Monaco · Monte-Carlo · Principality
Monaco,told by someonewho lives it.
Real estate, residency, life in the Principality. No filters, no glossy brochures — what you actually need to know.
About
Italian. In Monaco. In real estate.
I live and work in the Principality of Monaco, where every day I guide people who want to live here, invest here, or simply understand how this one-of-a-kind place really works: two square kilometres, one of the most peculiar property markets in existence, and rules entirely of its own.
This site is my open notebook. What I see from inside the market, what I wish I had known before arriving, what never makes it into the brochures. If Monaco has crossed your mind — to live, to invest, or out of sheer curiosity — you are in the right place.
Davide Francogallo
What I write about
Three things, done properly.
Real real estate
Prices, dynamics and the logic of a market compressed into a couple of square kilometres. How to buy, how to rent, where to look and what to avoid.
Residency & paperwork
How relocating actually works: documents, banks, real timelines, mandatory steps. Monegasque bureaucracy explained by someone who has been through it.
Life in the Principality
Neighbourhoods, rhythms, costs, habits. What it means to wake up in Monaco on a Tuesday in November — not just on Grand Prix weekend.
Journal
From the notebook.
Contact
Is Monaco on your mind?
Tell me about your project — relocating, investing, or just a question. I read everything and reply personally.