Les Traitements du Sud Geneva

Les Traitements du Sud is a company specialising in floors and natural stone, founded on the French Riviera. Along that coastline, where marble graces villas, building lobbies, hotels and boutiques, the company has built its expertise working with demanding stone that is often old, sometimes rare and always precious to those who own it.

Of all natural stones, marble holds a special place in our craft. It is the stone that calls for the greatest finesse: it reacts to everyday acids, it reveals every scratch under raking light, and it rewards careful work with a lustre no other material can match. That is why marble is our priority.

Les Traitements du Sud Geneva is the company’s Geneva branch, devoted entirely to marble restoration. It works throughout the canton of Geneva and along the Vaud shore of Lake Geneva, from Terre Sainte to Nyon, with the same methods and the same exacting finish as on the French Riviera.

Geneva is a city of marble, often more than people realise. You find it in the lobbies of buildings along the nineteenth-century ring of boulevards and in Champel, on the staircases of Old Town houses, in the bathrooms and fireplaces of villas in Cologny, Vandœuvres or Collonge-Bellerive, in the boutiques of the Rue du Rhône and the offices of the Corraterie. Each place has its own stone, its own history and its own demands of daily use.

Our Geneva branch was designed to meet these needs with one craft in mind: marble. It serves private homeowners, property management agencies and PPEs (condominiums), hotels, private banks and offices, luxury boutiques and watchmakers, as well as the interior designers who entrust us with showcasing their projects.

Geneva’s climate is part of our thinking. In winter, de-icing salt and grit carried in on shoes mark entrance hall floors; the fairly hard water leaves traces on basins, shower trays and vanity tops. We take this into account when choosing finishes and protective treatments, and in the care advice we leave with you after the work.

Damaged marble almost never needs to be replaced. Beneath a dull, scratched or stained surface, the stone remains sound throughout: removing a very thin layer is enough to reveal fresh material. Restoration thus preserves the authenticity of an old floor, staircase or fireplace, avoids heavy building work and respects the character of the place.

This is especially valuable in Geneva, where many buildings and houses retain original marble that is part of their identity: a fine residential lobby, an Old Town staircase or a lakeside villa floor deserves to be brought back to life rather than covered over.