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Anyone buying a property in France will usually receive a substantial package of documents before the purchase: the dossier de diagnostic technique, or DDT. Depending on the property, this may contain information about asbestos, lead, electricity, gas,...
Anyone viewing a property in France will nowadays almost immediately see two letters: the energy rating and the climate rating of the Diagnostic de Performance Énergétique, or DPE. The report is available before the sale and forms part of the dossier...
Anyone buying a property in France will naturally look first at the purchase price. However, the final cost of the purchase will be higher than the agreed purchase price. In addition to the purchase price, there are frais d’acquisition, possible financing...
The avant-contrat has been signed. The signatures are on the promesse de vente or the compromis de vente, and the buyer has a ten-day cooling-off period.That much is generally well known. But anyone who signs on a Friday and then starts counting off ten...
The offer has been accepted. Buyer and seller have agreed on the price and the property is off the market. Then comes one of the most important moments in the purchase process: signing the promesse de vente or compromis de vente.For many buyers, this...
The apartment seems perfect. A good terrace, beautiful views, the right location, and even the monthly charges seem reasonable.But then the minutes of the copropriété reveal that a renovation of the façade has been under discussion for some time. Or replacement...
You have finally found the house. The location is right, the view is beautiful and, after the viewing, you do not want to run the risk of someone else walking away with it. So you make an offer.But what does such an offer actually mean in France? Is an...
What Is an SCI?An SCI (Société Civile Immobilière) is a French civil real estate company specifically designed to own and manage property.The SCI is one of the most commonly used real estate ownership structures in France. Unlike a commercial company,...
There are places that evolve with time, and there are places that ignore it. Club 55 in Saint-Tropez clearly belongs to the latter category. And perhaps that is exactly why it remains so popular.It all began in 1955, when the location served as a simple...
When Pablo Picasso moved permanently to the Côte d’Azur in 1946, he was no longer a searching artist but a world-famous icon. Yet southern France did not become a place of quiet retirement for him; it became the place where the boundary between his turbulent...
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