Saying where you are stuck: the village ends on foot
Above place des Deux-Frères, the medieval village can only be walked. Rue Moncollet runs under vaults, the steps are cut into the rock, and tools finish the journey by hand. Tell us the last point a vehicle can stop at, then how many flights are left to climb. The name of the house, or of the nearest vaulted passage, helps more than a street number here.
On Cap-Martin the problem is a different one. Behind the walls along avenue Winston Churchill, a single private lane serves several properties and the gate rarely carries the house number. Say where you are actually standing: at the gate, at the service door, or in front of the entrance itself.
Slammed and locked are two separate jobs. Slammed, only the spring latch holds the leaf. Locked, the deadbolt is out, and renovated flats down at Le Cabbé often throw several points up the height of the door. Old village leaves keep period ironmongery that no standard catalogue replaces like for like. So say which of the two cases is yours; the kit we prepare is not the same.
Proof of occupancy, in a commune of comings and goings
No door is opened on request alone. You have to show that you live there: ID with the address, a rent receipt, an energy bill, a home insurance certificate. If everything is behind the door, which happens easily after a swim at plage du Buse, say so when you call rather than on arrival. A neighbour or a caretaker can also vouch for you in writing.
Carnolès and Saint-Roman house many people passing through: cross-border workers commuting to Monaco, tenants arriving at the Carnolès railway station, owners reopening a Cap-Martin villa after winter. A lease, a holiday rental contract or a written confirmation from the managing agent stands in when papers are missing. Winter closures make that routine here rather than exceptional.
The method is decided at the door. We look at the play in the leaf, the state of the frame, and the room left by a landing that under the village vaults is sometimes barely two metres across. A detailed quote comes before the work and a detailed invoice after. Until then, slide nothing into the rebate. A card snapped off in old joinery only lengthens the job.
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 Roquebrune-Cap-Martin.