A town that begins without showing where it begins
Boulevard Sadi Carnot climbs from Cannes up to the old village with nothing on the ground to mark where one town ends and the other starts. Plenty of callers give Cannes when the door is in Le Cannet, and the reverse happens just as often. State the town, the 06110 postcode and the name of the building: it saves a detour to the wrong side of the hill.
In the old village the car stops well short of the doorstep. The last stretch is on foot, up the cobbled ramps and steps that wind around rue Saint-Sauveur, past vaulted passages and landings barely wider than the door. Say how many flights separate you from the nearest spot where a vehicle can pull in: that walk decides what equipment comes up.
At Rocheville and Aubarède the obstacle is a different one: an entry-phone hall, flat doors that look identical floor after floor, an underground garage. Up at Serra and Les Bréguières it is the gate that comes before the door. Give the name shown on the entry-phone or on the gate keypad, then the exact floor.
What we ask for, from the old village up to the Rocheville blocks
No door is opened on someone's word. Proof of occupancy is asked for: an identity document showing the address, a rent receipt, an energy bill, a home insurance certificate. In the smaller Rocheville blocks, which do not all have a resident caretaker, written confirmation from a neighbour or the building manager stands in when the papers are shut inside.
Le Cannet houses a great many short-stay occupants: flats taken by the week when the trade fairs fill Cannes, students, seasonal staff housed within walking distance of their work. For a furnished let, the rental agreement or the booking email in your name serves as proof; failing that, we go through the owner or the agency that handed over the keys.
The technique is never chosen over the phone. The assessment happens at the door: what family of lock, how much play in the frame, how thick the timber, and what can realistically be carried up the village steps to the landing. A detailed quote comes before the work and an itemised invoice at the end. Until then, force nothing: a card pushed into an old rebate breaks off inside it.
How does this service work?
Techniques, typical situations, standards and things to watch out for: it is all on our door opening page. This page focuses on what the service involves in Le Cannet.