Buyer’s agent
How our buyer’s agents find your next apartment or house in Porto-Vecchio?
A buyer’s agent, chasseur immobilier in French, represents the buyer and only the buyer. In Porto-Vecchio, where the finest villas on the beach roads are sold by word of mouth before any portal sees them, where asking prices are written for August visitors and can sit unsold for seasons, and where titles deserve close reading, 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, whether you want the citadel lanes, the marina or a pool among the pines, the walk to the Sunday market, the drive to Figari airport or to the ferry port, how the house will be looked after in winter, 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 old town and the marina, Palombaggia, Santa Giulia, L’Ospedale and the hamlets toward Lecci, before a single property reaches your inbox.
Then the network goes to work. Our Montclair side activates its relationships across southern Corsica: estate agents who tip trusted buyers first, notaires who quietly hold inventory, private sellers, and the caretakers who hear of a villa before it is advertised. Every candidate is cross-checked against the national DVF database of notarised sales, so we know the real value for the sector, not the brochure price, where a few large villas can distort any average. You receive short, curated selections with our honest verdict, 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, an unclear title, an unpermitted extension, before you 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 coastal-law limits and heritage rules of the citadel 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 Porto-Vecchio.
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.