Buyer’s agent
How our buyer’s agents find your next apartment or house in Annecy?
A buyer’s agent, chasseur immobilier in French, represents the buyer and only the buyer. In Annecy, where a lake-view apartment can sell within days to a waiting list of Geneva commuters and asking prices are written with that scarcity in mind, that independence is not a nicety; it is the difference between paying fair value and paying the seller’s optimism in one of the tightest markets in France.
It begins with a search mandate. Rather than a form, we start with a long conversation: what the home is for and who will use it, the light and the orientation towards the lake, the ceiling heights that matter, the walk to the Rue Sainte-Claire market or to Le Pâquier, the commute to Geneva or the drive to Geneva airport, the schools, and the real budget once notaire fees, copropriété charges and works are honestly accounted for. From that we write a precise brief and agree the perimeter, the Vieille Ville, Albigny and the lakefront, Annecy-le-Vieux, Cran-Gevrier and Seynod, before a single property reaches your inbox.
Then the network goes to work. Our Montclair side activates its relationships around the lake: estate agents who tip trusted buyers first, notaires who hold inventory, private sellers, and syndics who know which apartments are about to come to market. We cross-check every candidate against the national DVF database of notarised sales to know the real value for the street, not the brochure price. You receive short, curated selections with our honest verdict on each, floor plans and video walk-throughs filmed on site. We view on your behalf and flag the deal-breakers: damp, a failing roof, a punishing DPE, a copropriété in difficulty, or a ground floor along the Thiou that sits in the flood zone of the local risk plan.
Because our Ynspir architects sit at the same table, a property that needs work is assessed for renovation before you offer, with a realistic budget on paper and the Bâtiments de France constraints of the Old Town already factored in. When you decide, we build the offer file, negotiate on results and coordinate the compromis de vente and the notaire in English. Found by Montclair, shaped by Ynspir, one mandate, your interest alone, from the first search to the finished home in Annecy.
What it costs to work with us
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Search mandate
Our buyer’s agent fee, calculated on the purchase price and paid on success only, when the deed is signed.
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Renovation project management
Ynspir runs the works end to end. The fee is calculated on the works budget and covers design, quotes, artisans and site supervision.
Starting rates. Your exact fee depends on the brief and on the scope of the works, and is agreed in writing before anything begins. No fee is due if we do not find your property.
Rémy, Olivier and Romain, the three founders behind your project
