Buyer’s agent
How our buyer’s agents find your next apartment or house in Aix-en-Provence?
A buyer’s agent, chasseur immobilier in French, represents the buyer and only the buyer. In Aix-en-Provence, where the best apartments of the Mazarin quarter and the bastides of the hills often sell through private channels and asking prices are set with international buyers in mind, that independence is not a nicety; it 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 and the ceiling heights that matter, the walk to the Place Richelme market or the Cours Mirabeau, the school run, the drive to Aix TGV station or to Marseille Provence airport, and the real budget once notaire fees and works are honestly accounted for. From that we write a precise brief and agree the perimeter, the Mazarin quarter, Vieil Aix, the Pinchinats and Célony hillsides, and Puyricard among its vines, before a single property reaches your inbox.
Then the network goes to work. Our Montclair side activates its relationships across the Pays d’Aix: 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 DVF database of notarised sales, so we 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 heritage constraints that would block the terrace you dreamed of, 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 and PLU constraints 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 Aix-en-Provence.
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.