Artist's impression — not contractualCOLLECTION PIERRET
Neuilly-sur-Seine (92)
STUDIO · T2 · T3 · T4 — Delivery T2 2028
Paris & West
From western Paris to the residential towns that extend it, new-build is scarce: a few conversions, some rooftop extensions, rare high-end developments. Here the purchase is most often a main home — and a wealth decision in its own right.
Neuilly-sur-Seine · Boulogne-Billancourt · Saint-Cloud · Le Vésinet · 16th & 17th arrondissements
A residential West, between Haussmann density and villas
Western Paris is not a uniform area. The tree-lined avenues of Neuilly and the smart districts of the 16th sit on an old, dense fabric, where new-build appears only through a conversion or a rooftop extension. Boulogne, for its part, has absorbed its former industrial land to become one of the most sought-after addresses of the inner suburbs, with a population of families and professionals close to both La Défense and central Paris.
Further west, Saint-Cloud and its hillsides, Le Vésinet and its garden-city spirit offer a greener, quieter setting, prized by settled families who want space without leaving the Paris orbit. These are insiders’ markets, where you buy a neighbourhood and a school as much as a home.
Scarce new-build, structural family demand
The new-build supply of western Paris is constrained by land: few plots, small operations, often from office conversions or infill sites. Set against this is demand from settled families, exacting about quality and outdoor space — a balcony, a terrace or a garden remain rare and enduringly sought-after assets.
- Few operations, small in size: conversions, rooftop extensions, infill sites.
- Three- and four-bedroom family homes (T4–T5) much sought after, with demand often outstripping supply.
- Outdoor space remains a rare and decisive criterion in these areas.
- The reduced acquisition costs of new-build, against a still-dominant stock of existing property.
Currently on the market in this territory
Artist's impression — not contractual
Artist's impression — not contractual28 VERGNIAUD
Levallois-Perret (92)
T1 · T2 · T3 · T4 — Delivery T4 2027
Artist's impression — not contractualTERRASSES EN SEINE
Boulogne-Billancourt (92)
T1 · T2 · T3 · T4 — Delivery T2 2029
Artist's impression — not contractualSIGNATURE LEVALLOIS
Levallois-Perret (92)
T1 · T2 · T3 · T4 — Delivery T3 2028
Artist's impression — not contractualBOULOGNE D5 Lot 4 Accession
Boulogne-Billancourt (92)
T1 · T2 · T3 · T4 — Delivery T3 2026
Artist's impression — not contractualVilla Marius
Puteaux (92)
T2 · T3 · T4 · T6 — Delivery T2 2028
Non-exhaustive selection, shown for illustration — availability may change. This is not an offer for sale: every project begins with a personal study.
Request your studyWhen the main home becomes a piece of the estate
In this area, the purchase is often a high-end main home, financed in part by reinvesting a sale or surplus cash. The question is not only ‘which property’, but how to hold it and protect your spouse. Direct ownership of the main home has its own tax logic here — an allowance on its IFI base, a capital gain exempt on resale — which an SCI would lose. These are trade-offs we clarify, and that you settle with your notaire.
A real-life case
- Profile
- Self-employed professional, 49, married under a community-property regime, property wealth close to the IFI threshold.
- Project
- New-build main home (off-plan), Boulogne / Neuilly area, around €1.3m, financed in part by reinvesting cash.
- Structure
- Direct ownership of the main home; a spousal gift (donation au dernier vivant) to widen the surviving spouse’s options. No SCI, no split ownership on the main home.
- a 30% allowance — art. 973 CGIIFI base of the main home
- full exemption — art. 150 U, II, 1° CGICapital gain on resale of the main home
- around 2 to 3% (versus 7 to 8% on existing property)Acquisition costs (new-build)
- exempt from inheritance tax — art. 796-0 bis CGITransfer to the spouse on death
A project in this region?
A wealth study starts from your actual situation: a first structuring outline and the property types suited to this region, followed by a thirty-minute scoping call.
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