Saint-Gervais-les-Bains, Alps
Alps · Haute-Savoie
At the foot of the massif, Saint-Gervais-les-Bains plays a rare part in the Alps: a thermal resort since the 19th century, with the Mont-Blanc tramway, opened in 1909, climbing from Le Fayet towards the heights. The commune rises in stages from the valley floor at Le Fayet to the hamlets of Saint-Nicolas-de-Véroce and Bionnay, with Megève ten minutes away and Chamonix half an hour. A resort that lives year-round, schools, spa and railway included, at values still measured for the Mont-Blanc country.
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The essentials
Home Select is a property finder in Saint-Gervais-les-Bains, founded in 2011, searching for chalets and apartments exclusively on behalf of the buyer, from Le Fayet to the hamlets of Saint-Nicolas-de-Véroce and Bionnay. The firm opens access to off-market properties in a resort that lives year-round, schools, spa and railway included. Fees 100% on success: nothing is due before the purchase completes.
Saint-Gervais-les-Bains at a glance
01The market
In 2025, 248 sales were recorded in Saint-Gervais-les-Bains: enough to choose from, never enough for the finest addresses.
The median for apartments is up +34% since 2021, +1% in the last year alone: the trend holds, and sellers know it.
Sales range from €3,400/m² to €6,900/m²: address and condition make the price.
Saint-Gervais-les-Bains is the railway gateway to the massif: the TGV station at Le Fayet puts Paris about 3 hrs 40 away, and you step off the train straight into the resort. That genuine accessibility, rare in the Alps, is the thesis of this market: firm values, still below Megève ten minutes up the road, for the same mountain life. The gap is about use: Megève sells its village and its calendar, Saint-Gervais sells the mountains all year.
The commune climbs in stages, and so does the market. Le Fayet, on the valley floor, holds the older stock to renovate and the most contained values, a stroll from the trains; the thermal centre and the village concentrate characterful apartments and the shops; Saint-Nicolas-de-Véroce and Bionnay, higher up, line up chalets you can count. Renovated properties barely reach the listings: they move through networks, before any sale is announced.
Demand is family-based and does not only follow the snow: schools, a working spa and the railway sustain a year-round life seasonal resorts never see. On the buildings, the mountain sets its own rules: timber and roofs of old chalets to be judged on the spot, service residence charges to be read line by line, energy ratings of older apartments to be budgeted. Buyers who settle these points before the offer buy calmly; those who discover them afterwards pay twice.
| Year | Median | Sales counted |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | €3,800/m² | 241 |
| 2022 | €4,600/m² | 269 |
| 2023 | €5,300/m² | 220 |
| 2024 | €5,100/m² | 194 |
| 2025 | €5,200/m² | 194 |
Median for apartments, year by year. A year without enough sales at the threshold is not published: the curve skips the year rather than inventing a point.
| Type | Median €/m² | Median surface | Median home price |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 room | €5,300/m² | 24 m² | €127,000 |
| 2 rooms | €5,100/m² | 37 m² | €189,000 |
| 3 rooms | €5,500/m² | 54 m² | €297,000 |
Median home price = median €/m² x median surface of the bracket (2025): an order of magnitude, not a valuation.
| Date | Type | Street | Area | Price | Price per sqm |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 2025 | Apartment | Chemin du Tmb | 43 m² | €341,000 | €7,900/m² |
| Dec 2025 | Apartment | Rue du Mont Joly | 35 m² | €180,000 | €5,100/m² |
| Dec 2025 | Apartment | Route de Cupelin | 134 m² | €225,000 | €1,700/m² |
| Dec 2025 | House | Chemin les Perriers | 84 m² | €168,000 | €2,000/m² |
| Dec 2025 | Apartment | Chemin des Chattrix | 19 m² | €152,000 | €8,000/m² |
| Dec 2025 | Apartment | Rue du Mont Joly | 34 m² | €210,000 | €6,200/m² |
| Dec 2025 | Apartment | Avenue du Mont d’Arbois | 39 m² | €249,000 | €6,400/m² |
| Dec 2025 | Apartment | Route de la Croix | 840 m² | €2,870,000 | €3,400/m² |
Real sales from the vintage, street name without the number. These are registry prices, not asking prices.
The city and its department: Saint-Gervais-les-Bains trades 6% above its department median (€4,900/m²), same vintage and same method.
Source: DVF / DGFiP via data.gouv.fr, April 2026 release, 2025 sales. Medians computed per transaction, published from 20 sales over the period. Market benchmarks, not an appraisal of your property. Updated: October 2026. The full survey, as open data
These prices are the registry’s. What your budget really buys in Saint-Gervais-les-Bains, address by address and condition included, is the first thing we tell you at the first conversation.
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02The neighbourhoods
A commune rising in stages from Le Fayet station to the high hamlets: every stage is a market.
The historic heart around the spa and the shops: characterful apartments in older buildings, schools and village life through the year, spa guests and families side by side. This is where life out of season proves itself most clearly, and where renovated older stock becomes scarcest.
On the valley floor, around the TGV station and the departure of the Mont-Blanc tramway: older stock dominates, often to renovate, and values remain the most accessible in the commune. The argument is genuine accessibility: Paris without changing trains, the heights by tramway, the slopes above.
One of the highest villages in the commune: stone and timber chalets, meadows, preserved older buildings where every property counts. Sales are rare and discreet, often settled between insiders before any listing; people come for the quiet and the snow at the door, more than for resort life.
A quiet high hamlet mixing farms and chalets, sought for its calm, its sunshine and its views. Supply is narrow and very family-oriented: people buy to settle or to return every winter, rarely for a seasonal letting play.
Along the line opened in 1909, the high quarters line up chalets and villas with views. The altitude is paid for in access: roads, snow clearing, services further away. The trade-off is between the view and practicality, each stage almost a market of its own.
Characterful apartments, shops and schools on foot, a spa open all year. The choice of families who want village life, not a resort that closes in April.
Older stock to renovate beside the Paris TGV, the most contained values in the commune. A first mountain purchase or a let supported by year-round demand.
Old chalets and meadows, the rarest buildings in the commune, discreet sales between insiders. People come for the calm, the view and the snow at the door.
Three buying profiles to place your own in Saint-Gervais-les-Bains. Orientation pointers, which your property finder refines with you at the brief.
Hesitating between two neighbourhoods in Saint-Gervais-les-Bains, or between an apartment and a house? A property finder visits for you and compares on the spot, before having you travel.
A property finder answers within one working day. A first confidential conversation, with no commitment.
03Living and buying
Saint-Gervais is lived in stages. Down at Le Fayet, the Paris train sets travellers down at the station; up high, the quarters follow the snow and the alpine pastures. In between, the thermal centre and the village hold the shops, the schools and the spa, open in October too: that continuity, rare in a resort, is what families look for when they compare the Alps.
The Mont-Blanc tramway, opened in 1909, remains the soul of the place: it has climbed towards the heights for over a century, start of the voie royale towards Mont-Blanc, and sets the pace of daily life as much as holidays. Winter plays out on the Evasion Mont-Blanc domain; Megève and its calendar are ten minutes away, Chamonix half an hour. Saint-Gervais keeps the rhythm of both, without their crowds.
Three projects, three markets
A resort that lives year-round offers a tenant twelve months a year: families, mountain staff, spa guests and cross-border commuters sustain a demand seasonal resorts never see. Older stock to renovate at Le Fayet is judged on works and energy, new build on its charges; seasonal letting, regulated, is planned before the purchase. It is an alpine town market, and it is worked as such.
With its direct TGV at Le Fayet and its tramway, Saint-Gervais is a second home you can live in without a car: you step off the train and you are home. Winter is skied on the Evasion Mont-Blanc domain, summer is walked towards the pastures, the year is cared for at the spa. For remote management, choose an organised co-ownership and a local manager: snow and old buildings call for regular oversight.
Schools that run, a spa, shops in the village and the Paris train at the bottom: Saint-Gervais is one of those alpine resorts where settling year-round comes without sacrifice. Geneva airport is about 1 hr 15 for international flights, Megève and Chamonix complete the sporting and social life. Families choose the thermal centre or the village; the heights are for those who accept the car.
04From abroad
The train changes everything: the TGV station at Le Fayet puts Paris about 3 hrs 40 away without a change, a rarity in the Alps, and Geneva airport is about 1 hr 15 by road. Megève is ten minutes away, Chamonix half an hour, and the Mont-Blanc tramway links Le Fayet to the high quarters whatever the state of the roads. The car becomes a choice, not a daily necessity.
The international clientele of the massif moves easily between Megève and Saint-Gervais, and part of it settles here year-round: Geneva about an hour and a quarter away, more measured values and a proper village school are enough. English is widely spoken in agencies, ski schools and around the spa, and services run all year, which few resorts can claim.
The market starts with the first snows: deals close from October to December, before the season freezes availability, then restart with the spring thaw. In summer, trails, spa and pastures keep a second, calmer season going. To view and negotiate, late spring in May and June and early autumn in September and October remain the most comfortable windows.
Property finder in Saint-Gervais-les-Bains
Everything above, we read for you. Everything below, we do for you.
A property finder in Saint-Gervais-les-Bains works for the buyer, and the buyer alone: searching, viewing, checking and negotiating on your behalf. The six steps of the search, access to properties that never appear in listings, and our two offers are detailed below.
05The service
A buyer-side search mandate, a written method, fees due on success. Here is what you entrust to Home Select in Saint-Gervais-les-Bains.
They search on your behalf and for you alone, from the written brief to the checking of every document up to the final deed: the six steps are detailed below. Home Select works for the buyer, never for the seller.
A main home, a second home, a pied-à-terre or a buy-to-let investment in Saint-Gervais-les-Bains, whether you are on site or abroad: the search is run remotely, video viewings included, up to the decisive viewing.
Two offers, the same full service: the Exclusive offer, an exclusive mandate, 2.5% of the net purchase price, minimum €10,000 incl. VAT, at every budget; the Confidential offer, a simple mandate reserved for projects of €2m and above, 1.5% of the net purchase price, dedicated to off-market properties. In both cases, nothing is due until you have bought.
45 days of search on average, 3 viewings on average instead of more than 40, and a first answer within one working day.
The six steps of your hunt
Everything starts with a thorough conversation: the use of the property, the real budget, the non-negotiable criteria, the calendar. This written framing becomes the roadmap of the hunt, and avoids the months lost viewing beside the point.
A written brief, and a search launched within the week.
We cover the whole market: published listings, and above all what is never displayed anywhere. Our network of 15,000 professional partners surfaces more than 100 properties for us every day before they go on sale, and we approach owners directly when the setting calls for it.
More than 100 off-market properties surfaced every day by the network.
Every lead is verified, visited or analysed for you: commented video, technical sheet, first figures. You only travel for properties that truly match the brief.
3 viewings on average, instead of 40.
The offer is drafted and defended by Home Select, complete file in hand. The negotiation covers the price, but also the conditions, the timelines and the works revealed.
6% obtained on average off the asking price.
Preliminary contract read line by line, surveys, co-ownership rules, charges, easements: every document is checked before you commit. Local points of vigilance, from the coast to the mountains, are in our checklists.
Every document checked before you commit.
We stay by your side through to the signing before the notaire, and after: contractors, formalities, moving. Our work ends when you are settled in, not when the deed is signed.
45 days on average from the brief to the authentic deed.
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| Searching alone | With Home Select | |
|---|---|---|
| Viewings | 40+ viewings | 3 viewings on average |
| Search duration | 6 months | 45 days on average |
| Your time invested | 150 hours | 15 hours |
Plus a negotiation led for you: 6% obtained on average on the asking price.
What negotiation weighs
Home Select is paid 100% on success: nothing is due until you have bought.
From Le Fayet to Bionnay, each level is a market: sunshine, winter access, distance to shops and schools change everything. Visit the property that holds you in good snow and in bad weather before deciding.
Bearer timbers, roof under the snow, damp in old walls, heating: on mountain buildings the standard surveys do not say it all. A local roofer or carpenter reads in an hour what no file will show.
Pool, spa, shared spaces, seasonal management: in residences with services, annual charges weigh as much as the floor. Ask for the last three budgets and the voted works before even discussing price.
A property finder answers within one working day. A first confidential conversation, with no commitment.
06Off-market properties
A share of the finest sales in Saint-Gervais-les-Bains completes without ever being listed. The Home Select network of 15,000 professional partners surfaces more than 100 properties every day before publication, and Home Select also approaches owners directly when the setting calls for it.
These properties are not online: they are shown against a written brief, never a listing. Yours begins with a conversation.
Describe your project in Saint-Gervais-les-Bains07Fees
Home Select is paid 100% on success: nothing is due until you have bought.
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08Client reviews
Nous à été très très satisfaits des services de Sophie. Elle a été efficace, disponible, et très fine pour sentir précisément nos besoins et envies. Grâce à elle, nous avons réalisé un achat qui nous va, et nous avons trouvé en 3 mois alors que nous cherchions depuis 1 an et demi. Un très très grand merci et nous vous la recommandons chaleureusement !
Mélanie B. Trouvé en 3 mois après 18 mois seuls
Basé en province, l’accompagnement pour ma recherche d’un appartement a été à la hauteur de mes attentes : écoute, réactivité, disponibilité et tout cela sans pression. Merci Catherine..
François D. Acheteur basé en province
Super expérience avec Home Select. Le professionnalisme, la disponibilité et l’écoute client de Gwenaelle nous ont permis de trouver un appartement en 2 mois. Son accompagnement et ses conseils ont été clés et parfaitement adaptés pour une recherche à l’international depuis Chicago. Nous recommandons vivement ses services.
Stéphanie et Nicolas P. Recherche depuis l’étranger
Google reviews, gathered through fifteen years of searches. 4.8/5 on Google · 1,200+ buyers guided. Client reviews
09Your project
The questions common to all our cities (purchase costs, remote search, choosing your finder) are gathered on one page: all our frequently asked questions.
Because the local market has its own rules. Values still below Megève, ten minutes up the road: the gap narrows year after year. A property finder works for you alone, on the buyer’s side: daily monitoring, access to off-market sales, strict shortlisting and negotiation. Since 2011, Home Select has run more than 1,200 searches with this method, rated 4.8/5 on Google.
Based on actual recorded sales (DVF / DGFiP via data.gouv.fr, April 2026 release, 2025 sales), the median price in Saint-Gervais-les-Bains stands at €5,200/m² for an apartment and €7,800/m² for a house. The highest-priced sector in our survey: Chamonix-Mont-Blanc et Les Houches, €9,200/m² median. These medians are market benchmarks, not an appraisal: the address, the floor, the condition and scarcity make the final price.
In 2025, 2 rooms traded at a median of €5,100/m², on a median surface of 37 sqm (DVF / DGFiP via data.gouv.fr, April 2026 release, 2025 sales). A median home of the bracket changes hands around €189,000; condition, floor and address then make the rest of the price.
Year-round, and that is the whole thesis of the market: some 5,500 residents, schools, a working spa and a TGV station at Le Fayet putting Paris about 3 hrs 40 away. Demand does not only follow the snow, which supports the best properties between seasons.
Two markets within one commune: at Le Fayet, the station, older stock to renovate and the most contained values; in the village and up high, character, rare chalets and views. The decision rests on use, the car and the season, not on an average price.
In 2025, 248 sales were recorded in Saint-Gervais-les-Bains: enough to choose from, never enough for the finest addresses. The median for apartments is up +34% since 2021, +1% in the last year alone: the trend holds, and sellers know it.
Our searches complete in 45 days on average, with 3 viewings on the client side instead of 40 and about fifteen hours of your time. In Saint-Gervais-les-Bains, the exact calendar depends on how rare the target property is: it is framed at the brief, then held.
Through the network and direct approach: Home Select’s 15,000 professional partners surface more than 100 properties every day before they go on sale, and Home Select also contacts owners when the setting calls for it. In Saint-Gervais-les-Bains, the monitoring starts with two sectors: the thermal centre and the village, then Le Fayet and the TGV station. That is often where the unfindable property is.
A great deal: opened in 1909, the highest tramway in France, it structures the commune in stages and remains daily use, linking Le Fayet to the heights whatever the state of the roads. An address within reach of its stations gains in winter practicality, especially for a car-free second home. It is a sorting criterion few buyers check before the offer, and it changes the usable value of a chalet.
The thermal centre and the village for walkable life all year, Le Fayet for the station and the most contained values, Saint-Nicolas-de-Véroce and Bionnay for rare high chalets. The tramway slopes link them, villa by villa, view by view.
It depends on the stage and the condition: older stock to renovate at Le Fayet, a renovated apartment in the village and a high-altitude chalet do not belong to the same segment. The median shown higher up this page is a marker, not an asking price.
The condition of mountain buildings, the charges of service residences, winter access to the high quarters and planning rules in mountain zones. None of this reads on a listing: it is verified on the ground, with the trades.
Genevan and Lyonnais families, Parisians arriving by the Le Fayet train, and a discreet international clientele on chalets. A very family-oriented demand that holds the market all year and explains the scarcity of good properties with the first snows.
Home Select, a property finder in Saint-Gervais-les-Bains, 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.
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Alps
One maison, one method, the same fees: the search does not stop at the limits of Saint-Gervais-les-Bains. Many projects play out over two or three towns, and the brief allows for it from the first conversation.
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