Interior architecture · Renovation · Property management

An interior architect
in Paris, Munich and Provence

I trained at the École Camondo in Paris and have spent more than fifteen years designing and renovating apartments — and then running them for owners who live somewhere else.

I work in French, German and English — in Munich as well as in France, and remotely when that suits you better: video meetings, quotes checked and negotiated, weekly reports with photographs. And if you are buying, renovating or letting a property in France while living elsewhere, that is exactly the part I take on.

What I do

01

Renovation & site supervision

Drawings, materials, quotes checked and negotiated, trades coordinated, and someone on site every week. From the first estimate to the last door handle.

02

Decoration & home staging

Making a place better for the people living in it — with or without building work. And, when it is time to sell, staging it so it photographs and shows well.

03

Fitting out & managing rentals

Furnishing a flat or a holiday house so it lets, then running it: listings, arrivals, cleaning, linen, small repairs, monthly accounts.

Buying or renovating in France from abroad

Five things that usually go wrong

  1. A « devis » is not a contract. It binds the tradesman far less than you would expect. What is not written in it will not be done — and will be charged separately later.
  2. No décennale insurance, no bank financing. The ten-year builder's guarantee is compulsory in France. Without it your bank will not release funds, and you have no recourse.
  3. Your works are approved by the co-ownership, not the town hall. Façade, windows, structural walls, pipework: the owners' assembly votes on them, and it often meets once a year.
  4. Nobody supervises the site in your absence. There is no automatically appointed site manager. Without supervision, the tradesman alone decides what is good enough.
  5. Dates are intentions. Without weekly follow-up you lose months. It is not bad faith — it is how the trade works.

Services and prices

One eye, at every scale

From a single conversation to the complete transformation of a place. All prices include VAT.

01  Remote consultation
90 minutes on video. Three formats: Le Conseil (€350), La Direction (€550 + €180 per additional room), Le Projet including a layout plan (€850 + €300 per additional room).
from €350
02  Full renovation & site supervision
Design, drawings, materials, trades coordination, supervision on site and final decoration.
on quotation
03  Decoration
Making a place better for the people living in it, without building work.
on quotation
04  Home staging
Neutralising and staging a property so that it sells.
from €1,500
05  Acquisition advice
Viewings, reading a property's potential, judging what the works would really involve — before you sign.
on quotation
06  Property management
For owners who live elsewhere: preparing the place, welcoming guests, coordinating, maintaining.
tailored

Let's talk

A renovation in mind, a flat that needs looking after, or simply a question about buying in France: write to me directly.

Bea Bühler · Interior architect · Paris · Munich · Provence
French, German, English

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