Bonapart Paris - The Team

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Joaquin Bonilla, Romania

This is not the first time we stay in luxury apts around the world, we travel from Acapulco to Hawaii and Cape Town to Alaska!

We appreciate all your help…
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Ben Thompson, Singapore
There are several people in the Paris market offering the exact services as Bonapart. However, I felt Susie was always quick to reply to questions and her replies were informative, lengthy (in a good way!) and realistic. I was also pleased…
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Dr. Jonathan Gourley and Karyn Sonntag, USA

Thank for the follow up, our apartment is wonderful! We really enjoyed meeting you and would not have been able to do this without your service. I'll be sure to mention your agency to other…
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Mary Johnson, USA
There is absolutely a need for the service Bonapart Consulting provides. I don't know what I would have done without it. It's a special company because Susie adds a personal touch to her work as well as professionalism. I did start…
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BB, USA
I appreciate your intervention and all the hard work you've done. You are professional and to the point, just like a New Yorker! This could not have been a more smooth transaction.
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Yannie Tai, New York City

Thank you so much for your help during my stay - your quick responses to my questions have made me feel confident about the service that you and your company provide. I wish I would return to…
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Anthony Maclean, USA
Many months later the apartment is the envy of our friends. My wife and I have spent many hours in feathering the nest!
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Lauren King, USA
Thank you so much for the YUMMY gift! It was so sweet and thoughtful of you, and you didn't have to do that. I should be the one thanking you for all of your work. I really am so thankful for…
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Carter Morris, USA
Let me tell you what a wonderful experience it has been enlisting your services in trying to find an apartment. There are three generations of realtors in my family and I could immediately tell that we were in good hands…
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Laurie Pike, Los Angeles, USA
I have to thank you again for finding me this gem. I couldn't be happier with it, and it is almost completely rented through mid October!!! There were many outstanding aspects to the experience. First and foremost I liked…
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Quentin Prebble, London , UK

You have made our lives infinitely easier during Hugh's time in Paris. You have saved us a huge amount of time and you have also been a source of great reassurance to us. We have always known…
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Jennifer C. Sullivan, Los Angeles USA
Searching for the right home in any foreign city can be a challenge. So, amongst a tight network of Parisiennes, I was very stressed out. Susie Hollands is amazing! Somehow, she found me the most fabulous apartment in…
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Newsha Bahr, Canada
Susie, thank you so much for all your help in finding me and my family such great accommodations in such a short period of time in Paris. I cannot believe that you were able to help me find something so soon…
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Mounib Chaar, Lebanon
Everything is wonderful at the apartment. We have an excellent relationship with the owners who are great people. We're really lucky - my wife is in love with the quartier and the baby is growing fast.
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Janice Dudar & Lucian Ciugudean, Toronto, Canada

Susie,

We had a wonderful time in Paris and will be sure to call you directly re: an apartment for our next trip! Thank you also for connecting us with…
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Chris Hayes, USA
I've decided that I would really like to take the apartment on Rue Monsieur le Prince near Odeon. It's a wonderful space, and the location is ideal. Thanks for getting things arranged so early. I never imagined it would work out…
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Susan Thompson , Houston, Texas

We had a terrific time – in fact, if I hadn’t had a 16 year old son to get back to, I would have loved to stay longer.

We loved meeting Barbara,…
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David Smith, Toronto, Canada

A big thank you for all your help and Barbara's. Ellie is now settled into the studio at 173 Vaugirard. Also, having Andy there at the airport to meet her, and Ellie when she arrived, took a lot…
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Laurie Pike, Los Angeles, USA
I have to thank you again for finding me this gem. I couldn't be happier with it, and it is almost completely rented through mid October!!! There were many outstanding aspects to the experience. First and foremost I liked…
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Tim Nagle, USA
This has been a pleasant experience but it would have been a nightmare without your managing the process. Well done, Bonapart!

I have just felt so fortunate to have had the benefit of your resources and…
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Matt and Karen, Santa Barbara, USA

I can't begin to tell you how amazing Bonapart Consulting is! We'd been wanting to have a place in Paris for almost 10 years, but never knew quite how to make it happen. You and Laura…
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The Team

Suzanne Hollands, Founder and Director

Scottish expatriate Susie Hollands is Bonapart's founder and director. She is a graduate of Stirling University in Scotland and holds a MA in History. After University she headed to London and worked in London as Marketing Director for the pioneering internet gambling firm, Bluesq.com. During her tenure, the company grew from a burgeoning startup to become the UK leader and was eventually sold to the Rank Group (a leading European gaming business listed on the London Stock Exchange).

A Francophile since an early age and frequent visitor to Paris over the years, like many she dreamt of one day living here. Deciding to take a break from work she arrived in Paris in 2002 to work on various art projects and set up a salon for visiting foreign artists. She originally planned to stay for 2 months...

Upon arriving, Susie realised there was a gap in the market for real estate search companies tailored to meet the needs of dynamic, international professionals needing to find a home to rent or buy, so she launched Bonapart and it was back to work again. She never did get the time off. The salon became the well-known Paris collective for international artists and art lovers called I V Y paris .

Christiana Konstantinou, Property Search Consultant and Interior Designer

Christiana was born in Athens, where she worked for a number of years as a fashion and interior design editor for the Greek edition of Elle. A trip to Paris eventually led her to re-locating in 1993. Her resulting career in the fashion business consisted of co-ordinating fashion shoot productions for major players in the industry, mainly the French edition of "Elle", for more than 12 years.

An architect's daughter, Christiana could not stay away from the field for too long. She extended her education, by successfully completing a three year course in interior design in parallel with her career in the fashion business. She is currently investing in property in the Marais, re-designing and renting, on a short term basis, furnished apartments to foreign visitors and expatriates. A recent graduate of the "Ecole Supérieure de Cuisine Française", Christiana is also the founder of Zoii, a company specialized in custom catering, party organizing and cookery courses.

Barbara Navarro, Client Liasion, Paris rental apartments

Franco-American artist Barbara Navarro has lived in Paris for thirty years. She studied art at the Rhode Island School of Design and earned her B.A. in painting from the San Francisco Art Institute.

Barbara came to Paris to visit for three months in 1978 with her small son and they have both been here ever since. Her interest in people has inspired her work with Bonapart over the past few years. Barbara makes everyone feel at home from the moment they book their apartment, organizing their journey from the airport to the front door, meeting and greeting and being on call throughout their stay. Her easy going manner puts everyone at their ease!

Darianna Cardilli, Client Liaison, California, USA

Darianna Cardilli is an Italian expatriate who spends her time between Los Angeles and Paris. She holds an M.A. in Economics from Cambridge University and an M.F.A. from the American Film Institute.

She works as a documentary filmmaker. Prior to that, she was an investment banker for Goldman Sachs in London, New York and Hong Kong. Darianna speaks English, Italian, French and Spanish fluently and delights in helping Bonapart Consulting bring people one step closer to owning a Parisian apartment. She has also invested in her very own pied-à-terre in the heart of Paris, thus fulfilling a life long dream!

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