A precise brief
Before any search begins, an hour-long conversation to pin down your real priorities: target arrondissements, floor, aspect, layout, condition, schools, transport. What you can't compromise on, and what you can.
Main home
A property hunter for your main home
Buying the home you will live in commits years of your daily life. Since 2011, Home Select has helped buyers make the right call: the right neighbourhood, the right floor, the right light, the right price. Home Select finds the property in 45 days on average, with three viewings per client, and negotiates 6% off the asking price.
Your search
Your search for a main home
Buying a main home in Paris is more than choosing an address: it is balancing the children's school, the commute, the quiet of a courtyard, the light of an upper floor, and a budget that has to hold up in a tight market. Your hunter does the filtering, views flats on your behalf, and only puts forward properties that tick your essentials.
Filtered viewings, not marathons
Your hunter views every serious flat alone, on the open market and through Home Select's off-market network. You only see the three or four properties that are worth your time. No more Saturday marathons of 40 viewings.
Negotiation built on data
A fair-price estimate built on notarised sales data and on the condition of the flat. Home Select negotiates over 6% off the asking price on average, which is usually more than its fees.
45 days Average time between signing the mandate and the preliminary contract for a main home.
The Home Select method
How your search unfolds
Home Select has honed this method on 1,200 buyers since 2011. Five steps, from the first call to the keys in your hand.
- 01
A thorough brief
Day oneAn hour-long meeting in Home Select's offices on 60 rue François 1er or by video. The meeting sets the target arrondissements, the must-haves and the total budget including fees, and you sign the search mandate. No money changes hands at this point.
- 02
Active sourcing
Weeks one to fourYour hunter works the public portals, Home Select's network of partner estate agents, private sales and the firm's exclusive off-market pipeline in parallel. You receive a weekly shortlist of matching flats.
- 03
Pre-viewings
OngoingYour hunter views every serious lead alone and sends you a detailed report: photos, video, an analysis of the building, the service charges, planned works and any weak points. You decide whether the flat is worth your time.
- 04
Viewings and offer
Three viewings on averageYou only view the three or four flats that have passed the filter. When one fits, your hunter builds an offer backed by figures and negotiates directly with the seller or their estate agent.
- 05
Through to completion
To the day you signYour hunter stays at your side through to completion at the notary's office: contract review, conditions precedent followed up, coordination with the notary and your mortgage broker. Fees only fall due when you sign.
Comparison
Why a property hunter
On your own Home Select
Search duration 6 months 45 days
Viewings before deciding 40+ 3
Time invested 150 h 15 h
Negotiation 0 to 2% 6%
Off-market access limited full
Home Select has observed these averages across 1,200 completed searches in Paris since 2011.
They bought with Home Select
Client testimonials
We had searched fruitlessly for eight months. Within three weeks, our hunter brought us a three-room in the 7th that wasn't even on the market. Viewing on the Tuesday, offer on the Wednesday, preliminary contract straight after. Without Home Select, we would still be viewing flats on a Saturday.
Our hunter took €47,000 off the asking price: well above his fee. And we saved three months.
First time buying in Paris and I was out of my depth. Being held by the hand from start to finish, right through to completion at the notary's, was a genuine relief.
Frequently asked
Your questions on buying your main home
How much does a property hunter cost for a main home in Paris?
Home Select, a property hunter in Paris, charges 2.5% of the net purchase price, with a minimum of €10,000 incl. VAT, on the Exclusive offer; on the Confidential offer, reserved for projects of €2M and above, they are 1.5%. You pay nothing until you have signed the deed of sale at the notary's office. In practice, Home Select negotiates 6% off on average, which more than covers the fee.
How long will it take to find my flat?
Home Select takes 45 days on average between the signing of its mandate and the preliminary contract. The timing depends on how tight your target arrondissement is and how precise your brief is. Your hunter calibrates the search with you from the very first meeting.
Do you cover all of Paris and the inner suburbs?
Yes; with its 16 hunters, Home Select covers the whole of Paris intra-muros and the neighbouring towns of Hauts-de-Seine and Val-de-Marne (Neuilly, Boulogne, Saint-Mandé, Vincennes, Levallois, and so on). For Yvelines and the outer suburbs, get in touch and the firm will confirm coverage.
What if you do not find my flat?
No fee is payable. The search mandate runs for one renewable month and can be terminated at any time: you are free to walk away whenever you wish. Home Select's payment is tied to you signing at the notary's, not to its hours.
Can you help with the mortgage?
Home Select is not a broker, but works with two or three trusted partner brokers, recommended according to your profile. Your hunter is the bridge between the search and the financing.
Do you view flats before I do?
Always. Your hunter carries out a solo pre-viewing of every flat that looks like a fit. You receive a detailed file and then decide whether to view it yourself. It saves you pointless trips and on-site disappointments.
Home Select finds for you
Find your main home in Paris
The right arrondissement, the right floor, the right light, the right price. Your hunter does the filtering and only puts forward the three or four flats worth your time.
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