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Home Select searches, visits and negotiates for you in Vauvenargues. You only visit the properties shortlisted, and nothing is due before the deed is signed.
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Home Select, a property finder in Vauvenargues founded in 2011, searches for village houses, bastides and estates exclusively on behalf of the buyer, from the village and its château to the woods of the Sainte-Victoire’s north face. Home Select opens access to off-market properties through its network of 15,000 partners, with fees 100% on success: nothing is due before completion.
On the north face of the Sainte-Victoire, some fifteen kilometres from Aix-en-Provence along the small road that skirts Lake Bimont, Vauvenargues has 1,058 residents in a municipality of woods and garrigue. Its medieval château, bought by Picasso in 1958 and where the painter lies, remains a private property. The market is tiny: village houses, bastides on the lower slopes, isolated properties, and some sales are concluded without a listing.
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A property finder works for the buyer, and for the buyer alone. Here is what Home Select changes, concretely, for your purchase in Vauvenargues.
A Home Select finder writes your brief, launches the search within the week and stays with you until the deed is signed. Home Select answers every enquiry within 24 working hours.
Home Select receives more than 100 off-market properties a day from its 15,000 partners, agents, notaries and managing agents, before they go on sale. The finest addresses in Vauvenargues often change hands this way.
Home Select pre-visits every property on commented video and shows only 3 properties on average, instead of 40 when searching alone, grouped into a single trip if you come from afar.
Home Select negotiates 6% on average off the asking price, with the area’s actual sales in hand, and checks every document before you commit. Also paid 10% of the negotiated reduction, Home Select has every reason to bring the price down: you keep 90% of every euro saved. Fees are due on success: nothing before signing.
A buyer-side search mandate, a written method, fees due on success. Here is what you entrust to Home Select in Vauvenargues.
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 long-term wealth purchase in Vauvenargues, whether you are on site or abroad: the search is run remotely, video viewings included, up to the decisive viewing.
Home Select runs two offers, with 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, 10% of the negotiated reduction is added to the fees, and nothing is due until you have bought.
The calendar depends on the market in Vauvenargues and on how rare the target property is: Home Select sets it at the first conversation, then holds it, and answers within one working day.
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The Sainte-Victoire massif has been a listed site since 1983: on a listed site, any change to the state or appearance of the place requires special authorisation. Before the offer, have it checked what the listing and the local plan really allow: extension, pool, outbuilding, fencing, clearing of woodland.
Woods and garrigue cover almost the whole municipality. In zones exposed to forest fire, brush clearance is mandatory, generally over 50 m around buildings, and falls to the owner. Ask about the real condition of the land and have the clearing work costed before the offer, not after signing.
In a municipality of scattered housing, an isolated house often has its own drainage system: inspected by the SPANC, it is covered by a report attached to the sale file. Check, too, where the water comes from, mains or borehole, and access in every season, before you fall for the view.
From your brief to the handover of the keys: what Home Select does for you in Vauvenargues, and what you gain from it.
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.
Every property put to you matches your brief: the search hits the mark from the first week.
Home Select covers the whole market: published listings, and above all what is never displayed anywhere. Home Select receives more than 100 properties every day from its 15,000 professional partners before they go on sale, and approaches owners directly when the setting calls for it.
You see properties before the market does, and sometimes properties that will never be published.
Every lead is verified and analysed for you, on file then on a video viewing: technical sheet, first figures. You only travel for properties that truly match the brief.
Fewer journeys: your decisive viewings grouped into a single trip, on the shortlisted properties only.
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.
You buy at the right price, every offer defended with the area’s actual sales in hand.
Preliminary contract read line by line, surveys, co-ownership rules, charges, easements: every document is checked before you commit. The points of vigilance specific to each local market are in Home Select’s checklists.
You commit with full knowledge of the facts, with no bad surprise after signing.
Home Select stays by your side through to the signing before the notaire, and after: contractors, formalities, moving. Its work ends when you are settled in, not when the deed is signed.
A timetable framed at the first conversation, then kept: at every stage you know where your purchase stands.
A share of the finest sales in Vauvenargues completes without ever being listed. Home Select receives more than 100 properties every day from its 15,000 professional partners before publication, and also approaches owners directly when the setting calls for it.
Two offers, the same full service, paid on success only: the Exclusive offer, 2.5% of the net purchase price (minimum €10,000 incl. VAT), at every budget, and the Confidential offer, 1.5%, for projects of €2m and above, plus 10% of the negotiated reduction in both cases. Nothing is due until you have bought in Vauvenargues.
Exclusive search mandate
2.5% of the net purchase price, minimum €10,000 incl. VAT + 10% of the negotiated reduction
The full service, for every budget: brief, sourcing, off-market, pre-visits, negotiation and follow-through to the notary signing.
The Exclusive offer
Simple search mandate
1.5% of the net purchase price, projects from €2M + 10% of the negotiated reduction
The very same full service, on a selection made exclusively of off-market properties. For buyers who never want to see their search on a portal.
The Confidential offerClient reviews
Thank you Catherine and Home Select for what we call the Extra Mile in the United States: explaining the French system, helping us organise the works... It was great.
Recherche depuis l’étranger
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. Trouvé en 3 mois après 18 mois seuls
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 ! Acheteur basé en province
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.. I turned to HOME SELECT because I had tried to find my apartment myself by going round the agencies, which proved impossible.
Après huit mois seuls, une semaine
Nous avons fait appel à Catherine après plus de 8 mois de recherche infructueuse seuls, et ça a été la meilleure décision que nous aurions pu prendre. En à peine une semaine, elle nous a trouvé l’appartement idéal, et notre offre a été acceptée malgré plusieurs dossiers en concurrence. Catherine a été d’un professionnalisme remarquable, toujours disponible, à l’écoute, réactive et rassurante tout au long du processus d’achat. Nous la recommandons chaleureusement. Un suivi qui dure après la signature
Super expérience avec Anne ! appartement remplissant les critères trouvé rapidement et , surtout, accompagnement et vrai suivi même après la signature de l’acte definitif Nous recommandons vivement La maison de famille, enfin
Après de longs mois de recherches, nous avons trouvé LA maison que nous cherchions pour notre famille grâce à Véronique. Sa disponibilité, sa compréhension de nos critères et son travail avec l’agent immobilier en charge de la vente nous ont permis d’aller jusqu’au bout du projet. Nous sommes ravis ! Thanks to Véronique and her knowledge of the area, not only were we able to view properties first, but we bought with complete peace of mind. We were supported at every step.
Reviews are quoted in the language their authors wrote them in.
Page updated on 25 October 2026, reviewed by Jean Mascla, founder of Home Select
From Peyrolles-en-Provence et Jouques to Saint-Marc-Jaumegarde et Le Tholonet, the median gap reaches +103 %: the neighbourhood prices the property as much as its floor area.
Vauvenargues is a market of houses, and a tiny one: woods and garrigue cover almost the whole municipality, Insee classes it among rural municipalities with scattered housing, and sales are so rare that no municipal median emerges. There are village houses, a few bastides on the lower slopes of the north face, isolated properties in the woods. Some change hands without a listing, between families and neighbours.
Value turns on what a listing shows poorly: the view of the mountain’s north face, the exposure, which local place names still spell out, the adrech in the sun, the ubac in the shade, the size and nature of the land, water, access by the D 10. An old bastide on the lower slopes and a recent house by the road do not compare: each address is read on its own terms, and neighbouring sectors serve as a benchmark.
What is checked before the offer: what the Sainte-Victoire listed site allows, brush clearance around buildings, water, non-mains drainage, access in every season. Home Select runs the search remotely, from its management and with its network of 15,000 partners: every property is qualified on documents and in a video pre-viewing, the price tested against comparable sales, and the buyer comes only for the decisive viewings, grouped into a single trip.
From the village and its château to the woods of the Col du Sambuc, the village house gives way to the isolated property facing the mountain.
The heart of the village, around the church of Saint-Étienne, and the château raised from the thirteenth century, listed as a historic monument in 1929, bought by Picasso in 1958 and still private, closed to visitors save in exceptional cases. Village houses rarely sell; party walls, parking and the building’s condition are checked on documents.
South of the village, the mountain descends in a vast wooded incline: on the lower slopes, the château and several bastides, then isolated properties against the massif, listed since 1983. The north-face view and the calm come with constraints: special authorisation to alter the site, brush clearance, summer limits on access to the massif.
The Infernet stream follows the valley between the Sainte-Victoire and the Montagne des Ubacs, then joins the Bimont reservoir. Along the D 10: houses on flatter plots, the most direct access to Aix. Check the proximity of the road, water, drainage and how exposed the low-lying plots are to floods.
On the D 10, just before the village coming from Aix, the spot from which the Venturiers path sets off, the GR 9 climbing to the Sainte-Victoire priory and the Croix de Provence. Living here means the mountain on foot; it also means seeing, on fine days, the stream of walkers go by: parking and footfall are measured before the offer.
North of the village, the D 11 climbs towards Jouques over the Col du Sambuc, on the ridge of the Montagne des Ubacs: an area of woods and very isolated properties, far from the crowds of the Sainte-Victoire. The Grand-Sambuc motor circuit also lies here: its proximity, access and brush clearance are checked before the offer.
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Vauvenargues at a glance
Vauvenargues lives as a village of the north face: the church of Saint-Étienne, the town hall, and the château where Picasso set up his studio between 1959 and 1962, then was buried in 1973, beside Jacqueline Picasso. The château, still private, cannot be visited save in exceptional cases. The village gave its name to the moralist Luc de Clapiers, marquis de Vauvenargues; for everything else, Aix is some fifteen kilometres away by the D 10.
The mountain is the municipality’s garden: from Les Cabassols, the Venturiers path climbs to the Sainte-Victoire priory and the Croix de Provence, the Plaideurs path is another route on the north face, and the GR 9 links the two faces of the massif. From 1 June to 30 September, access to the massif is regulated according to fire risk. Winter is sharp: the municipality’s weather station recorded minus 12.3 °C in February 2012.
In Vauvenargues, a house is kept and passed on when it brings together what cannot be reproduced: the north face of the Sainte-Victoire on the horizon, the calm of a municipality that has stayed almost entirely natural, a bastide or a well-exposed plot in a listed landscape. The listing of the massif strictly frames what can still be built, so these addresses do not multiply. What remains is to check it property by property: condition of the building, water, drainage, brush clearance, access in every season.
For a second home, the village offers the house that is simple to close, the lower slopes and the Infernet valley the bastide to live in over the summer, the road to Jouques complete isolation. Aix-en-Provence, its TGV station and Marseille-Provence airport make short stays possible. Before the offer, count the upkeep of a house closed part of the year: garden, brush clearance, monitoring.
Settling in Vauvenargues means choosing the mountain some fifteen kilometres from Aix-en-Provence, its lycées, university, hospitals and TGV station. Families look for the house with land, remote workers for the calm of a municipality of scattered housing. A car is essential and winter bites on this north face: heating, insulation and access are checked in the file, before the offer.
Vauvenargues is reached from Aix-en-Provence by the D 10, a small road of about 14 km that skirts the Bimont reservoir. The municipality has only two other road accesses: the Col du Sambuc to the north, towards Jouques, and the Col des Portes to the east, towards Rians and Pourrières. For a buyer coming from afar, Aix is the relay: its TGV station puts Paris about 3 hours away, and Marseille-Provence airport is about 25 minutes from Aix. Once there, a car is essential.
The international community in Vauvenargues. For a foreign buyer, Vauvenargues is a choice of nature: international life, schools and university included, is found in Aix-en-Provence, some fifteen kilometres away. Home Select draws 50% of its clients from expatriate and international buyers, and for them the difficulty is not the welcome but managing an isolated house from afar: brush clearance, monitoring, upkeep of the land. France imposes no condition of nationality or residence on a buyer.
When to visit, when to buy? Sales in Vauvenargues are too rare to follow a calendar: the right property can come up in winter as in summer. The calendar weighs on viewing: from 1 June to 30 September, access to the massif is regulated according to fire risk; winter shows the municipality as it lives, cold and calm. For a remote buyer, the brief is set early, video pre-viewings follow each property that comes up, and the trip for the decisive viewings is timed for spring or autumn.
Because the local market has its own rules. A very narrow market of houses: few sales a year, and some are concluded without ever appearing in a listing. 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.
Two lives. The village puts the church, the town hall and the road to Aix close by, in houses often sharing walls. The isolated property, on the lower slopes or near the Col du Sambuc, gives space, view and silence, at the cost of brush clearance and longer drives. The choice follows use: all year round, or in retreat.
Yes. In so narrow a market, some houses change hands without a listing, through notaires and family networks. Home Select receives more than 100 off-market properties every day through its network of 15,000 partners, and tests every price against comparable sales in neighbouring sectors.
From Peyrolles-en-Provence et Jouques to Saint-Marc-Jaumegarde et Le Tholonet, the median gap reaches +103 %: the neighbourhood prices the property as much as its floor area.
The calendar depends on how rare the target property is in Vauvenargues and on your availability: Home Select frames it at the brief, then holds it. Properties are first seen on video, and your decisive viewings are grouped into a single trip.
Through the network and direct approach: Home Select receives more than 100 properties every day from its 15,000 professional partners before they go on sale, and also contacts owners when the setting calls for it. In Vauvenargues, the monitoring starts with two sectors: the village and the château, then the north face of the Sainte-Victoire. That is often where the unfindable property is.
It depends on use. For short stays, a house in the village is simple to close, with Aix some fifteen kilometres away. For entertaining in summer, a bastide on the lower slopes of the north face or a house in the Infernet valley offers space and the view, with upkeep to organise: garden, brush clearance, monitoring. On the road to Jouques, the isolation is complete: for those who truly want it.
Home Select, a property finder in Vauvenargues, runs the search remotely from its management, with its network of 15,000 partners. The brief is set by video call or phone, every property is qualified on documents, then in a video pre-viewing run with the seller’s agent, and the price is tested against comparable DVF sales before the negotiation. You come only for the decisive viewings, grouped into a single trip via the Aix-en-Provence TGV station or Marseille-Provence airport; Home Select then secures the purchase and coordinates the notaire.
A great deal. The massif has been a listed site since 1983, over 6,525 hectares, part of Vauvenargues included, and has held the Grand Site de France label since 2004. On a listed site, any change to the state or appearance of the place requires special authorisation: an extension, a pool or an outbuilding may be refused where the local plan seemed to allow it. What a plot allows is therefore checked before the offer, plot by plot.
Yes, provided you like the mountain and the car. The municipality has 1,058 residents, Insee classes it among rural municipalities with scattered housing, and Aix-en-Provence is some fifteen kilometres away by the D 10: much of daily life is organised from there. Winter is lived in full on this north face, where the municipality’s station has recorded minus 12.3 °C: heating, insulation and access are read in the file, before the view.
Fire first: woods and garrigue cover almost the whole municipality, and the massif has known major fires, including that of August 1989 on the south face. Brush clearance is mandatory in exposed zones, generally over 50 m around buildings. Then water, non-mains drainage inspected by the SPANC, access for emergency services and the neighbourhood, busy footpaths or the Grand-Sambuc circuit. Home Select has these points checked on documents, before any offer.
Sales are too rare to follow a season: the right property can come up at any time, and you need to be ready. The calendar matters above all for viewing: spring and autumn show the valley at its best, summer brings the heat, restrictions on access to the massif and crowds of walkers at Les Cabassols. The right method: set the brief early, line up the video pre-viewings, then come once for the decisive viewings.
Yes, though not as a local branch: outside Île-de-France, Home Select runs every search from its head office, with its network of 15,000 professional partners. Each property is vetted on paper, then toured in a video pre-viewing led with the seller’s agent, and you travel only once, for the decisive viewings. The guide “Buying property in France remotely” spells out how it works.
To hunt in Vauvenargues, check four points: a search mandate on the buyer’s side only, published fees due on success, a written method, proof that lasts. Home Select answers all four: founded in 2011, 1,200+ buyers guided, 4.8/5 on Google (139 reviews), fees displayed, 100% on success.
Home Select, a property finder in Vauvenargues, 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, plus 10% of the negotiated reduction in both cases. Home Select is paid on success only, and also on what you save: nothing is due until you have bought.
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One point of contact, one method, the same fees: the search does not stop at the limits of Vauvenargues. Many projects play out over two or three towns, and the brief allows for it from the first conversation.
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