Confidential offer · A real case
“Why not, just in case…”
A Frenchman who had lived in the United States for many years wanted to come back to Paris. He already knew the market, the agencies, the properties. He engaged us without much conviction, just to see. Here is what happened, step by step.
- the target: the 5th, 6th, or 7th arrondissement
- 300 m²
- of properties off market, never listed
- 100%
- purchase price, agency fees included
- €7,500,000
- from mandate to closing
- 2 months
The client
A Frenchman based in the United States for many years, he wants to return to France. His project is mature and he is very active: he canvasses the most premium agencies of the 5th, 6th, and 7th arrondissements himself, and already receives plenty of off-market properties on his own initiative.
When he contacts us, it is not really conviction. It is more of a try:
“Why not, I’ll give it a shot.”
The case, step by step
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01 Late May
The mandate
The search is entrusted to Home Select: a 300 m² apartment, some 3,200 sq ft, in the 5th, 6th, or 7th arrondissement. The target area is very tight, the size of a postage stamp. Within such a perimeter, waiting for the right listing can take years.
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02 The launch
A search never published
Nothing gets published: no listing, no advertising. The search stays strictly confidential. Yet within days, our network knows precisely what our client is looking for.
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03 The first leads
Off-market properties, unknown even to him
Properties flow in, all of them off market. The key point: our client knew none of them. Not even he, active as he was and already receiving many off-market listings through his own network, had come across a single one.
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04 The first visits
Not the one yet
His family, already in Paris, visits the first selected properties on his behalf. Well located, but not the one. We keep going.
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05 The turning point
The exact apartment
Then our network surfaces precisely the apartment our client was after: the square footage, the neighborhood, the character.
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06 The visit
Videos first, then the one
We visit immediately and film complete walkthroughs for the client, still in the United States. His family then comes to see the apartment in person. This time, it is love at first sight.
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07 The offer
€7,500,000, agency fees included
A full-price offer goes out right away. Three long weeks of negotiation follow, in which we help and support the client at every step to carry his offer through. It was far from a done deal.
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08 Late July
The closing
The closing comes very quickly: the purchase is settled in cash, with no financing contingency. Late May, a mandate. Late July, the keys.
What this case shows
Our client was not starting from scratch: network, contacts, premium agencies, off-market properties reaching him directly. And yet the properties surfaced by our search were all unknown to him. The one he bought was not on his radar: not in his alerts, not at his agencies.
That is the whole point of the “just in case”: he had nothing to lose, and that is the channel his apartment came through.
“You never know, maybe they will find something extra.”
Why these properties exist
Nothing magical: years of craft, and a network only a professional can maintain.
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2011
Our craft, since 2011
Property hunting is our business, practiced without interruption since 2011.
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Trust
Partners who choose us
They bring us their most discreet sales because they know we are serious. That trust is built over years, and it is what makes properties surface.
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Premium
A network built on off-market deals
Years of loyal collaborations form a network no private buyer can build alone.
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16
A team of hunters
Sixteen property hunters, each with their own network. Opportunities cross paths and surface.
All of this comes down to one simple difference: we are more effective than a buyer alone, however active and well connected. This is our craft, and we have been doing it well since 2011.
And you?
Engage us, just in case.
Already searching on your own? Good: the mandate is non-exclusive, so you remain free to keep looking in parallel. You have nothing to lose, and this may be exactly how your apartment arrives.
