Buyer’s agent
How our buyer’s agents find your next apartment or house in Lyon?
A buyer’s agent, chasseur immobilier in French, represents the buyer and only the buyer. In Lyon, where the finest apartments of Ainay, the 6th and the Croix-Rousse plateau are placed with known buyers before any listing appears, and where asking prices still carry the memory of the last decade’s climb rather than this year’s sales, that independence is the difference between paying fair value and paying the seller’s optimism.
It begins with a search mandate. Rather than a form, we start with a long conversation: what the home is for, who will use it and in which season, the light, the ceiling height and the view over a river that matter, the walk to the Saint-Antoine market or to the Parc de la Tête d’Or, the metro line to Part-Dieu or to the office, the drive to Lyon-Saint-Exupéry, and the real budget once notaire fees and works are honestly accounted for. From that we write a precise brief and agree the perimeter, Ainay and Bellecour, the Croix-Rousse, Brotteaux and the 6th, Vieux Lyon and Saint-Just, Monplaisir, before a single property reaches your inbox.
Then the network goes to work. Our Montclair side activates its relationships across the Lyon metropolis: estate agents who tip trusted buyers first, notaires who quietly 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, so you 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, a ground floor in the flood zone of either river, before you ever book a flight.
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 Vieux Lyon 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 Lyon.
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
