Project manager & renovation in Montagny-les-Lanches.

Montagny-les-Lanches is a rural village perched on the heights south-west of Annecy, between the Chavanod plateau and the first hills heralding the Albanais. Part of the Grand Annecy conurbation, the commune has stayed clear of dense development: it has suburban housing built up over the decades around the village centre and hamlets, and traditional farm buildings — old Savoyard farmhouses, barns, outbuildings — that give the landscape all its character.

Yet its location is anything but isolated: the A41 motorway junction and the Seynod business parks are a few minutes away, Annecy a quarter of an hour. This combination — countryside setting, land still affordable by Annecy-area standards, quick access to jobs — attracts households wanting to build a house, restore a farmhouse as a contemporary home, or extend a house that has become too small. All projects that require real expertise: site study, survey of the existing building, building permit, obtaining quotes, site supervision.

This is where the project manager comes in: a professional who designs, prices, files the applications and manages the works on your behalf, protecting your budget and timescales. From our office in Aix-les-Bains, around twenty minutes away via the A41, we work regularly in Montagny-les-Lanches and the neighbouring communes: Annecy, Seynod, Chavanod, Quintal and Chapeiry.

Building a detached house remains the most frequent request in the commune. Building plots in Montagny-les-Lanches are often sloping, facing south-west, with open views over the countryside and the mountains: remarkable potential, provided the building is well positioned. We design houses suited to the plot — split levels, roofs in keeping with the village's character, RE2020 energy performance — then handle the permit application, contractor quotes and site management through to completion.

Old farmhouse renovation is the other major local speciality. Turning a barn into living space, repairing a century-old roof structure, insulating stone or rammed-earth walls without spoiling them, creating generous openings in an agricultural facade: these projects require a preliminary structural survey and rigorous phasing. We also check the building's classification in the PLUiHD — some farm buildings are identified as eligible for a change of use — before drawing even the smallest sketch.

Finally, extensions and adding a storey meet the needs of owners of houses from the 1980s-2000s: an extra living space, a master suite, a garage converted into living accommodation. Combined with an energy renovation — insulation, windows and doors, heat pump — these works are eligible for public funding when carried out by an RGE-certified company: that is our case, and we include this aspect from the design stage.

On a project in Montagny-les-Lanches, the difficulty is not finding tradespeople: it is holding design, paperwork and execution together. To do this, Atelier NovAlp brings three professions together under one roof: architect, project manager and RGE-certified general contractor. A single point of contact carries your project from the first sketch to handing over the keys — a turnkey approach that eliminates the grey areas between parties, where delays, cost overruns and defects arise.

The set-up adapts to each situation: a full architect's commission for a new build or an ambitious farmhouse conversion, project management with separate trade contracts for a standard renovation, or general contracting with a performance commitment for a locked budget. Planning applications in Montagny-les-Lanches are governed by the Grand Annecy PLUiHD: limited building zones around the village centre and hamlets, requirements for roofs and facades, protection of farmland. We analyse the zone regulations before drawing, for a permit granted on the first submission.

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