Lulu Laporte

Lulu was and still is incredible at helping to organise our lives in France. When we first moved to Montpellier, she helped us to find our house and ask any questions we might have in terms of the house and the area. She also helped us look at the schools for our children and organised visits to each one. She also helped us with all the setting up of utilities and all the paperwork that’s goes with moving. She is really friendly and will really go the extra mile to make you feel at home and organised as quickly as possible. We still use Lulu now to help with all the utilities and if we are moving house etc. she organises all viewings and again liaises with the estate agents and paperwork and really takes the a lot of stress away when moving to a new country or location! Would be lost without her help .

SENDA B, 2024

Lulu is absolutely amazing!

We had such a great experience with her. From our first contact, she was very attentive to our needs and expectations. She was incredibly responsive in scheduling appointments for visits, which is no easy task.

Lulu is very thorough during her visits, even when conducting them virtually for us. We highly recommend her, as she provided a well-tailored service that met our specific needs. She also assisted us with the “état des lieux” and reading the contracts, which was a great help.

Additionally, her fees are completely reasonable, and she isn't just focused on making money. Throughout the entire process, she was genuinely attentive to our satisfaction, showing a lot of empathy, as if she were doing this for a friend.

Even after we settled in, she took care of coordinating with artisans to fix a few things. Although we speak French well, Lulu went above and beyond to ensure everything was taken care of as we were abroad.

Thank you so much, Lulu!

We highly recommend using Lulu @ Moving to Montpellier. She gave invaluable advice to help us settle into French life including; schooling, healthcare and changing number plates of our British car. 

She has also managed our investment property and represented us at meetings we’ve been unable to attend from the UK.

Excellent service. Lulu went above and beyond and helped me secure a rental in Montpelier within 2 weeks, besting another local company who proved unable to help me after working with them for several months. Lulu was professional, responsive and a miracle worker. She also believes in helping her clients with other moving and relocation issues and I have sought her advice for other matters. Lulu truly takes the time to help all her clients and I cannot recommend her enough. Her service is truly cradle to grave and I will be using her service in the future for the purchase of my home.

Testimonial for Consultancy Services for Nationality Dossiers
As long-term French residents of British origin, my family and I were very keen to acquire French (joint) nationality following the UK's Brexit decision. The naturalisation process, however, is a daunting one and fulfilling the demands of the French authorities and compiling an effective naturalisation dossier is a huge challenge. I can honestly say that I wouldn't have done it without Lulu: the complications would have dissuaded me. But Lulu's calm application, tenacity, and knowledge of what the authorities require helped keep me going throughout the process, and we have now submitted our dossier and are waiting for a response. (I showed our dossier to a lawyer before sending it off and she was complimentary about its quality.)

Lulu is incredibly helpful when you are moving to France and have no idea where to start. She was able to help us with the small things like setting up appointments as well as helping us find the perfect rental apartment in a very difficult market and eventually buying our first home in France. She has made this process significantly less stressful for our family and we highly recommend her to help with your family's transition to this new wonderful city!

Meeting Lulu Laporte and having her help my wife and I find a place in Montpellier was absolutely the most important thing we did as we were moving to France. 

Lulu took the time to get to understand what kind of rental we were looking for, and then delivered the dreamiest, most amazing place - for a great price. She went above and beyond each and every step of the way, from helping us secure the place to managing the unit while we lived in it. 

As a foreigner who doesn't know the language, moving to France is not an easy task. If you are planning a move to the Montpellier area, I 100% recommend you get in touch with Lulu...we are so glad we did!

Lulu, is a star. Supported me with the move to France and navigating around French administration and finding a lovely apartement in Montpellier.

Moving to Montpellier - THANK YOU!
I never could have moved to France without Lulu and Fran! From my first email Lulu responded with a plan and all the information I would never have known I needed but that was absolutely essential to my successful and easy transition. They helped me buy a car, set up banking, utilities, meet friends ... and they became good friends! And when a challenge arose - because they always do when situating in a new life - they were right there to help me resolve it. I am eternally grateful to them, and highly recommend if you are thinking about moving to the region - or have moved and still haven't gotten the kinks worked out - contact them. They are a treasure!

 Lulu was recommended to help us relocate from Australia to France. It was reassuring having a reliable contact while we were so far from France to begin our search in finding somewhere to live and schools for the children. The search was made more complicated by the fact that both my husband and I were freelance, independent workers without a French employer or salary, but Lulu's practical help, language skills and knowledge of the system and checks in operation in France were invaluable in finding a satisfactory outcome for us. Once established in France, Lulu's help has been vital in obtaining our cartes vitales and cartes de sejour, as well as liaising with essential local organisations such as CAF, URSSAF and tax authorities. I cannot recommend Lulu highly enough in taking the stress away if moving to Montpellier. She is highly efficient and her fees are very reasonable.

What a world of difference Lulu and Francis have made to my long stay in Montpellier. As someone with a major illness, my needs go beyond the usual relocation challenges. Lulu and Francis have not only helped me locate such things as housing and shopping resources, but also with finding healthcare and helping me move my flotilla of luggage around. Their knowledge of Montpellier and relocations needs, combined with their quick response time, has saved me so much work and stress. Several years ago when I began living part-time in Paris, I faced all of these challenges alone. How I wish that I could have had such capable assistance there. I consider hiring Moving to Montpellier to be money well spent.

"We have been incredibly impressed by Moving to Montpellier and Montpellier holiday home services since we started using their services since 2010 to let out our apartment. The team are consistently professional, friendly and helpful. Frankly, I am not sure what we would have done without them."

Lulu is the best Montpellier gift to incoming expats, especially to those whose first language is English. Moving to France is very complicated: the housing situation can be tight, the administrative tasks needed to secure lodging, set up electricity, internet, phone, bank accounts, house insurance, etc. are often opaque (and in French!). Lulu goes above and beyond to ensure you are properly set up. She is a great listener and is very well connected: she won’t stop until you have the accommodation that works for you, and until it is all set up for you to enjoy. She will also give you a tour of Montpellier, connect you with other expats, give you restaurant recommendations, and more. She might help you move furniture, too! It goes without saying that Lulu is super nice and very responsive: Her phone number will very quickly be on sped dial! I am so glad we found her quickly. I can’t recommend Lulu enough, really.