Without a plan, your house will cost you more.
A house does not simply break down. It ages, element by element, and that ageing can be anticipated. The Asset Review & Planned Maintenance Programme (AR-PMP) helps you understand what your property is likely to require, in what order, and how much to set aside over time.
01The cost of ownership is real. Nobody calculates it.
We repair when things break. The boiler fails in January, the roof leaks after a storm, the quote arrives at the worst possible moment and we sign because there is no choice left.
Meanwhile, the components of a house age along known cycles. A roof covering, a boiler, a façade render, an electrical installation: each has a service life, a renewal cost and a due date. Added together, over thirty years, they represent several hundred thousand euros.
There are also the deadlines we let slip. The ten-year warranty on the last works expires and nobody thinks of the inspection that would allow it to be invoked. A year later a defect appears: the remedy is gone, the bill remains.
Since 2023, French co-owned buildings have been required to establish a multi-year works plan. No such obligation exists for individual houses. Yet they need it more: no managing agent, no general assembly, no works fund. The owner is alone, and discovers each deadline only when it arrives.
CH_G transposes this method to private property, extending it to thirty years and adding what a co-owned building does not cover: the grounds, the surroundings, the utility networks, the maintenance contracts, the current warranties and the value of the asset.
The difference between the owner who anticipates and the owner who endures is not the amount. It is the timing, and the discount a property takes when its defects accumulate.
02Who this service is for
Owners
You have owned for five, ten or twenty years. You maintain as things come up, with no overall view, and you do not know what lies ahead.
Buyers
The Building Survey said what the property was worth. The asset review says what it will require.
Sellers
Before a sale or a transfer: a complete technical file, a documented history and an up-to-date maintenance plan are worth more than a blind negotiation.
Non-residents
Your property is in France, you are not. The plan tells you what to undertake, when, and for what amount, without having to be on site.
03Six steps
Collect
Plans, invoices, warranties, maintenance contracts, existing surveys, works history. Everything that exists is read before the visit.
Verify against official sources
Cadastre, local planning rules, easements, natural and technological risks. Every data point is sourced and dated.
Inspect
Complete, non-destructive architectural visit, from basement to roof: interiors, façades, grounds and surroundings.
Document
Systematic photographic record and aerial drone survey: roof covering, ridges, verges, flashings, upper façades. What nobody ever looks at.
Analyse and prioritise
Apparent condition, age, remaining service life, associated risk. Each item receives a priority and a horizon.
Plan and cost
A thirty-year schedule, indexed amounts, a recommended annual provision.
04The deliverables
The report
A structured, illustrated document delivered as a PDF: presentation of the property, documents reviewed, inspection summary, observations by technical family, photographic record and drone views.
Above all it fixes a dated baseline. On the day of the visit the property is photographed, described, situated. That starting point then allows you to date the appearance of a defect, to distinguish what pre-existed from what was caused, to support an insurance claim or to hold a position with a contractor. The report does not replace a judicial expert report. It documents.
The online client portal
The same content, interactive and kept up to date. A personal, secure space accessible from anywhere. Alerts flag approaching deadlines: a warranty about to expire, a contract to renew, a survey to redo.
A full demonstration is given by video call, on request.
The items below appear in both formats: as a document in the report, and interactively in the client portal.
The action register
Every identified intervention carries a reference: element concerned, observation, recommended action, priority, horizon, indicative budget.
The planned maintenance programme
One line per item, one column per year, over thirty years. What is immediate, and what can wait five or ten years.
The budget projection
Expenditure by main categories, major deadlines, cumulative budget, and the amount to set aside each month to absorb the plan smoothly.
The value trajectory
What the observed defects take away from the value of the property, and what the plan restores. Indicative estimates intended for asset management purposes.
The photographic baseline
Dated and complete. The starting point against which every change is measured.
Improvement opportunities
What can be improved, and what it returns: fire safety strategy and room-by-room equipment, simulation of energy improvement works with return on investment, and the other levers for reducing running costs identified on the property.
05A plan that stays alive
A plan drawn up once ages like the building it describes. Works get done, prices move, defects appear.
CH_G returns every two years: a new inspection, updated condition assessments, revised schedule and amounts, and a reviewed value trajectory. The report and the client portal are updated; the history is kept.
The update is invoiced separately and remains optional.
06Scope of the service
Scope
- Complete documentary review and verification against official sources
- Non-destructive architectural visit: interiors, façades, lofts, basement, grounds and surroundings
- Aerial drone survey, subject to weather conditions and applicable flight regulations
- Review of current contracts, warranties and insurance policies
- Prioritised, costed action register
- Thirty-year maintenance plan and budget projection
- Online client portal
Exclusions
Advisory services excluding project management (maîtrise d’œuvre), excluding design, excluding regulated French surveys (DPE, asbestos, lead, termites), excluding formal valuation reports, excluding legal or tax advice, excluding judicial expertise. Observations are based on a visual examination of the parts accessible on the day of the visit. Amounts are orders of magnitude, excluding contractor quotations. The exact scope is defined in the letter of engagement signed before any work begins.
Fees
From €2,500
Fees established after an initial conversation, according to the floor area, the complexity of the property and the extent of the grounds.
VAT not applicable, article 293 B of the French General Tax Code.
Frequently asked questions about the asset review are gathered on the FAQ page.
Your house has a trajectory. It deserves to be known.
The first conversation is confidential and without commitment.