Mandate to Buy

Because the perfect home, already renovated, in the right place and at the right price, rarely comes along, and sells fast. Opening the search to properties that need work gives you far more choice, and the power to create a home that is truly yours.

• More choice: properties to renovate are far more numerous, including off-market, and often at a better price per square metre.
• A home in your image: you shape it to your taste and your way of life, not someone else’s.
• A controlled budget: we cost the works before the purchase, for a total budget (purchase + works) known from the start.
• Zero management: our in-house team handles the entire renovation, you get a move-in ready home.

Instead of hoping to stumble on the rare gem, we find the right potential and transform it into your ideal home.

The search mandate is a clear mission you entrust to us: find the right property, negotiate the price and renovate it turnkey. A single contact steers the whole thing, from the first search to the handover of the keys.

• A framed mission: your criteria, your budget and your districts are set out from the start, in black and white.
• Transparent fees: known before you commit, they pay for the search and the negotiation, with no hidden commission.
• Your interest is ours: we do not sell a property at any cost, we find the one that suits you at the best price.
• Renovation kept separate: the works are covered by a detailed quote, distinct from the search fees.

You know exactly what you are paying and what for, before the search even begins.

Yes, and it is one of the main strengths of the mandate. Some of the best properties never appear in public listings: the mandate opens up that access.

• The agency network: we work with a broad network that flags properties to us before they go online.
• Private contacts: discreet sellers, wealth managers, notaries: all sources of off-market properties.
• An active search: we do not simply wait for listings, we go looking for the properties that match your criteria.
• Less competition: an off-market property often means a calmer negotiation, away from bidding wars.

Reaching these invisible properties greatly widens the field of possibilities and improves your buying terms.

Absolutely. The mandate takes the work off your hands, not the decision: you stay in control at every step.

• A reasoned shortlist: we present the selected properties with our analyses, and you keep the decision.
• Accompanied viewings: we visit with you, an eye on both the potential and the points to watch.
• No offer without your agreement: nothing is submitted without your explicit approval of the property and the price.
• An ongoing dialogue: your feedback refines the search as properties are proposed.

We frame, advise and cost; the final choice is always yours, with full knowledge of the facts.

The big risk of buying a property to renovate is discovering the bill afterwards. Our approach avoids it: we cost the renovation before the offer.

• Costing from the viewing: our team assesses the renovation potential and its cost on site.
• A total budget: you know the full purchase + works figure before making an offer, so you decide with full knowledge of the facts.
• Points to watch flagged: plumbing, electrics, structure: the sensitive items are identified upfront.
• A detailed quote next: once the property is acquired, the costing becomes a line-item quote approved before work begins.

You never buy blind: the cost of the transformation is set out before you commit.

On an older property, a surprise is always possible. The whole point is to make it rare and manageable, never something you simply endure.

• An upfront assessment: the at-risk items are spotted at the viewing, before the offer, which sharply reduces surprises.
• A detailed, approved quote: the works budget is set out line by line and approved before the first hammer swing.
• Immediate transparency: if something unforeseen appears, it is flagged and costed at once in the app, never hidden.
• A shared decision: nothing goes ahead without your agreement, you stay in control of the budget at every step.

Anticipating before the purchase and staying transparent during the works is the best protection against unpleasant surprises.

Every project has its own rhythm, but a few benchmarks help you plan, from the first search to a move-in ready home.

• The search: depending on your criteria and the market, finding the right property usually takes from a few weeks to a few months.
• The acquisition: between the preliminary contract and the notarial deed, expect around 2 to 3 months.
• The renovation: depending on the scope, the works generally run from 2 to 4 months, with the schedule fixed at the quote stage.
• A continuous thread: a single contact links the stages with no dead time, and you follow progress every day in the app.

From the brief, we give you a realistic view of the calendar, so the project moves forward with peace of mind, without rushing.