Project manager & renovation in La Chapelle-du-Mont-du-Chat.

La Chapelle-du-Mont-du-Chat is a small mountain village clinging to the slopes of the Mont du Chat, on the western shore of Lac du Bourget, in Savoie. Perched on the heights, it offers an exceptional panorama over France's largest natural lake and the Bauges massif opposite. It is home to chalets, characterful stone and timber houses, and a few hamlets scattered along the road to the Col du Chat, in an unspoilt natural setting of forest, mountain pastures and vineyards below.

This mountain character is what makes the local buildings so distinctive. Main homes of families who value the peace of the heights, second homes sought after for the view and the calm: every property sits on a sloping plot with mountain access and an aspect to make the most of. Renovating or building here requires a real method: soil survey, management of retaining structures and earthworks, choice of materials suited to the high-altitude climate, and careful landscape integration to respect the identity of the village.

That is precisely the role of the project manager: carrying your project from start to finish, securing your budget and schedule, and sparing you from having to coordinate a dozen firms yourself on a mountain site that can be tricky to access. Our practice is based in Aix-les-Bains, on the other side of the lake, just a few minutes away: we know the area and work regularly in La Chapelle-du-Mont-du-Chat and its immediate neighbours (Bourdeau, Le Bourget-du-Lac, Ontex, Aix-les-Bains).

Renovating chalets and mountain houses is the main demand in La Chapelle-du-Mont-du-Chat. On these heights, many stone and timber properties deserve a complete upgrade: reconfiguring the spaces to open the living areas onto the lake, creating large glazed openings to capture the panorama and the light, upgrading insulation and heating for the high-altitude climate, and modernising bathrooms and finishes in a contemporary chalet style. We design these projects to measure, preserving the character of the building, and manage all the trades through to handover.

An extension meets the need to gain living space without leaving a place you love. Adding a volume, fitting out a semi-buried basement that follows the slope, creating a cantilevered terrace facing the lake: we design the extension in relation to the existing building and set out its position according to the gradient of the plot and local planning rules. All while respecting the materials and colours that give the village its harmony.

Finally, mountain construction requires specific expertise: soil survey, earthworks and retaining structures, site access management, foundations suited to the slope. As an RGE-certified company, we design and manage high-performance new houses that are well oriented and perfectly integrated into the landscape. Energy renovation, extensions and new builds alike: we adapt every project to the real constraints of the plot and the applicable regulations.

Atelier NovAlp's strength is bringing three professions together under one roof: architect, project manager and RGE-certified general contractor. In practical terms, you no longer have to coordinate an architect, an engineering firm, a project manager and a dozen tradespeople yourself: a single point of contact carries your project from the first sketch to handing over the keys. This turnkey approach removes the grey areas between the parties involved — where most delays, cost overruns and defects arise, especially on a mountain site where every setback comes at a high price.

Depending on the nature of the project, we adapt the set-up: an architect's commission for a new build or a large extension, 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 La Chapelle-du-Mont-du-Chat is in Savoie and part of the Grand Lac conurbation, we systematically check the applicable planning rules — heights, roof pitches, façade colours and materials, landscape integration, slope constraints — before drawing, so that a compliant application is filed first time.

Our RGE CertiRénov no. CR-2026-73-0095 certification (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 your renovation's financing plan. Discover all our services or our page dedicated to Aix-les-Bains.