Lyon · Moving
Moving to Lyon
Home Select, a prestige property finding firm, gathers here what truly matters to relocate to Lyon: what few French cities gather, jobs, international schools, two hours from Paris, and the districts that suit each stage of life.
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01Moving
Living in Lyon day to day
Lyon offers what few French cities gather: jobs, international schools, Paris two hours away by TGV and an international airport. Daily life organises between the quays, the squares of the Presqu’île and the slopes of La Croix-Rousse, with gastronomy as a way of life.
What newcomers discover: the city is chosen micro-market by micro-market, and the central arbitrage plays between the family 6th, the village Croix-Rousse and the west of houses. Three different Lyons, fifteen minutes apart.
01Moving
Living in Lyon day to day
Lyon offers what few French cities gather: jobs, international schools, Paris two hours away by TGV and an international airport. Daily life organises between the quays, the squares of the Presqu’île and the slopes of La Croix-Rousse, with gastronomy as a way of life.
What newcomers discover: the city is chosen micro-market by micro-market, and the central arbitrage plays between the family 6th, the village Croix-Rousse and the west of houses. Three different Lyons, fifteen minutes apart.
02Moving
Commuting and landmarks
Lyon Saint-Exupéry airport, France’s fifth, serves one hundred and thirty-five destinations to forty-two countries, including London, Amsterdam, Madrid and Montreal, and is thirty minutes away on the Rhônexpress shuttle. The TGV links Paris in about two hours.
Families arbitrate between the 6th, La Croix-Rousse and the western suburbs, from Sainte-Foy to Écully, for the house with garden. The real local criterion is the actual school run: it draws the district, once again.
- 01 The family 6th
Foch, Tête d’Or: large bourgeois surfaces, schools, the district where everything happens on foot around the park.
- 02 Village Croix-Rousse
Plateaus and slopes, village spirit, market and workshops: the young urban Lyon ten minutes from the centre.
- 03 The west and its gardens
Sainte-Foy, Écully, Tassin: the family house, the schools, the accepted car for the school run.
03Moving
Settling a family: the real calendar
A successful family relocation plays out over six months: school enrolment first, with its windows, international schools included; housing next, because the large surfaces of the 6th do not come in series; the house or the apartment finally, depending on the garden-versus-walkability trade-off.
Our finders start from that calendar and run it backwards: the district follows the schools, the property follows the district. The market is active from February to July then in September-October, with a spring peak: the ideal calendar builds on it.
A property finder answers within one working day. A first confidential conversation, with no commitment.
On the ground
Why a property finder in Lyon?
The best addresses never list
On this market, a share of the sought-after properties sells before publication, between families and through notaires and local networks. Our 15,000-partner network surfaces more than 100 off-market properties every day.
You only view the essential
Every lead is verified and priced for you before you travel: 3 viewings on average instead of 40, and an offer defended by Home Select, complete file in hand (6% obtained on average off the asking price).
The building audited before you commit
Surveys, co-ownership rules, easements, local building specifics: every document is checked before you commit.
Fees
Two offers, paid on success
- 2.5% of the net purchase price
- Exclusive offer The full service, at every budget. Minimum €10,000 incl. VAT.
- 1.5% of the net purchase price
- Confidential offer The same service, dedicated to off-market properties. Reserved for projects of €2m and above.
Home Select is paid 100% on success: nothing is due until you have bought.
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Frequently asked questions
Moving to Lyon
Where to live in Lyon with children?
Families look at the 6th around the Tête d’Or for large surfaces and schools, La Croix-Rousse for character and neighbourhood life, and the western suburbs, from Sainte-Foy to Écully and Tassin, for the house with garden. The real criterion is the actual school run, not the map. Home Select prepares that choice with school enrolment windows in sight.
How long from Paris to Lyon?
About two hours by TGV. Lyon Saint-Exupéry airport, France’s fifth, serves one hundred and thirty-five destinations to forty-two countries, including London, Amsterdam, Madrid and Montreal, thirty minutes from the centre on the Rhônexpress shuttle.
Do I need a car to live in Lyon?
In the Presqu’île, the 2nd and the 6th, not day to day: everything happens on foot or by transit. La Croix-Rousse lives on foot, slopes included. As soon as you look west, Sainte-Foy, Écully, Tassin, the car becomes again the tool of the school run. The usage question precedes the district question.
When should I start my search to move for the school year?
Six months ahead: school enrolment has its windows and the large surfaces of the 6th do not come in series. The market is active from February to July, with a spring peak where character supply circulates fast: starting remotely in winter and visiting on target in spring is the calendar our finders hold most often.
What are your fees in Lyon?
Home Select, a property finder in Lyon, charges 2.5% of the net purchase price (minimum €10,000 incl. VAT) on the Exclusive offer, or 1.5% on the Confidential offer for projects of €2m and above. Home Select is paid on success only: nothing is due until you have bought.
What happens next
- A property finder reads your request and answers within one working day.
- A first confidential conversation: how you will use the property, the real budget, the non-negotiable criteria, the timing.
- A written brief, and a search started within the week. Nothing is due until you have bought.
Your project in Lyon
A first confidential conversation, with no commitment. A property finder answers within one working day.
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- On success, nothing upfront
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