About Annie

Based in Castillon-la-Bataille for more than twenty years, Annie knows the area from the inside. Her territory extends from Saint-Émilion to the Bergerac area, from Monbazillac to Eymet and Issigeac, and across part of the Entre-deux-Mers as far as Sauveterre-de-Guyenne.

Working in real estate since 2016, she advises clients on the sale and acquisition of all types of property, from châteaux and manor houses to more traditional homes. She works with clients in French, English and Spanish.

Entrusting someone with an exceptional property means entrusting them with both a place and its history. Annie approaches each sale with the experience of a business owner, client adviser and retailer, supported by Maxwell-Baynes | Christie’s International Real Estate.

Career

Annie began working at the age of sixteen in the food industry. She trained through a work-study programme, progressing from a vocational qualification to a BTS, and held a number of production and management roles until the age of twenty-five.

In 2000, she moved to Togo, where she managed both production and sales for a charcuterie factory. On returning to France, she advised companies on their production and sales processes before becoming a client adviser at LCL branches in western Paris. She later opened a haberdashery and creative crafts shop in Castillon-la-Bataille, which she ran for four years.

She moved into real estate in 2016 and obtained her BTS in Real Estate Professions in 2021, studying remotely alongside her work. She joined Maxwell-Baynes | Christie’s International Real Estate in October 2022, initially at the Mérignas head office, where she supported sales and trained agents, giving her an in-depth understanding of the agency from within. She now works as an independent real estate agent.

A founding member of TECAP, the Castillon-la-Bataille business club created with other local business owners, she also plays an active role in the area’s economic life.

Beyond Work

Annie is married to a cameraman and is the mother of two children, aged 17 and 22.

Passionate about genealogy, she researches her own family history and, when a property lends itself to it, also explores the stories of its former residents. She sees herself as someone who helps pass on both heritage and history, whether through a château or a more traditional home.

Deeply interested in the history of Castillon-la-Bataille, where the final chapter of the Hundred Years’ War was played out, she also enjoys photography, particularly architecture, birds, butterflies and plants, a field that might well have become her first profession. She is also interested in Lunéville crochet embroidery, aviation, local gastronomy and autumn mushroom picking, and enjoys travelling, from Egypt to Peru via Rome.