Gordes · Second home
Second home in Gordes: the guide
Home Select, a prestige property finder, sets out here the rules of a second home in Gordes: hilltop village or hamlets, the preparation of a closed mas that one winter can damage, and the calendar of a market that never reaches a listing. The Luberon, 2 h 40 from Paris by rail.
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Hilltop village or hamlets: two ways of living Gordes
The hilltop village is lived in a few weeks a year: stone houses under the Renaissance château, calades and vaulted passages, views plunging over the valley; surfaces are counted there and works bound by the protection rules, materials, deadlines, reviews. The hamlets, Les Imberts and Le Sauvan, hold most of the real supply: stone mas on the slope, dry-stone terraces, retaining walls, parking and silence.
The slopes and the vines draw the third choice: estates with a Luberon view, larger mas, private tracks and lanes. The Sénanque valley belongs to the absolute rare: a few mas around the abbey of 1148, strict planning, summers of visitors; buying there takes patience and a network. Coustellet, in the neighbouring plain, serves as the landmark: its market, its shops, the practical life of every day.
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A closed mas is prepared, or it decays
The real subject of a second house in Gordes fits in one sentence: water and the cold of winter in stone buildings. A badly prepared closed mas decays in one season and reopens cold. Remote management is here a local industry, craftsmen, caretakers and concierge services included; it still has to be organised before the first winter: terrace drainage, roofs, heating, pruning, brushwood clearing in exposed areas.
Dry stone is not scenery: the cultivation terraces hold the slope, and their failing drainage shifts soils, lanes and walls. Have the terraces read by a stone mason before the offer, and the works costed: the price of a rebuild is judged on the ground, never on photographs. The village’s protection rules, materials, deadlines, reviews, lengthen the works; the calendar is anticipated, not improvised.
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The calendar: lavender and craftsmen
The market plays in spring, from March to June, and at the return, in September and October, when the craftsmen become free again. The lavender season, from June to August, fills the Sénanque valley and the village with visitors: sellers pick their moment, and serious viewings fit it badly.
Out of season, Gordes returns to its 1,700 inhabitants: winter light on stone tells a house’s truth, and it is the best moment for the decisive viewings. For a purchase from a distance, the proven sequence holds: search launched in winter, video pre-viewings in spring, a single trip, signature in autumn.
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Buying from Paris or from abroad
Gordes is a second-home address before all: Avignon’s TGV, about 45 minutes away, puts Paris at 2 h 40 by rail, and Cavaillon station, 20 minutes away, serves the everyday. Demand is international: Americans, Belgians and Dutch have set a restoration standard here, bare stone, joinery and terraces restored to the rules; English is spoken at the notaries’ as on the building sites.
Home Select conducts these purchases from a distance, whether the buyer arrives from the United States, Belgium, the Netherlands or Paris: brief in a video call or by phone, video pre-viewings with the seller’s agent, then a single trip for the decisive viewings. Home Select watches 1,700 listing sites, draws on a network of 15,000 partners and receives more than 100 off-market properties a day; it counts 30% of expatriate or international clients and coordinates the notary through to the signature.
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On the ground
Why a property finder in Gordes?
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. Home Select receives more than 100 off-market properties every day from its network of 15,000 partners.
You only view the essential
Every lead is verified and priced for you before you travel, on file then on a video viewing: you view only the shortlisted properties, your decisive viewings grouped into a single trip. Home Select then defends your offer, with a complete file and the actual sales of the area in hand.
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
Second home in Gordes: the guide
Hilltop village or hamlets: where to buy in Gordes?
By usage and tolerance for works: the village offers stone, calades and the plunging view, but counted surfaces and works bound by the protection rules; Les Imberts and Le Sauvan offer the mas, the terraces and the parking. The two markets do not compare: view both before settling the project.
How do I manage a closed mas from a distance?
Like a local industry: craftsmen, caretakers and concierge services exist in the village and the valley, and a badly prepared closed mas decays in one season. Water and cold are the real subject: terrace drainage, roofs, heating, brushwood clearing around buildings. A maintenance log kept from the deed onwards does more than any reminder.
When should I buy in Gordes?
In spring, from March to June, and at the return, from September to October, when the craftsmen become free again and the fine properties circulate. The lavender summer fills the village and freezes calendars. Out of season, winter light on stone tells a house’s truth: the best moment for the decisive viewings.
Can I buy in Gordes from abroad?
Yes: a purchase here is steered as well from abroad as from Paris, that is the point of local history. Home Select frames the project in a video call, presents each property in a video pre-viewing with the seller’s agent, then gathers the decisive viewings into a single trip, whether the buyer arrives from the United States, Belgium, the Netherlands or Paris. Signature by power of attorney completes the arrangement.
What are your fees in Gordes?
Home Select, a property finder in Gordes, 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.
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