About Bleau Homes
Bleau Homes is an owner-operated housing business based in Fontainebleau. Since 2018 we have specialised in one thing only: housing INSEAD students — the MBA, MiM, Executive and partner cohorts — in homes we own and manage ourselves.
Who runs Bleau Homes
Beatrice Vassy founded the business in 2018 after taking over two apartments at 44 rue de Fleury, a three-minute walk from INSEAD. Today the portfolio has grown to four homes near campus — The Metropolitan, Flat Paris, Roma and The Continental — plus a handful of trusted partner-owned homes also published on this site (Maison Royale, Orchid, Tulip, Beam Studio). Every booking is handled directly by the owner — no agency in the middle.
Why owner-operated matters
Three practical consequences for an incoming INSEAD student:
- No agency fees. French agencies routinely charge about one month of rent in fees. Here the deposit goes to the owner, no third party in the chain.
- Decisions in minutes, not days. A broken boiler, a late train, a question about parking — a single phone number answers.
- Leases shaped to INSEAD, not to the French calendar. Standard French leases are rigid; ours start on 15 August for the MBA cohort, 1 January for the January intake, end on 28 February for MiM, 30 June for exchange departures. We cover every programme, every intake, every reasonable date combination.
What we promise
- Honest live availability on the availability page — updated the day a booking is signed, not weeks later.
- Public rates and deposits — no "quote on request", no price negotiation that advantages the first mover.
- All-inclusive rent: electricity, gas, water, high-speed internet, cleaning, local taxes. One monthly figure, no top-up invoices.
- Written leases, delivered electronically, in English. Mobility leases comply with French Loi Elan (article 25-14 et seq.).
What we don't do
- We don't rent to tourists or short-term holidaymakers — the leases we offer are for INSEAD terms. Airbnb is paused.
- We don't market homes we haven't personally visited. Partner-owned homes on this site are visited by Beatrice before they go live.
- We don't commission brokers or pay for referrals. If a Bleau Homes alumnus points a classmate to us, that classmate pays the same price as everyone else.
Transparency on partners
This site publishes four homes we own and manage directly (listed above) and a few partner-owned homes we promote on behalf of their owners, by name — Marie-Aude of Orchid and Tulip, Florent of Beam Studio, Bettina of La Suite des Sablons, Loft de luxe royal and Place de l'étape, and Daniel of Maison Royale. We always mention which category a home belongs to, and we never claim services (sub-letting, specific lease dates) a partner owner has not agreed to in writing.
Contact
WhatsApp +33 7 66 18 79 58 · Telegram @bleauhomes · beatrice@bleauhomes.com. We reply in English, French, and anything you can manage — usually within a few hours.
See also: the complete INSEAD housing guide · how our offer compares to residences and agencies · how booking works.