Project manager & renovation in Villaz.

Perched on the plateau north-east of Annecy, Villaz rises in tiers at the foot of the Parmelan, whose iconic cliff dominates the village and gives it a mountain backdrop. Around fifteen minutes from the centre of Annecy, the commune has remained a residential village on a human scale: a village centre clustered around the church, scattered hamlets, housing estates from recent decades and fine traditional farmhouses, some of them already carefully renovated.

This setting attracts a specific clientele: families looking for space, a garden and views of the mountains, without giving up proximity to the Annecy area and its jobs. As a result, demand is strong on three fronts: building detached houses on the last available plots, extending or adding a storey to houses that have become too small, and the full renovation of houses from the 1970s to 90s or old farmhouses on the plateau, often energy-hungry but with exceptional volumes.

Each of these projects needs serious management: feasibility study, design, planning application submitted to Villaz town hall and processed under the Grand Annecy intercommunal local plan, obtaining quotes, site supervision and handover. That is exactly the project manager's job: to defend your budget, keep to the schedule and spare you from coordinating a dozen trades. Atelier NovAlp works regularly on the plateau and its surroundings — Annecy-le-Vieux, Argonay, Pringy, Nâves-Parmelan, Charvonnex.

Detached house renovation accounts for most requests in Villaz. Houses built between the 1970s and 90s on the estates of the village centre and hamlets have reached the age for an upgrade: opening the kitchen onto the living room, creating master suites, replacing the heating, external wall insulation, high-performance windows and doors. We rethink these houses room by room to suit today's lifestyles, making the most of the orientation and the mountain views.

Extensions and adding a storey meet a very practical need for families in Villaz: gaining a bedroom, a study or a living space without leaving a village where land is becoming scarce. A single-storey timber or masonry extension, a partial or full additional storey, a garage conversion: we study the best option in light of the plot, the budget and the PLUiHD rules, then submit the building permit or prior declaration and carry out the work.

Finally, restoring the old farmhouses of the plateau is a unique heritage opportunity: spectacular barn volumes, massive roof timbers, thick walls. Transforming these buildings into contemporary, energy-efficient homes requires a rigorous structural diagnosis and insulation suited to old buildings. As an RGE-certified company, we carry out these major renovations with energy performance built in from the design stage, from treating damp through to the finishes.

What sets Atelier NovAlp apart around Annecy is the integration of three disciplines within a single team: the architect who designs, the project manager who runs the job and the RGE-certified general contractor who builds. For you, as a homeowner in Villaz, that changes everything: no more assembling a designer, an engineering firm and tradespeople who have never worked together. A single turnkey contract covers your project from the first sketch to the handover of the keys, and removes the blurred boundaries between contributors where delays and cost overruns tend to hide.

The arrangement adapts to each situation: a full architect's commission for a new build or a large extension, conventional project management if you prefer to keep control of the works contracts, or general contracting with a commitment on price and timescale. In Villaz, planning permissions fall under the Grand Annecy PLUiHD (intercommunal local plan): before the first pencil stroke, we check the zoning of your plot — permitted heights, roof pitches, siting, façade appearance, agricultural or landscape areas — so that your application goes through at the first submission.

Our RGE CertiRénov certification no. CR-2026-73-0095 (Comprehensive renovation offer, issued by Qualitel Certification) is the condition for accessing the main grants: MaPrimeRénov', Energy Savings Certificates (CEE) and local schemes. We build them directly into the financing plan to show you your real out-of-pocket cost, not a theoretical quote. Browse our services or our neighbouring pages on Annecy-le-Vieux and Annecy.