If you’ve ever been serious in the recent 15 months about finding your dream property in France, then you probably used BMyKey.

BMyKey was launched about a year ago by Katya and Pierre, after 7 months of platform development. Katya, a graduate in communication and marketing, left her first job to start the company with Pierre, a bright software engineer from SupInfo who has just finished university. Katya and Pierre are entrepreneurial real estate freaks (you can tell from browsing their blog) that decided to take the plunge to offer the world a simple property search platform on the web.

BMyKey handles both rentals and acquisitions, on all sort of possible goods spread over the entire French territory. It is available in both French and English, and the number of goods available has dramatically increased in the recent weeks (and still growing). Which is pretty handy since you’re now certain to find what you want on the BMyKey database.

Here’s a short review, but I strongly suggest you go to BMyKey and make your own opinion on your own.

Killer features:

- the website’s interface: it’s nice to play with and makes property search enjoyable

- search options: very easy to specify that you’re looking for a car park or a house

- ‘add to your favorites’, like Amazon’s cart. Very useful to review your items later…

- Accountability: when there are brokerage fees, they appear clearly below the price line that is global (eg EUR 118 500, incl. 8500 brokerage fees in this ad)

- Better than the Googles maps geolocalization of goods, the ‘nearby search’ that shows you the immediate surroundings of the property you’re surveying and helps you answer major questions (eg schools, shops, movies/theatres nearby, etc.)

- the tag cloud, really a great idea / too bad it’s mostly in French

- the ’send to a friend’ button, so simple to implement but so useful

- Tutorial videos that help you get started (just in case you recommend BMyKey to pa & grandma)

Shortcomings:

- not fully translated into English (eg pages ‘Who is behind’ or ‘Partners’; or worst: the logo tagline ‘L’Immobilier Intelligent’ that would translate into Smart Real Estate) but still enough for anyone looking for a property in France to take a dip

- a few dead ends on the website, but it’s currently being cooked (similar properties, which, it seems, will embed a recommendation engine; my space which will be a sort of lounge, U.[Lik] style, here’s mine)

Not convinced yet? Liar! BMyKey in real is all there. Enjoy browsing their wonderful web app dedicated to real estate hunters and sellers.

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