Buyer’s agent
How our buyer’s agents find your next apartment or house in Saint-Tropez?
A buyer’s agent, chasseur immobilier in French, represents the buyer and only the buyer. In Saint-Tropez, where the best villas never appear on a portal and change hands between a few agencies and family offices, and where asking prices are set for buyers who decide in a weekend, 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 months, whether you need the sea from the terrace or a walk to the village, the stroll to the Place des Lices market, the drive to Toulon-Hyères airport or the helicopter from Nice, how much privacy you require, and the real budget once notaire fees and works are honestly accounted for. From that we write a precise brief and agree the perimeter, La Ponche, the village around the Lices, Les Parcs, Les Canebiers, Les Salins and La Moutte, before a single property reaches your inbox.
Then the network goes to work. Our Montclair side activates its relationships around the gulf: estate agents who tip trusted buyers first, notaires who quietly hold inventory, private sellers and family offices, 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 sector, 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 a plot exposed to wildfire or frozen by the coastal law, 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 Bâtiments de France, PLU and coastal 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 Saint-Tropez.
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.