The New French Forum

Last time I checked we are registered as marchant de biens' :lol: it's the only legal way to do it in France.

Perhaps that is why not many French folk seem to be into property development, if as you say you have to be a registered estate agent. Where as anyone can buy / sell / develop in the UK (as long as they pay their taxes...hmmm)

That's a cracker.
Does it come with the furniture? I love that dresser!

Unlikely but will let you know.

Commercial property is not something I know much about other than :D
If its a prime shop in the center of a large town, lets have a laugh and say Tours or Clermont
Ferrand. If its in a good spot they are not empty for long.
There are so many empty commercial units and shops, some have been empty for years.
If it was me, I would go down the...

Your bank?

CP = carte professionnelle

We have a rental apartment that we let furnished on one year contracts, with the usual guarantees. The thing to watch for me is to do your homework about costs so you do make a sensible return. So determine what return you want, and work backwards from there. So say place cost 80,000 and you need to spend another 5k (?) to get it up to spec. So...

Does the UK have anything as thorough as a Diagnostic Immobilier ??

Having had the compulsory diagnostic done for the house I was selling, i think it would be of limited use as a UK-type survey.
They check out your insulation/double glazing, look at your earth connection, check local maps for flood and earthquake risk, and inspect for termites,...

To be fair Noisette, I think many would need a wood burner back up irrespective of what system they have. Most wet systems need an electric pump. The truth is that certainly in rural France power outages are common. It is in sharp comparison with the ho-ha in the UK due to a 30 minute outage last Friday. We have suffered half a dozen outages since...

I can personally recommend:

We used Nadia and were delighted with her help. We would never have found this property on our own.

My understanding is what several years of payments to the syndicate - compunded by the fact the syndicate had been undercharging.

Maybe she should have been more duediligent?

Gotcha, sorry I had read through but my memory is woesome.

at first I thought that bed was some blankets covering some pallettes. :o :lol:

A bargain!
Nice location, our go-to picnic spot. Though being un-sociable buggers we head for the other side of the lake.

Noodie beach? 🤣🤣🤣

Nah, I wouldn't inflict that on the world😱

Oooh Collioure though - you'd forgive a lot to be able to live there! :good: 8-)

When we were looking to buy (1995) we went to a French property expo in the UK as a first step. Lots of agents, all with lots of properties. Problem started when we found that their details just said three rooms... . Big?, small?, were our starting questions: no idea they said, we just hold a list so we walked away - several times!

Final table...

I am in the process of purchasing a very desirable 3 bedroomed detached bungalow with garage, roofspace already converted to a mezzanine floor and veluxes insulation etc in place on the other half for 2 more large ensuite bedrooms.

It is in the nicest road of a lovely village 3.6km from the 3rd Paris Airport in an area of full employment, it has...

A couple of years ago I watched a ‘documentary ‘ on tv about buying houses in France After about 20 minutes I began to think it was strange all the ‘experts’were from Leggets ,by the end it was funny

Your missing the point sir. The link to the property I posted was only 25000.
You might get millions if you demolish your house but if your just a poor soul without a million to spend, 25k gets you 38 minutes from where all the millionaire live. :P

My son's dad says that too.

Does 'diagnostic' include a report on the sanitation system etc, from SPANC?
I would think it does. Because once the compromis is signed by both parties it's fairly binding, difficult to get out of.
I know when we sold our house I didn't tell anyone until the compromis was over.

No the diagnostic report does not contain a SPANC report. If you...

buzz has given the correct answer. There is no set rule now.
If you insist on a deposit you can ask for that to be written into the contract.
Some notaires just ask for 200 euros to cover costs from the buyer in case they pull out.
We recently viewed a house, did not sign or pay anything. When the notaire has everything ready we pay and sign the...

Not sure the local will be disappointed that you will not be moving there. :lol: :lol:

The Americans would never get my humour :D

I’m sure that the Americans are not alone.

Looks like dried out dry rot to me as well, are there any fruiting bodies or strands across the timbers? Old dry rot usually goes a bit smelly with orange dust, problem is it can spread without being seen, unlike wet rot which is usually very localised, I assume you are going to cut it out and replace the effected timbers, its only then you can...

Ms Heslop adds.
At our March property exhibition, the largest French agent, Leggett, reported an increase in typical budgets for property hunters. “They have gone up from €100,000-€200,000 to €400,000 because more people are looking for permanent homes,” says Joanna Leggett, the marketing director. 

Given the areas that Brits buy, if you walk...

With a €5,000 cheque under their belt, buyers will be able to revive old uninhabited homes and buildings in the historic village..................... :lol: :lol: :lol:

That might get you half a fosse installation if you're lucky.

And how many French will want to buy in a down and out area if they need to work? :roll: