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Getting the property ready for the official inspection

We measure the gaps, rank them, and help you close them. We do not carry out the official assessment and we never issue a classification certificate.

Three levels of support

Depending on where your property or project stands, our services combine into three levels. Each brings together services described further down.

The starting point

Essential

Who it is for
A property that wants to know where it stands and what it needs before committing to works, applying for classification or moving up a category.
Aim
Know where the property really stands and which actions to take first.
This level includes
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  • The initial regulatory diagnosis
  • A technical and operational review
  • A fire safety and accessibility review
  • The critical gaps identified
  • A positioning note
  • A prioritised roadmap
Related services
Pre-assessment

Quoted individually, depending on the services selected.

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Our core offer

Optimisation

Who it is for
A property preparing a classification application, aiming for a higher category or setting up an improvement programme.
Aim
Measure the gaps, rank the risks and prepare the property for the official assessment.
This level includes
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  • The full compliance and classification audit
  • A criterion-by-criterion analysis
  • Fire safety
  • Accessibility
  • Architecture and flows
  • The compliance programme
  • Costing by work package
  • Preparation for classification and the official inspection
  • Support while improvements are carried out

This level includes our Signature Conformité (“compliance signature”): a preparatory audit carried out criterion by criterion against the applicable grid. It is the firm’s own preparation method. It is not an authority’s official grid, a label or a classification.

Quoted individually, depending on the services selected.

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End-to-end support

Excellence

Who it is for
An existing property embarking on a transformation, a renovation or a move upmarket, as well as an investor or the promoter of a new build.
Aim
Take the transformation of the property, or the new build, from design through to follow-up after opening.
This level includes
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  • Overall hotel engineering
  • Transformation, renovation and upgrading of an existing property
  • Design or design review of a new build
  • A design, permitting and project-management assignment, where the project calls for one
  • Owner’s representative support
  • Equipment optimisation
  • Support during the works
  • Pre-opening preparation
  • Team training
  • Follow-up after opening
  • Regulatory watch and an annual compliance review

Quoted individually, depending on the services selected.

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Pre-assessment

An operating property that wants to know where it stands before committing to works or applying for classification.

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What we do
A half-day visit: observations recorded, photos taken, and everything checked against the country’s grid.
What you receive
A 10 to 15-page gap report, an indicative classification estimate and a list of priorities.
Duration
Half a day on site
Indicative price
XOF 500,000–900,000 (about €760–1,370)
Indicative, for the service described here; confirmed by quotation.

Full compliance and classification audit

A property preparing a classification application, a move up a category or a financing round.

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What we do
A one to two-day visit covering classification, fire safety, accessibility, operations and architecture.
What you receive
A fully traceable, criterion-by-criterion report and a compliance programme costed by work package.
Duration
One to two days on site
Indicative price
XOF 2–4 million depending on size (about €3,050–6,100)
Indicative, for the service described here; confirmed by quotation.

Compliance support

A property carrying out the works identified by an audit.

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What we do
We follow the works, review contractors’ quotes and prepare the property for the official inspection.
What you receive
Progress reports, a certificate of readiness and the application file.
Duration
In line with the works programme
Indicative price
Monthly fee of XOF 400,000–800,000 (about €610–1,220), or 5–8% of the cost of works
Indicative, for the service described here; confirmed by quotation.

New-build design review

An investor or developer whose drawings are not yet final.

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What we do
A review of the brief and the drawings against the target category, before the application for authorisation to build is filed.
What you receive
A consistency note, a list of non-compliances and our recommendations.
Duration
5 to 15 days depending on the project
Indicative price
1–1.5% of construction cost, minimum XOF 3 million (about €4,570)
Indicative, for the service described here; confirmed by quotation.

Team training

A property’s staff, or the members of a hotel association.

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What we do
A one-day session on the classification criteria, hygiene, safety and getting ready for inspection.
What you receive
Training materials and a certificate of attendance.
Duration
One day
Indicative price
XOF 300,000–500,000 per session (about €460–760)
Indicative, for the service described here; confirmed by quotation.

What we do not do

  • We do not award classifications, certificates or plaques: only the country’s authority does.
  • We never promise a category: our reports are indicative.
  • We do not pass our reports on to the classification commission.
  • We do not replace the approved inspection body for the statutory checks of technical installations.

Prices are indicative, in CFA francs (XOF), and confirmed by a quotation after a first conversation. Euro equivalents are at the fixed rate of XOF 655.957 to the euro. A 50% deposit is due on order, with the balance on delivery of the report.