Allemond properties for sale

The Grand Domaine’s Best-Kept Secret: Understanding Allemond as a Property Market

Allemond is not a ski resort. It is an authentic Oisans farming village at 713 metres altitude in the Eau d’Olle valley — known for decades to road cyclists as the base of the 21 legendary Tour de France hairpins leading to Alpe d’Huez, and to summer visitors for the Lac du Verney, one of the finest mountain reservoir lakes in the Isère. In 2021 it became something more: a Grand Domaine access point, when the Eau d’Olle Express — France’s first valley lift — opened, connecting the village to Oz 3300 ski station in 8 minutes and from there to the full 250km Alpe d’Huez Grand Domaine. For property buyers, that inauguration created one of the most compelling value gaps in the French Alps: a village with genuine character, outstanding year-round credentials, 45 minutes from Grenoble — and property prices that have not yet caught up with the infrastructure overhead.

The Eau d’Olle Express: What the Valley Lift Changes

The Eau d’Olle Express rises 658 vertical metres in 8 minutes from the valley floor at 713m to Oz 3300 station at 1,350m. Its designers describe it as the safest and most efficient valley lift in the world — detachable gondola technology on a gradient that would be impossible by road in winter. A free car park of 217 spaces sits at the Allemond base station, with a skier services building directly alongside. From the Oz 3300 arrival station, the full Alpe d’Huez Grand Domaine is accessible via the Alpette gondola — 250km of pistes, 85 lifts, summit at 3,330m. The lift operates in summer too, opening up high-altitude mountain biking and hiking from a valley-floor start.

Where to Buy in Allemond

Cœur Massif — The Flagship New-Build

Cœur Massif is Allemond’s defining new-build opportunity — a boutique residence of 2–4 bedroom apartments positioned just 4 minutes’ walk from the Eau d’Olle Express gondola station. The programme offers a shared pool and spa, underground parking and panoramic views across the Belledonne and Grandes Rousses massifs — new-build specification at a price point that reflects Allemond’s valley altitude rather than its Grand Domaine connectivity. For buyers who want a turn-key property with full ski access and a quality leisure offer, Cœur Massif is currently the benchmark for what investor-grade development looks like in this market. Supply is extremely limited by the village’s size and planning constraints.

Village Chalets & Resale

Beyond Cœur Massif, Allemond’s village stock comprises traditional Oisans stone-and-timber chalets and small farmhouses — the building fabric of a working agricultural commune, not a purpose-built resort. Buyers with renovation appetite and a longer time horizon will find the most significant upside here: plot prices and renovation costs are low relative to the ski access now overhead, and the planning environment rewards sympathetic restoration of existing structures. This is the part of the Allemond market that most closely mirrors what Vaujany looked like before its transformation — a genuine authentic village at the foot of a world-class ski domain, available at village prices.

Allemond vs. the Domain — Price at a Glance

All villages share the same Grand Domaine ski pass. Allemond is connected by gondola rather than piste — the only structural difference to the ski-station villages above.