Alpine property valuation.
Chalet prices in the French Alps follow no public database. They follow evidence: ours, built since 1972.
Where a hundred metres changes the price per square metre.
In Courchevel 1850, Megève, Val d'Isère, Méribel or Chamonix, two neighbouring chalets can differ in value by a factor of three : altitude, ski-in/ski-out access, view, land, quality of build. Asking prices are unreliable ; recorded transactions are scarce and often unrepresentative. Valuing these assets requires proprietary comparables: documented private sales, weighted attribute by attribute.
Frerault Expertises was founded in Savoie in 1972. The Alpine resorts are our home market, documented every year in our Panorama Immobilier Alpes. Our reports serve French inheritance and gift procedures, the French wealth tax (IFI), matrimonial proceedings, refinancing with private banks, and disputes.
Panorama Immobilier Alpes 2026 (in French)Inheritance of a French chalet
Market value at the date of death, required for the French estate declaration within six months, whatever the owner's country of residence.
French wealth tax (IFI)
January 1st market value for non-resident owners of French property above €1.3M, with documented discounts where applicable.
Purchase, financing, divorce
An independent opinion before you sign, a report your bank will accept, a value that holds in proceedings.
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