Estate agency in Hermance (Genève)

The average price stands at around 16,500 CHF/m². The Old Village trades between 14,000 and 22,000 CHF/m² depending on the state of the building and its listing, and lakeshore properties between 16,000 and 25,000 CHF/m². In such a narrow market, every property is valued individually.

The one that knows what a listed 16th-century house is worth — and that knows the buyers ready to take on its constraints. Rousseau 5, a Left Bank agency since 2012, follows every transaction recorded in the municipality and works largely off-market in this market of a dozen sales a year.

Around 140 days, the longest on the Left Bank. It is not a sign of market weakness but of its nature: you must find the buyer sensitive to heritage, ready for the constraints of listed buildings. Once that buyer is identified, the sale concludes quickly.

In three minutes on our online valuation page, or with a Rousseau 5 broker who visits free of charge within 48 hours. On an Old Village house, the visit is essential: the state of the building, the renovations carried out and the protection status determine most of the value.

The brokerage commission is discussed according to the property, the mandate and the support expected: there is no single rate. It is only due upon the successful sale, and it is set out in writing in the mandate.

Exclusivity is essential. In a village of a thousand residents where a dozen properties change hands each year, a house showing on several portals is spotted immediately — and loses perceived value with every passing week. Discretion here is a selling argument.

The municipality applies 44 additional centimes, slightly below the cantonal average. On resale, Geneva's IBGI applies according to the holding period (from 50% under 2 years to 2% beyond 25 years) — often the floor rate here, as the village's houses pass down through generations. Our net-seller simulator works it out precisely.

Allow around 4% of the price: 3% registration duties, Land Registry fees and the notary's fees. These costs are paid on top of your equity.

No, and it is essential to know before buying. The medieval core is a protected site: façades, roofs, openings and materials are subject to authorisation, with the opinion of the monuments and sites commission. Renovation remains possible — and often superb — but it takes time, an architect used to old buildings and a budget calibrated accordingly.

An asbestos survey for any building predating 1991 — hence the whole village stock. Add the installation checks, the Land Registry extract, the plans, and for waterfront properties the rights of way and lake-access easements.

Taxation of the gain is deferred: the heir takes over the deceased's holding period, which almost always leads to the floor IBGI rate of 2% on a family house in the village. Rousseau 5 assists estates with a neutral valuation and a discreet sale.

The average gross rental yield runs around 2.6%: Hermance's value is heritage, not rental. Keeping a property nothing will replace is therefore perfectly defensible; selling captures a 19.6% gain over five years. A broker works through both scenarios with you.

A sale without public advertising, reserved for qualified buyers. It is the dominant mode here: Old Village owners value their discretion, and the serious buyers for this type of property are few and already identified. Rousseau 5 drives this market with its base of active buyers.

Heritage lovers: established Geneva families, international executives in search of authenticity, buyers who have already visited the whole Left Bank and are looking for something other than a contemporary villa. They buy a history and a way of life as much as a square metre.

Hermance forms the north-eastern tip of the canton, on Lake Geneva facing Yvoire. Corsier borders it to the south-west along the lake, Anières lies just beyond, Gy and Meinier in the countryside, and neighbouring France (Chens-sur-Léman, Veigy) all around. Each municipality has its own dedicated market page.