Buyer’s agent
How our buyer’s agents find your next apartment or house in Biarritz?
A buyer’s agent, chasseur immobilier in French, represents the buyer and only the buyer. In Biarritz, where the best sea-view apartments and the neo-Basque villas of Saint-Charles pass between families and a few trusted agents before any listing appears, and where asking prices still carry the premium of the post-pandemic rush, 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 exposure that matter on a coast facing the west wind, the walk to the Halles or the Grande Plage, the drive to Biarritz Pays Basque airport, the TGV from Biarritz or Bayonne, 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 centre and the Halles, Saint-Charles and the Phare, the Côte des Basques, Milady and Marbella, before a single property reaches your inbox.
Then the network goes to work. Our Montclair side activates its relationships along the Basque coast: 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. Every candidate is cross-checked against the DVF database of notarised sales, street by street, so we know the real value for the building rather than 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, salt damp, a failing roof, a punishing DPE, a copropriété in difficulty, a villa on the eroding Côte des Basques cliff, before you fly.
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, the PLU and the neo-Basque style rules 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 Biarritz.
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.