Services — The France Reset

For clients who value rigorous counsel, discretion, and a genuinely bespoke process, I offer three ways to begin. Each service is designed to make a complex transition feel more grounded, intelligible, and entirely possible — and each produces a concrete deliverable you will keep and use. Whether you are still asking whether this is possible, or you are ready to build the full architecture of your move, there is a place to start.

The Pathway Assessment

Before you can design a life in France, you need to know what is actually available to you — and why. The French visa system is navigable, but it is not self-explanatory, and the right pathway depends entirely on your specific circumstances: your income sources, your professional status, your timeline, and your goals.

The Pathway Assessment is a focused 90-minute consultation in which we work through your individual situation and map it against the realistic visa options available to you. We examine what each pathway requires, what it allows, and what the practical implications are for your professional and personal life. You will leave with a clear picture of where you stand and what your next steps are — not a generic overview, but an analysis built around you.

Your deliverable is a written summary — two to three pages — that captures your viable pathways, the requirements of each, and the questions you should bring to a French immigration attorney. I will also provide a curated list of vetted professionals — US-based international attorneys and French notaires — who can carry your matter forward with the benefit of the groundwork we have laid together.

The goal of this service is simple: to replace the anxiety of not knowing with the confidence of clarity.

$750

The Place Assessment

France is not one place. It is a country of profound regional variation — in climate, culture, pace, cost, and character — and the region that is right for you depends entirely on how you intend to live there. The Place Assessment helps you move from a vague sense of where you might want to be to a clear, informed understanding of where you actually belong.

Before we meet, I will send you a short questionnaire designed to surface what matters most to you: the rhythm of daily life you are seeking, your practical constraints, your tolerance for urban energy versus rural quiet, your need for English-speaking professional and medical communities, your proximity requirements to international airports, and the cultural and natural environment in which you do your best living. Your answers shape the entire conversation.

In our 90-minute consultation, we work through your priorities together and evaluate the French regions that align most honestly with what you are looking for — including the ones that might surprise you. We examine the tradeoffs of each with candor, because the goal is not to sell you on France in the abstract but to help you find your specific place within it.

Your deliverable is a written Place Assessment — three to four pages — that maps two or three regions or cities against your priorities, identifies the practical realities of daily life in each, and gives you a clear framework for making one of the most consequential decisions of your transition.

A note on expertise: while my advisory practice covers France broadly, I have particular depth in the Southwest — the Languedoc, the Aude, and the wider Occitanie region — where I own property and have built professional and personal connections over several years. Clients drawn to this part of France will find that my knowledge here goes well beyond the general.

$1,000

The Signature Blueprint

Building a meaningful life in France is not a single decision. It is a series of interconnected decisions — legal, financial, logistical, personal — each of which affects the others, and none of which should be made in isolation or without the right information. The Signature Blueprint is my most comprehensive advisory engagement, designed for clients who are ready to move from aspiration to architecture.

This is not a consultation. It is a sustained working relationship, structured to respect both the complexity of the transition and the reality that good decisions require time to mature. Over four sessions spanning eight to ten weeks, we work through every dimension of your move together — systematically, rigorously, and at a pace that allows genuine reflection between conversations.

Session One — Discovery & Orientation We begin with you: who you are, what you are building toward, and what is standing between you and that life. We map the French visa landscape to your specific circumstances — your income, your professional status, your timeline, your family situation — and establish a clear picture of your realistic pathways. You leave this session knowing whether the door is open and which key fits the lock.

Session Two — Place, Property & Housing France is a country of profound regional variation, and where you land matters enormously. We work through the regions that align most honestly with your priorities and examine the practical realities of each. We then turn to the property question: how the French purchase process works, the critical role of the notaire, whether to use the seller's notaire or engage your own, how to find a realtor, and when long-term rental is the smarter first step. Between sessions, you will research two or three regions and return with questions.

Session Three — Financial Infrastructure & Daily Life This session addresses the architecture of actually living in France. We cover opening a French bank account, obtaining a French IBAN, maintaining your American banking relationships, currency considerations, and the implications of tax residency and dual taxation. We also work through the practical logistics that most people underestimate: setting up utilities, transporting pets, establishing property management for when you are stateside, and the honest question of whether — and how urgently — to learn the language.

Session Four — Family, Healthcare & The Roadmap We address the contingency questions that deserve serious attention: how the French healthcare system works, what happens in a medical emergency or serious illness, and what insurance structures make sense for your situation. For clients with children, we work through education options, dependent visas, and family logistics. This session closes with the work we have been building toward: a sequenced, prioritized action plan that tells you exactly what to do, in what order, and who to call.

Your Deliverable Within two weeks of our final session, I will deliver your written Signature Blueprint — a comprehensive document that captures your visa pathway, your place analysis, your property and financial roadmap, your logistical framework, and your sequenced action plan. It will include a curated directory of vetted professionals — immigration attorneys, notaires, realtors, financial advisors, and healthcare resources — specific to your situation and your region of France. This is not a set of notes from our conversations. It is a document you will return to and use.

The Signature Blueprint is available to a limited number of clients each year. Each engagement receives my full attention and is built entirely around your circumstances, goals, and timeline.

$5,000

Begin with an Inquiry

If you are considering a more grounded life in France and would like thoughtful, bespoke guidance, I invite you to get in touch. Not sure which service is right for you? Reach out and we will figure it out together.