak to your insurer, and send us the certificate (Service-Public, in French).
- A French SCI taxed under income tax. Short-term furnished letting is a commercial activity. If the villa is held through a French SCI taxed under income tax, that structure is in principle not designed for it: beyond a small share of commercial income, it risks switching to corporation tax (BOFiP, in French). A point to discuss with your accountant or notary before entrusting us with the villa. Companies are welcome.
As for the formalities, you do not have to carry everything. Under a mandate, we declare the villa at the town hall and take care of the tourist tax. As for registration, the law asks the owner to make this declaration in person: we prepare the file with you, then enter the number on each of your listings (Service-Public, in French). For Agde, Béziers and Sérignan, our dedicated pages detail the local rules. Star rating is optional: here is what it changes. The energy performance certificate follows its own timetable, which our guide to letting in France also covers.
Any doubt about one of these points? Mention it in your first message.
Why an agency holding the professional card
Managing a villa on behalf of its owner is a regulated activity in France, reserved for holders of a professional card (the “carte G”). Mademoiselle Conciergerie is an estate agency holding the card (transactions and management): a financial guarantee protects the funds entrusted to us, our professional liability is insured, and everything rests on a written mandate. Our guide to letting in France helps you compare, and our legal information specifies the guarantee and insurance.
The path, step by step
- You introduce your villa. A few lines are enough: where it is, what it offers, what you expect of it. Each villa is studied personally.
- We meet on site. We discover the villa with you, with nothing for you to prepare. We explain how we work, our guarantees, the way we look after owners as well as our guests. Our fees are set out in our owners’ brochure, which you can browse on our owners’ page.
- We carry out the audit. If the villa joins the collection, we analyse the market, estimate the rental income, identify the equipment to plan and the services to offer. Rates are then adjusted every day, comparing your villa with the rest of our collection and with the market, within the framework agreed with you.
- You sign the mandate, online. We ask for proof of identity (or a company registration extract for a company), your title deed or latest property tax notice, a bank account detail and the villa’s insurance certificate.
- We prepare the villa and take it online. Home staging if it needs it, a professional photo shoot included, then publication: the villa can be booked directly on its page on our website, and also appears on Airbnb, Booking.com and Vrbo, with synchronised calendars.
- We welcome your first guests. Always in person.
What remains in your hands
The villa remains yours. Your periods are reserved for you; any investment is subject to a quote submitted for your approval. You have online access to your calendar, your accounts and your documents; each month you receive a statement with your payment, and at the end of each season we review the results together, including your guests’ comments. What our management covers day to day is detailed in our article on hotel-standard villa management.
Join our collection
Each home in the collection has been chosen for what it is, like Villa Camarines, in Agde, Villa Les Vagues, in Le Grau d’Agde, or Villa Juxta Maré, in Sérignan. If yours shares this standard, you can join our collection. A start of letting in March or April is ideal, and the meeting can take place earlier; we do not visit new villas from June to September. Our frequently asked questions answer the first queries.
Information checked on 12 October 2026. Regulations are evolving, notably with the opening of the national registration portal.
