Off-market chalets in Megève: access the homes that are never advertised.
A share of the finest properties in Megève, Demi-Quartier and Combloux is never publicly listed. These off-market homes change hands through networks — and that is ARES’s speciality. Our confidential portfolio is accessible by telephone appointment or by our coming to meet you: you describe your search, and we present the matching properties to you individually, under confidentiality — ours and those of our international co-brokerage partners. Our Geneva office welcomes international clients, and the team works in French, English and Russian.
Accessing the confidential portfolio, in three steps
| Step | What | How |
|---|---|---|
| 01 | A precise brief | Criteria, budget, timeline — a conversation in Megève, in Geneva or remotely. |
| 02 | Individual presentations | Individual presentation, under confidentiality: with the property visible nowhere, 8 presentations out of 10 lead to a viewing. |
| 03 | Viewings & completion | Accompanied viewings, negotiation and support through to signature before a French notaire. |
Why are these properties never advertised?
Because their owners demand it — or on the broker’s recommendation. In Megève’s prestige segment, discretion is often a condition of the sale itself. As a result, these transactions do not appear on portals — and a buyer who only watches the listings sees only part of the market.
Access therefore goes through the network: ARES’s register of qualified buyers, families already owning in the resort, and our co-brokerage partners in Geneva, London, Monaco, Paris, Milan and Dubai. This mesh is what surfaces opportunities before they ever exist publicly.
Off-market, in numbers
Source: the ARES observatory — our sales and our portfolio since 2021. No public statistics exist on off-market sales: here are ours.
40% of our portfolio is sold off-market: a large share of our properties will never appear on a portal. Since 2021, ARES has completed 23 off-market sales — transactions that appear in no public statistics. And by our observation, around 30% of Megève’s prestige market now sells off-market — a share that grows year on year.
For a buyer, the consequence is direct: watching only the listings means seeing only part of the market. And access stays demanding by design — each property is entrusted to two brokers at most, one local and one international, and presented to one buyer at a time. That real scarcity is what gives value to what you are shown: 8 presentations out of 10 lead to a viewing, because it is not one more listing — it is a real opportunity.
Describe your search
Leave us your details and a few words about your project — we will get back to you within 24 hours, in full confidentiality.
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