The New French Forum

I know that my small wooden chalet needs work but now I am by myself after my husbands death I feel that the viewers are offering silly prices up to 20000 below because I am here by myself and they think that I need a quick sale{I do but with covid return to UK at the moment is too difficult}
There is some work that is essential septic tank...

We have now moved back to the uk, signing of our French house by power of attorney next week....hopefully. Everything has gone really smoothly except..... I really thought I had done all my research on all to do with the move. Contacted HMRC as soon as to import both our cars....one French one English.....that has gone through without a problem....

I'm currently overseeing the sale of my parents holiday flat in Nice. I chose a separate notaire to the sellers notaire because my parents, being elderly and infirm have very specific needs and they wanted to deal with someone they know. we went back to the office that sold them the flat 20 years ago, they loved the notaire and said he was very...

Hi, over the past couple of months we have been steadily progressing with our house sale, a few jittery moments but now it is getting close, we signed the Compromis de Vente electronically back at the end of May, the Acte de Vente needs to be signed around the 24th of August, due to the Agents and Notaires holidays, we have asked the Notaire if we...

In the salle d'attente at the hôpital today I was watching the TV and there was a feature on people that had taken over failing commerces or ones where the gérant retired usually with supports and grants from the Mairie of the commune. They had all been put up on a French website which I had heard of before, quite a catchy well known name but of...

I put a link up earlier this evening about this. It might be of interest to others looking to sell a property in France so giving it its own thread.

Lunchtime tf1 had a report on estate agents reporting enquiries from those in cities looking for either second homes in the countryside or homes that are commutable (eg. an hour or so to a station in Paris) as work methods likely to be different even after the confinement with more choosing to work from home than before.

Unless you pay SAFER money your house sale cannot take place until late August, if you signed a sales contract today.
If the lock down is increased so is the date you can sell your house.

If you give them money it can take place within three weeks, an official ripoff.

Sounds to me like they were telling fibs ;)
They claimed it was there principal residence.

The Deed is done .

Quite literally, the deed is now done and the final signing has taken place. For the record, the house was on the market for nearly three years and the price was dropped twice. A full asking price offer was subsequently received and 127 days later the final signing undertaken.

The Notaire was fully IT equipped and we, the...

We have a cheap property, it's only £9950. Someone has offered to buy it but can only pay 2000 a month.
Has anyone ever done that? they would not be in the house.

My position is as follows:
I have an apartment in France with a French tenant, who is now above retirement age.
The tenant is good and has paid regularly and on time.
The tenancy contract expires at the end of 2021.:
I am 68, will retire this year and need clarity for the future.
1. Can I request the tenant to leave at the end of the contract...

The OP asked for their thread to be taken down which I've done. I'm sure they found all of the replies on there helpful as everyone gave some good input.

I used to be a member of a possibly defunct similar site many years ago and went under the name Nearly Retired - well, I have been now for maybe 10 years. I've lurked here for a while and now have a question or two.

After 15 years of ownership of a second home in 17 we have sold it (well compromis signed more than 10 days ago) and have decided...

The maison secondaire has apparently been sold - the compromis has been signed by all parties and we are simply waiting for the formal mortgage offer to the buyers.

We sold through an agent, accepting the huge fees hit, because we are not at the house enough to be able to deal with a private sale. The agent assures us that buyers signing a...

Greetings
We did this a while ago - however cannot find updated documents - should we have them?

We also wish to change ownership within the (family) group again - can we do this with a notaire (or any other advice please)?

Thank-you
Michael

Hi

Can anyone give me a quick overview of the charges associated with selling a second home in France ?. My principal residence is also in France and I am selling the second home (a holiday apt) privately; no immobilier. Is it true that CGT (impôt sur les plus values) is the only tax payable and that it is calculated on the difference between how...

We had a sale going through today but the notaire's office notified us late yesterday afternoon that no payment has been received. So we contacted the buyers who were an route from Holland and eho rrplied saying that no one has asked them to send anything!
They managed to arrange payment by intermet to the notaire last night and the payment...

Hello
Could anyone help with the terms needed to list a house on LBC - or anywhere?
For example, how does one measure and what can be included - eg rooms in the sou sol which have become a guest suite with heating, and have large windows, or what was the loft but is now the main bedroom with heating and extra windows, but has a sloping roof.
And...

Some friends of mine practically gave their lovely house away to a French couple late last year, the purchasers are now claiming that the roof needs a 15,000 euro repair, how should they proceed in this matter? as far as they were aware there was no problem.

Long story short - selling a house in France on behalf of the aged parent who now has dementia. Fortunately there's a Lasting Power of Attorney, but of course that will complicate matters! I imagine the estate agent will need to know, and of course the notaire in due course.

Has anyone done such a thing and, if so, is there anything to look out...

I hate people saying leboncoin, its a great place to sell and its free. We have had a couple of adverts on there and we either get someone with no money wanting to pay it up or someone who is in Nigeria with lots of money who will buy without viewing and there could be a little extra in it for me.
We did see a house on LBC at 8am viewed it later...

Hello all

I have a small seaside holiday apt with a mortgage on it which I want to sell in favour of buying a small rural house in the mountains

Before I talk to the bank and and get bombarded with bank talk, does anybody know the normal procedure used by banks in France for transferring a mortgage from one property to another ?

Is CGT a still payable in France if the French property sold is the sole property you own? Thanks in advance!

Wonder if anyone has any experience of this situation ,or is it bullsh#t. In conversation with a commercial agent for an estate agency, I was talking about how capital gains is payable on selling a maison secondaire in France and since the extension to 22 years before no plus value is paid can be a considerable amount of money. This agent told me...