Buyer’s agent
How our buyer’s agents find your next apartment or house in Granville?
A buyer’s agent, chasseur immobilier in French, represents the buyer and only the buyer. In Granville, where the best houses on the headland and the seafront often sell by word of mouth before any listing appears, and where asking prices are set for Parisian weekenders who rarely negotiate hard, 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 ceiling heights that matter, whether you need a sea view or can live with a sea breeze, the walk to the Saturday market or the Plat Gousset promenade, the drive to Rennes airport or the train to Paris-Montparnasse, 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 Haute Ville, the seafront, the harbour, Saint-Nicolas and Saint-Paul, before a single property reaches your inbox.
Then the network goes to work. Our Montclair side activates its relationships along the Manche coast: 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. Every candidate is cross-checked 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 in granite walls, a failing slate roof, a punishing DPE, a copropriété in difficulty, or a plot exposed to coastal erosion, 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 coastal 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 Granville.
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.