French property coaching

Property coaching
for buyers in France.

One paid session with people who buy and renovate in France every week, and a written plan you can act on. You send us your listing, your budget or your renovation idea. Sixty minutes later you know whether to go ahead, at what price, and in what order. The written answer follows within three working days, and the fee is credited if you go further with us.

Who you will be talking to

Real people, based in France.

Your session is run by one of Montclair’s partners, with an Ynspir architect when works are involved. Here they are, with their LinkedIn profiles.

Rémy Pampin

Investment & Patrimonial Strategy

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Olivier Clur

Marketing & Acquisition Lead

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Romain Isel

Head of Transactions & Network

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Marianne

Interior Designer, Investment Projects

The Montclair team
The Montclair team
The Ynspir studio
Olivier, Pamela and Emelyne · the Ynspir studio
Who it is for

Who this is for, and who it is not for.

Book a session if you

  • Have a budget and a region in mind, but no method and no one in France to ask
  • Have found a property and want an independent opinion on the price and the documents before you sign
  • Plan to run the renovation yourself and need a budget, a sequence and the permits explained

Do not book if you

  • Want a free agent paid by the seller: that agent works for the seller, and we do not
  • Expect a list of listings: sourcing is a different service, with a mandate
  • Want someone to agree with a decision already made
What you get

A session, then a plan in writing.

  • Sixty minutes on video with a Montclair associé who lives and works in France, joined by an Ynspir architect when the question involves works
  • Your file read before the call: listing, diagnostics, copropriété minutes, règlement, taxe foncière, so the hour is spent deciding, not reading
  • A written answer within three working days: our reading of your case, the two or three options we would take ourselves, the figures behind each one, and the next three actions in order
  • A price opinion based on notarised sales in the same street or building, not on asking prices
  • For renovation questions: a budget range by trade, the approvals needed, and the order of works
  • Not included: property visits, negotiation in your name, and contact with the seller’s agent. Each of these is a mandate, quoted separately and always credited with the session fee
What it costs

A paid session, credited if you go further.

Coaching session · a Montclair service
Flat fee

The session is a flat fee, quoted in writing when you book, the same for a studio in Lyon and a villa in Antibes. It is not a percentage of anything and we receive nothing from sellers, agents or contractors. If you then sign a search mandate or a renovation contract with us, the full session fee is deducted from the first invoice. If you do not, you keep the plan and owe nothing more.

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Why us

Why ask us rather than a consultant abroad.

Plenty of relocation consultants will coach you on France from London or New York. We are in France. Montclair’s associés negotiate purchases here every week, and Ynspir, our architecture studio, has an architect in each region we cover: Paris, Alsace, Lyon and the Alps, Provence and the Riviera, Normandy, Brittany and the South-West. Ask what it costs to remove a kitchen wall in a 1900 building: the person answering has removed one.

Three recent sites, with their dates: the full renovation of an 88 m² apartment in Marseille’s 7th arrondissement, delivered in 2026; a Colmar townhouse with a converted attic floor, 2026; and a 1930s house in Toulon, 2025. Their budgets, delays and surprises are what we bring to your call, and the same team runs our turnkey rental investments for US residents.

Our sites

Renovated by our studio, across France.

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Full Marseille renovation, kitchen-ledFull Marseille renovation, kitchen-ledColmarian townhouse with mansard floorColmarian townhouse with mansard floor1930s colour-driven house, Toulon1930s colour-driven house, ToulonÎle-de-France family house, full redesignÎle-de-France family house, full redesignApartment built around the curveApartment built around the curveHaussmann apartment, Scandinavian calmHaussmann apartment, Scandinavian calmSilent Wood, a reborn Vosges chaletSilent Wood, a reborn Vosges chaletFarmhouse near Lille, light-filledFarmhouse near Lille, light-filledContemporary house near MetzContemporary house near MetzContemporary southern home, stone & oakContemporary southern home, stone & oakNima showroom, CannesNima showroom, CannesFull Marseille renovation, kitchen-ledFull Marseille renovation, kitchen-ledColmarian townhouse with mansard floorColmarian townhouse with mansard floor1930s colour-driven house, Toulon1930s colour-driven house, ToulonÎle-de-France family house, full redesignÎle-de-France family house, full redesignApartment built around the curveApartment built around the curveHaussmann apartment, Scandinavian calmHaussmann apartment, Scandinavian calmSilent Wood, a reborn Vosges chaletSilent Wood, a reborn Vosges chaletFarmhouse near Lille, light-filledFarmhouse near Lille, light-filledContemporary house near MetzContemporary house near MetzContemporary southern home, stone & oakContemporary southern home, stone & oakNima showroom, CannesNima showroom, Cannes
How it works

Three steps. One week.

01

Book and send your file

Pick a slot, pay the session, and send us what you have: the listing or the brief, your budget, your timeline, and any document the agent has given you.

02

The session

Sixty minutes on video with a Montclair associé based in France, joined by an Ynspir architect when works are involved. We answer, we challenge, we do the numbers live.

03

The written plan

Within three working days you receive the plan by email: our reading of your situation, the two or three options we would take ourselves, the figures, and the next three actions.

FAQ

Common questions.

Don’t see yours? Email us directly.

Is this a one-off session or ongoing support?+
It starts as a one-off session: one call, one written answer. Many buyers need nothing more, because the plan tells them exactly what to do next and in what order. If a second question comes up a month later, you book a second session at the same conditions. There is no subscription and nothing renews on its own.
Do I have to work with you afterwards?+
No. The session is paid for itself and the written plan is yours to use with any agent, notaire or contractor you choose. We do tell you, in writing, whether a mandate with us would make sense for your case, and we say so just as plainly when it would not.
Can you help if I have already found a property?+
Yes, and this is the most common reason people book. Send us the listing, the diagnostics, the copropriété minutes and the asking price before the call. We check the price against notarised sales, read the documents for what a foreign buyer cannot see, and give you an offer figure with its arguments. If the property is a bad idea, we say so before you sign the compromis.
Do you work with buyers who want to manage the renovation themselves?+
Yes. For a renovation question, an Ynspir architect joins the call. You get a realistic budget range by trade, the permits or copropriété approvals you will need, the order in which to run the works, and the two or three points where a French site goes wrong when nobody speaks the language. If you later decide to delegate, our renovation and design service picks up from your plan.
What happens if I am not in France yet?+
Nothing changes. The session is a video call scheduled on US Eastern to Pacific hours, and the written plan arrives by email. If you want a property visited before you fly, we can do it ourselves or through our architect in that region, as a separate, quoted service.
Is the fee credited against your fees if I go further?+
Yes, in full. If you sign a search mandate with our buyer’s agent team in Paris, on the Riviera with our Nice office or anywhere else in France, or a renovation contract with Ynspir, the coaching fee is deducted from the first invoice. You never pay twice for the same advice.
Client review
“The team is extremely professional, attentive, and above all very transparent in their advice. From the first meeting, I was supported with seriousness and pedagogy, which helped me understand the investment strategies adapted to my situation. The follow-up is personalised, the explanations are clear, and you can feel a real expertise of the property market.”

Elisa Freire · verified Google review of Montclair, our French parent firm, May 2026

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