Project manager & renovation in Cuvat.

Perched on the heights between the Annecy basin and the Plateau de la Caille, Cuvat strikes a rare balance: a genuine Haute-Savoie village, ten minutes from the employment areas of north Annecy and the Allonzier-la-Caille motorway junction, with an open view of the mountains — Parmelan, the Bornes range, Mandallaz. Its buildings reflect this dual identity: around the village centre and hamlets, old Savoyard farmhouses with generous volumes sit alongside quality detached housing built over the decades by families seeking peace and quiet without giving up the proximity of Annecy and Geneva.

The direct consequence: building plots are scarce and sought after, and demand for works shows no sign of slowing. Owners want to build on the last available plots, extend a house that has become too small rather than move, or upgrade a home from the 1980s-90s — insulation, heating, layout, natural light. The old farmhouses, for their part, offer exceptional conversion potential for those who know how to work with their structures and the planning regulations. Every project calls for method: survey of the existing building, design, permissions from the town hall, tendering to firms, site supervision.

That is exactly the role of the project manager: to carry your project from start to finish, secure the budget and schedule, and spare you the coordination of a dozen trades. From our office in Aix-les-Bains, we reach Cuvat in around forty minutes via the A41 and work regularly in the village and its immediate neighbours: Pringy, Argonay, Charvonnex, Épagny-Metz-Tessy, Allonzier-la-Caille and Annecy.

House renovation tops the list of requests in Cuvat. In the housing estates and along the hamlet roads, many houses from the 1980s to the 2000s deserve a full upgrade: opening up living spaces to the mountain views, upgrading insulation and the heating system, replacing windows and doors, modernising kitchens and bathrooms. We design each project to measure, making the most of the orientation, the slope of the land and the real potential of the property, then manage all the trades through to handover.

Farmhouse conversion is the other major speciality of the area. The old Savoyard farmhouses of Cuvat and its hamlets offer volumes that new builds can no longer produce: cathedral-like barns, stone walls, majestic roof structures. Turning them into contemporary homes requires a serious structural survey, a design that respects the character of the building and a solid planning application — including change of use. It is as much the work of an architect and a project manager as of a building firm, and we wear all three hats.

Finally, extensions, adding a storey and new builds respond to the scarcity of land. Extend rather than move: a timber or masonry extension, raising the roof or converting the loft lets you gain the square metres you are missing, without leaving the village. On the last buildable plots, we design new houses anchored in the slope and the landscape, from building permit to handover of the keys — with a clear commitment on price and timescale.

What sets Atelier NovAlp apart is bringing three professions together within the same team: architect, project manager and RGE-certified general contractor. You no longer have to coordinate a designer, a design office and a dozen tradespeople yourself: a single point of contact carries your project from the first sketch to handover of the keys. This turnkey organisation eliminates the grey areas between the parties involved — where most delays, cost overruns and defects arise — and it comes into its own in a village like Cuvat, where site logistics (access, parking, sloping plots) must be prepared in advance.

In planning terms, Cuvat is governed by a local plan that protects its village identity: building zones tightly drawn around the village centre and hamlets, extensive protected agricultural and natural areas, precise rules on heights, roof pitches and overhangs, façade colours and how buildings sit on the slope. Before drawing, we analyse the regulations for the zone concerned and talk to the town hall if necessary: the building permit or prior declaration application is compliant from the first submission, without the back-and-forth that wastes months.

Our RGE CertiRénov certification no. CR-2026-73-0095 (Comprehensive renovation offer, issued by Qualitel Certification) is what gives access to public grants: MaPrimeRénov', Energy Savings Certificates (CEE), the éco-PTZ loan and reduced VAT. We calculate the actual amount left for you to pay and include this funding from the costing stage. Discover all our services or our neighbouring pages dedicated to Pringy and Annecy.