Project manager & renovation in Cran-Gevrier.

Cran-Gevrier is the urban heart of western Annecy. A former working-class town that grew up around the Thiou industries, it became a delegated municipality of Annecy in 2017 and has been profoundly transformed: the Vallin-Fier eco-district, the conversion of former industrial sites and the landscaping of the Thiou riverbanks have made it one of the densest and most dynamic areas of Grand Annecy. Around Pont-Neuf, La Turbine and the Avenue des Aravis corridor, multi-unit housing dominates, interspersed with neighbourhoods of detached houses on the heights of Vovray and Gevrier.

This identity — 1960s to 1990s blocks in need of modernisation on one side, recent co-ownership buildings and townhouses on the other — makes Cran-Gevrier a renovation market with very strong demand. Many owners want to rework a flat that no longer suits them, upgrade a rental property, or undertake the energy renovation of a co-ownership building that has become too energy-hungry. Every project calls for method: accurate survey, plans, submission of permissions to Grand Annecy, coordination of the trades and rigorous site supervision.

That is precisely the role of the project manager: to carry your project from start to finish, protect your budget and schedule, and spare you from juggling a dozen firms. From our office in Aix-les-Bains, around thirty minutes away, we know Cran-Gevrier's urban fabric and work regularly in the municipality and its immediate neighbours (central Annecy, Seynod, Meythet, Annecy-le-Vieux, Chavanod).

Flat renovation is the leading request in Cran-Gevrier. In the residences of Pont-Neuf, Vallin-Fier or the Thiou riverbanks, many homes from the 1960s to the 1990s deserve a complete upgrade: reconfiguring rooms to open up living spaces, rewiring and replumbing, thermal and acoustic insulation between dwellings, modernised kitchen and bathroom. We design these projects to measure, making the most of every square metre, and manage all the trades through to handover.

Co-ownership building renovation is a key issue for the area. Façade restoration and insulation, replacement of the communal heating system, roof refurbishment, replacement of windows in common areas: these operations bring lasting improvements to comfort, unit values and the building's energy rating. When the works affect common areas or the structure, we prepare the technical file to present at the general meeting and support property managers and co-owners' councils in setting up the project.

Finally, house renovation concerns the detached-housing neighbourhoods of Vovray and Gevrier: reconfiguration, extension, adding a storey where the local plan allows, upgraded insulation and heating. As an RGE-certified firm, we also carry out the energy renovation of these individual homes, eligible for public grants, with a clear costing of the amount left for you to pay.

Atelier NovAlp's strength is bringing three professions together under one roof: architect, project manager and RGE-certified general contractor. In practice, you no longer have to coordinate an architect, a design office, a project manager and a dozen tradespeople yourself: a single point of contact carries your project, from the first sketch to handover of the keys. This turnkey approach removes the grey areas between the parties involved — where most delays, cost overruns and defects arise — a decisive advantage for renovation in co-ownership buildings, where every intervention is regulated.

Depending on the nature of the project, we adapt the arrangement: an architect's assignment for an extension or adding a storey, project management for a renovation with separate trade contracts, or general contracting with a commitment to results for a project on a controlled budget. As all planning applications in Cran-Gevrier are reviewed by the Grand Annecy services under the intermunicipal local plan (PLUiHD), we systematically check the zone regulations — heights, building footprint, parking, façade colours, proportion of green space — before drawing, so that the application is compliant from the first submission.

Our RGE CertiRénov certification no. CR-2026-73-0095 (comprehensive renovation offer, issued by Qualitel Certification) also gives you access to grant schemes: MaPrimeRénov', Energy Savings Certificates (CEE) and local grants. We calculate your real out-of-pocket cost and build these subsidies into the financing plan for your renovation. Discover all our services or our page dedicated to Annecy.