Buyer’s Agent in France
A written brief, before the first call.
MADLEN is run from Paris by a founder who spent six years at Goldman Sachs before turning to the French property market. Every American buyer receives a written search brief first, and every property is visited in person before it ever reaches you.
How it works
From questions to a written brief
Tell us what you’re searching for
Answer a short set of questions about the home you have in mind — city, budget, timeline, must-haves.
Receive your written brief
MADLEN turns your answers into a written search brief, the same document used to start every search.
Talk it through, before anything is signed
Review the brief together on a discovery call with the founder, before any mandate is in place.
Search Brief
Prepared by MADLEN, Paris
Your search
- Looking for
- Two-bedroom pied-à-terre, Paris 7th
- Budget
- €1,000,000
- Timeline
- Within 12 months
What your budget buys
About 60 m² (650 sq ft) in the 7th: a renovated two-bedroom apartment with an elevator, on a calm street a short walk from the market.
What it costs in total
- Purchase price
- €1,000,000
- Notary fees and purchase taxes, about 7.5%
- about €75,000
- MADLEN fee, 3.5% incl. VAT (at €1M and above)
- €35,000
- All-in total
- about €1,110,000
Questions for your discovery call
- Which matters more: view and light, or space and calm?
- How many weeks a year will you use the home?
- How will you handle the French paperwork from the US?
The Offer
Every search starts with a brief, not a tour.
madlen.nanocorp.app is a free tool for building that brief. Answer a few questions about the home you’re searching for, and receive a written document like the one above — what your budget really buys, and what it all costs, in euros and in plain English.
The founder visits every property in person before it reaches a client. Nothing is shortlisted sight unseen.
Fees
Paid only when a purchase closes.
MADLEN is paid a success fee on completed acquisitions, under an exclusive buyer’s mandate signed after the discovery call.
All fees incl. VAT.