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Estate
This section contains 'Real
Estate' information for leasing, buying, leasing or selling both
residential, and commercial real estate. The sell or lease of
castles 'chateaux' in France, and all types of real estate
property transactions. Please review the legal information
for people outside of France about buying and owning property in
France.
- France real estate laws and information for buying property in France
- Home Buying and Home and Garden Magazines
- Real Estate Sites
- The Guidelines to
Buying Property in France
This is basic information, for more
information
contact us with the city, town or area of France
that you're interested in acquiring property whether it
be a home or commercial related, and we'll put you in
contact with the proper agency.
- Legal Process
These guidance notes consider the legal process
of buying real estate in France , including the
different types of French sale/purchase property
contracts (promesse de vente or a compromis de
vente), the use of estate agents in France, notaires
[notaries] and legal advisors.
We consider the 'cooling-off' period in the contract,
and the conditional clauses that can be included,
particularly in relation to getting a French mortgage.
We consider the French property surveys (diagnostic
immobilier) that need to be undertaken, such as
those for termites, as well as any French property
building surveys.
The notaire will also be required to undertake a local
planning search (urbanisme) to provide you with a
copy of the 'plan cadastral' and consider the
pre-emption rights of the local council and the French
land agency SAFER. They will also need to satisfy
themselves that you will have good title to the French
property.
We consider the different forms of ownership of French
property, whether en indivision, or en tontine,
or through a property company called a Société Civile
Immobilière (SCI) as each has important implications
in French inheritance law.
We also consider the need to enter into a French
marriage contract, called a régime de communauté
universelle.
Finally, we consider the fees and taxes that are
payable, normally referred to as the frais de notaire.
- Buying an Off-Plan French
Property
We have provided some pages on buying an off-plan French
property, called vente sur plan.
We consider the preliminary contract (contrat de
réservation) for an off-plan French property, and the
deposit (dépôt de garantie that is payable.
We then review the main contract called a Vente en
l’état futur d’achèvement (VEFA) for an off-plan French
property.
You will need to consider the track record of the French
property developer, and the financial guarantees (garantie
de remboursement or a garantie d'achèvement) and
building guarantees (la responsabilité décennale) they
are able to offer. You will also need to take our your
own insurance, called la responsabilité décennale.
There are important issues concerning the handover and
delivery of an off-plan French property, which you would
be well-advised to think about even before works starts
on site.
- Buying at a French Property
Auction
We consider the process of buying at a French property
auction, including the different types of French
property auctions, advertising of French property
auctions, the auction particulars (cahier des charges),
the reserve price (mise à prix ), and the French
property auction procedure (vente à la bougie). You also
need to consider the possibility of a later overbid (la
surenchère) at a French property auction
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