Domaine & Demeure was founded by Karl O’Hanlon to pursue his vision of authentic and sustainable real estate development – defined by the company as:

“The rehabilitation of character buildings as exceptional residential developments, retaining and enhancing their essential purpose and character, integrated with and respectful of the local environment – natural, social, cultural and economic”

« Découvrir un lieu autrement, en prenant son temps, en adoptant un rythme différent, plus lent… S’immerger dans un endroit de manière plus vraie, en harmonie avec les habitants et leur culture. C’est possible et ça s’appelle le tourisme lent. »

Karl O’Hanlon began his career at the Boston Consulting Group developing strategies for blue-chip international clients in the Finance, Retail and Tourism sectors. Karl subsequently joined the Bank of Ireland where he led the Group Transformation programme - the largest and most successful cost reduction and service improvement programme ever undertaken by the Bank.

In 2002, seeking opportunities to connect his working life with his passions, Karl travelled to the Languedoc looking for interesting property investment opportunities. A chance meeting with the son of a prominent Béziers winemaker led to a number of successful collaborations, resulting in a full time move to France in 2006, where he joined Garrigae Investissements as Managing Director. Together with the founder, he grew the business into one of the leading Real Estate operations in the South of France, three times winner of the prestigious Bentley award for Best French Development, and developers/operators of Le Couvent d’Hérépian, recently referred to by the Sunday Times as “possibly the best small hotel in France”. Read the review here.

Married with three children, Karl holds a BA from University College Dublin and an M. Phil in European Politics and Society from the University of Oxford, A fluent French speaker, he is fanatical about architecture, design and antiques, and holds a qualification in interior architecture and design from the Dublin Institute of Design.

Our offices are located in the town of Boujan Sur Libron, near Béziers.

Domaine & Demeure
#47 Boulevard Pasteur
Boujan Sur Libron
France

Phone : +33 (0)4 67 77 65 60
Phone 2 :  +33 (0)6 09 14 36 13
Callers from the UK or Ireland 0870 626 5203 (local rates)
Email: info@domainedemeure.com

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Karl,

Just a short note to say thanks for looking after G and the boys last weekend – we really enjoyed our visit and your company.

Regards, MK, Dublin

 

Karl

I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your excellent hospitality over this weekend. The detail you went through, to ensure we were fully catered for was second to none. You gave me the full flavour of the area and the culture which we would be investing into with great professionalism and excitement. To me this is how business should be run and was the deal clincher.

Once again thank you for your excellent hospitality it was a pleasure meeting you and your team, I look forward to meeting you again.

Regards

Jay, Northampton

We have nothing but praise for you and your staff as you all have made the whole buying process in France painless and trouble free. Throughout every step of the way we always knew that you had our best interest at heart. The fact that you speak fluent English helped us immensely and you went out of your way to request a Notaire who was also fluent in English making the process so straight forward and easy. It has been an absolute pleasure working with you and we would have no hesitation with recommending you to our friends and colleagues.

J&NG, Jersey