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Confused local authorities plan self-inflicted AirBnb lock-down.
According to local authorities there has been an explosion of complaints from neighbours of AirBnb rental properties. They are planning a raft of new AirBnb restrictions.
The first is having to renew your rental authorisation with the Town Hall every year, instead of after six years. This includes the ability to refuse authorisation if there have been enough complaints against the owner for noise or nuisance.
The second is to check to see if AirBnb rental is not banned by the building rules before issuing an authorisation. Fair enough, that was a bit of an over-sight in the first place.
Lastly, if you get authorisation on one apartment then you cannot just switch it to being used on another apartment. I do not think anybody does this anyway as nobody knows it is currently possible.
The two reasons they give for proposing new rules are the explosion in nuisance complaints and that there are 2,200 apartments being used for AirBnb than could instead be lived in by locals.
For the first, of course there has been! If you go back through my posts you can see I predicted this. After they closed the bars, and there were grumbles on Facebook groups that people were being too noisy on the Promenade drinking and listening to music, I said that if you close the Promenade and the parks then people will just have illegal parties in AirBnb apartments. This is exactly what happened. These are all LOCAL people having the parties.
There are two possible solutions. The first is a major clamp-down on AirBnb properties. The second is you open the bars and ease the curfew. And guess what? They've already done the second. With the nuisance complainst inevitably drying up, what excuse do they have to go ahead and try and push through new rules? With the covid restrictions, the new statistics will surely show a decrease in the rate of new AirBnb properties or perhaps even in the overall number. This nullifies arguement number two.
Hopefully this proposed legislation will get a thoroughly deserved slapping down.
#nice #airbnb
I'm curious to know if there is a way to remove a license and or refuse a renewal with a problem unit under the current 6 year system. Otherwise in my opinion, the current system seems fairly fine, even if amended for the confirmation of building rentability status.
To my American friends and clients...
Apparently I was on Mediterranean Life on HGTV today. Actually two episodes but I have not seen the Season 2 one. If anybody can record it and send me a link I would love to see it. Thanks!
Hasn't aired here yet, searched last night, it's yours when it does.
I just searched my DVR since I record the episodes but it doesn’t seemed to have aired here. I’ll keep an eye out for it.
Just an update, as of 6-24 the episode in question still hasn't aired here, still waiting.
In an area with the most luxurious and expensive real estate in the world, it's not often that a new villa project will make the headlines.
However the owner of the Nice football club is doing something a little exceptional. This luxury villa is over 120m long, with every room having panoramic sea views over Villefranche and Cap Ferrat. The five bedrooms are around 100m² each. The living room alone is at least 400m², larger than the entirety of nearly all the villas surrounding it. Of course it will come with the basic essentials like a spa, gym, billiards room, and 25m long swimming pool off a 150m² deck and lounging area.
The villa will be surrounded by fantastic gardens, with hundreds of trees planted as well as some of the finest flowers, and is described as a "botanical garden". Though inside the villa will be luxury done "belle epoch" style, every inch of the roof will be covered in grass and flowers.
The land used to be agricultural, and when the owner died in 2016 every single developer landed on the doorstep of the new owners. According to a neighbour, Martin Bouygues himself (billionaire owner of the largest construction group in France), turned up and put a blank cheque on the table and told them to write in any number they wanted. Everybody was turned down. It will be interesting to learn one day how Jean-Pierre Rivère pulled off this coup where everyone else failed.
We are not sure if he is keeping it for himself or putting it up for sale, but if it's the latter then expect yet another record to be broken.
Everything back to normal.
The shops, restaurants and bars were buzzing today. A great ambiance on the Pietonne. It's like the past year never happened. Still a 9pm curfew for 3 weeks but still such a change in ambiance. The best news is that after a tour around I couldn't find a single restaurant I know closed. So rest assured... your favourite haunts should still be there when you come this summer. #nice #bars #restaurant
Dare I say, a breath of fresh air ! Happy days & long may they continue 👍🏻
Such great news! Can’t wait to support all those amazing restaurants soon!
Great to see the city bounce back. Let’s hope we can holiday there soon. 🏖😎✈️
Us too, just hoping we can get there this year!
God bless you guys! Here incompetence, corruption and intolerance rules, making a whole nation dies as flies for political power!
Fantastic news, long may it continue - can’t wait to visit beautiful Nice again soon.
Fantastic news! 🥰
Great news!
Great photo of Place Massena back in the 1960s. Hard to believe it was like that until 2008. It used to be a great spot to park when shopping in Avenue Jean Medecin but I much prefer the way it is now.
I remember a client asking me to sell their property that looked onto the square a couple of years after the new tram had opened, and I had the original photos of when I sold it to them a decade before. The interior of the apartment was more or less the same. However the difference of the view before and after views was striking.
Much like the park built next door to the square, it is now hard to remember what it looked like before. We can certainly get used to nice things.
Wow, so much better now!
Avoid those awkward tan lines.
From today, you no longer need to wear a mask on the beach or in the park. You can thank the Mayor of Villeneuve Loubet, Lionnel Luca, who's persistence has resulted in the lifting of the restriction in the Alpes Maritimes area.
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Le préfet des Alpes-Maritimes a répondu favorablement à la demande du maire de Villeneuve Loubet qui demandait la levée de l'obligation du port du masque dans les espaces verts et sur le littoral.Very sensible to remove this requirement. Need to follow the science, not interpret it to match our own thoughts
It was a stupid and unnecessary requirement to begin with. Happy to see it go.
Hurrah and hazzah!
Take the bus from Nice to Monaco... via the sea.
In an effort to reduce traffic between Nice and Monaco, they will be starting up a boat shuttle service which will be an battery and hydrogen hybrid. It will run every hour, and every 30 minutes during peak periods, and take 35 minutes. The 15km journey will have some pretty spectacular scenery!
It will connect with the Nice tram line, and will be free if you have a tram/bus day pass. At a cost of €5m, paid for both by Nice and Monaco, expect to see it launch this August.
New sea shuttle service to connect Nice and Monaco
www.monaco-tribune.com
This summer it will be possible to travel between Nice and Cap d'Ail on the border of Monaco on a sea shuttle. Local authorities in Nice have launchedCan't wait to try that!
Great idea and a reasonable price too
This is great - there should be more local ferries along to coast
What a fantastic idea. I am sure it will be successful. .
Nice starts to open up.
Schools are now opening up, but progressively the rest of the country should too. From Monday, the 10km limit will be lifted and there will be no restriction on how far you can travel within France. Then from "around mid-May" there are plans to open up outdoor dining areas and terraces for restaurants.
The 7pm curfew will remain in place for the foreseeable future though. The easing in restrictions will also be cancelled if the infection rates do not continue to fall. The next government update will be given around 5th May.
It appears the EU is going to open things up to us vaccinated people from the US, hope Italy and France join in on that, already have flight scheduled, hope it happens.
Hopefully international visitors allowed soon too!
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Fancy going to St Laurent du Var from Nice? Why not take the cable car?
Not April 1st, the local government is going to spend €40m building a cable car where cabins will shoot over the river for 800m, taking 3 minutes to arrive, with a new cabin every 4 minutes.
The idea of the "téléphérique" between St Laurent du Var and Nice, let's face it that's the direction most people will be interested in, is to connect the airport to the new tram line that will eventually go to Cagnes sur Mer. Underground tram, overground tram, electric buses, now cable cars, the town hall certainly isn't afraid to think outside of the box when it comes to Green transport.
Un téléphérique reliera Nice et Saint-Laurent-du-Var en 2025
www.20minutes.fr
Le budget prévisionnel pour la réalisation de ce projet est estimé à 40 millions d’eurosWow 😳
Monaco remains the most expensive real estate in the world, at €47,600/sqm, over twice the price of cities like New York and Tokyo and three times the price of the most expensive city in France, Paris.
Despite a 1% dip in price last year, they still remains up over 50% over the past decade.
What happened to the apartment for sale in the Odeon tower priced at over €300,000,000? It has been rented out for now, at a cool €600,000 per month. That should help with the mortgage.
With prices being 10x less in Nice, they seem comparitively a bargain!
Monaco reste la ville la plus chère du monde
www.cnews.fr
Selon le fournisseur mondial de services immobiliers Savills, le prix du m2 se négocie en moyenne à 47.600 euros en Principauté. La ville-état de 2km2 et de 38.000 habitants se place ainsi très l...Just goes to show the rich are just getting richer. History always shows that during war or epidemic there are those that suffer and those that profit.
The Cours Saleya is finished!
The renovations, that is. A month later than planned and at the expected cost of under €2m, not too bad considering the pandemic, all the works are finsihed. The market stalls have been upgraded to include LED lighting and electrical operated canopies. The old lamp-posts are being replaced by trees, also replacing a lot of trees that were dying, and the street lighting has being moved to wall lighting on the surrounding buildings. Of course the whole street has been repaved.
Most importantly, the look and feel of the world famous Cours Saleya has been preserved. I know a few restaurants have changed hands so expect some pleasant surprises when everything opens up for business as usual!
Can't wait until we can come back 😍
How exciting!!! This makes us even more « home » sick.
Curious, are those the old lamp post in this picture?
So you might see some cute electric "mini buses" zipping around town.
These small buses are absolutely free and you can hop on one to take you around town. They are every 15 minutes, and go from by the Negresco Hotel along the Promenade des Anglais to the Old Town. Then before getting to Place Garibaldi it goes up Rue Alberti to Bvd Dubouchage. Then all the way west again, along Bvd Victor Hugo, until it reaches Bvd Gambetta then back to Negresco again.
It is all part of the Mayor's plans to reduce the amount of cars in the city centre, and make it a pollution free zone. They look kind of cute too.
That's a brilliant idea.I am so looking forward to visiting Nice again.
Great idea! Can’t wait to give them a go!
Fantastic idea! Can’t wait to try them out, whenever we manage to get back down to lovely Nice.
So what happened to the two 4* hotels opening around Place Garibaldi?
Well they are going ahead but delayed due to the restrictions inflicted because of the virus. They are estimated at least 4 months behind schedule. As you know, the one of Rue Segurane replaces the building that was demolished due to being too fragile when tunneling underneath for the tram line to the Port. It had to be reconstructed with the facade exactly as it used to be, so the views from the hill will look the same. Inside will be brand new. This one should now be finished by the end of the year. The one behind the Place Garibaldi underground stop will take a little longer. Rue Bonaparte became quite trendy a while ago, and now this chic has spread to roads like Bavastro and Lascaris. Both hotels will be a boost to raise the profile between the "quieter" side of the Old Town and the Port.
The city is out hand selecting pebbles for your posterior comfort.
Every year, the city replace nearly 3,000m³ of pebbles on the Nice beaches. The pebbles come from either the Paillon river, that flows into Nice, or from Durance which is in the Bouches du Rhone. This year they come from Durance because workers are busy doing repairs around the Paillon due to the storm damage from hurricane Alex.
Once the pebbles have been gathered, they are then individually sorted. They shouldn't be too big or too small, and should have a smooth round look that fits in with the other stones. This means a more even surface under your towel maximising comfort for your bottom. The size of the pebble must be longer than 2cm in length and shorter than 8cm. Then each pebble is washed before being placed on the beach.
At the same time they will be doing repairs to the water breakers at Magnan and Lenval, concrete blocks extending out in the sea, to prevent cross currents. Not easy as blocks can weigh up to 12 tonnes each. This will take a couple of months and be ready for the start of summer.
Of course it sounds easier to dump a load of sand on the beach. But then it wouldn't be the Nice we love and know any more, would it?
I Hope that they are not using the EXTRA LARGE PEBBLES to the right of the photograph ha!
Correct Accu presser points are important, size matters! Lol
I thought it was April 1st for a minute. What an extraordinary amount of work! 😳
Amazing attention to detail
You get to Nice airport, the tram is there waiting, you rush to the ticket machine...
Or you can just download the app to your phone! If you buy a ticket of 10 then each journey costs just €1. When you get on the tram, simply tap your phone against the ticket stamping machine and you are done.
The one caveat is that with a regular ticket of 10, if there are 3 of you for instance then you can drop the same ticket in 3 times to cover all of your journeys. With the app, each passenger will need to do it individually. Other than that, it is a great convenience to have.
NFC Nice Ticket - Lignes d'Azur
www.lignesdazur.com
Nice Côte d'Azur en toute liberté avec les Lignes d'Azur
The public are being invited to give their feedback for the new tram line that will be built between Nice and Cagnes sur Mer.
There is a video on the proposed route in the link below. Not that it goes anywhere particularly interesting. Good for those in St Laurent and Cagnes sur Mer to get into Nice though.
Concertation publique du 15 février au 31 mars 2021 | Tramway de la Métropole NCA
tramway.nicecotedazur.org
Inscrite dans le schéma directeur des transport 2040, la création de la ligne 4 de tramway est un projet d’envergure pour le territoire métropolitain. Depuis l’ouest de Nice, cette ligne relier...
This year, Nice is offering a non-invasive COVID test. Just pee in this cup...
Or they can do it the less fun way. Since Christmas, twice a week the firemen jump into the sewers in each area of the city and take samples. These are then sent for analysis and they test for the amount of COVID per liter. This then gives a collective average for the infection in that particular area.
The results are that social housing areas on the outskirts, such as Ariane and Moulins, have the highest concentration as well as the area north of the train station. It is a clever secondary testing that can be used to give more solid evidence, depending on the local diet, to back up trends seen in primary individual testing. It also gives another source of information in a region that is very reticent about making statistical breakdowns public knowledge.
Two beautifully renovated studios for sale in the Old Town price at €105,000 each.
Is posting good deals on this page of interest? Should I put more details here?
Love the video, it certainly helps someone such as myself actually understand the layout of the places. There are bunches of realtors worldwide don't even have a steady photo (or photos period)! Thanks again for going above and beyond Phillip! I would add a link to the listing in the description, then you're not having to write out multiple listings in multiple places.
Great work mate
There will be confinement the next two weekends in Nice.
The mayor has been pushing for a lockdown, a tighter curfew, and a ban on all tourists but instead the government has instituted a weekend lockdown from Friday 6pm until Monday 6am for the next two weekends. Only essential stores will be open such as supermarkets and chemists.
Despite the mayor describing the scene in Nice as "catastrophic", the facts and figures are not as dramatic as he makes out. The last article with stats, zero deaths under 45 years old, and "practically zero" under 65 years old. The median age is 81 of somebody sadly dying of something with COVID complications. (src: Nice Matin 7th Feb)
The figure of 577 cases per 100,000 is being touted as several times the national average. The health minister flew in to the "hot-spot" of Nice a couple of days ago with his entourage. The mayor blamed the spike on the influx of tourists over Christmas, where flights jumped from 20 per day to over 120 per day over that period.
However at this point there is only one COVID unit in one public hospital, Pasteur, and there are currently a total of 24 people in there. Of the people in intensive care, the article says there is a death rate of around 10%. (src: linked article)
That is not to say people should not be vigilant, or not continue to take measures that will protect the vulnerable in our society. However beware cut and paste headlines. Take your time to read the article behind and check sources before weighing up the objective risk level. Just posting this in case you are worried about friends or family here.
www.lepoint.fr
Alors que de nouvelles mesures restrictives ont été instaurées, les hôpitaux de la ville la plus touchée par le Covid accusent le coup face à la maladie.Is that you in the photo on the right?