Property in France
The notaire acts for the transaction, not for you. We read what you sign, structure how you hold and coordinate every party.
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We read the compromis or promesse de vente before you sign and tell you what to change.
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We check the title, the surveys and the building's documents before the purchase becomes binding.
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Everything a buyer outside France needs to complete without travelling.
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A written recommendation on how to hold the property, given your nationality, marriage and heirs.
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A French property company to hold, share or pass on a property, set up from articles to registration.
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The rules between co-buyers who own together without a company.
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Selling your French property from abroad, from offer to proceeds, with capital gains prepared in advance.
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Before you sign for shop, office or restaurant premises in France.
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In the order a property moves: buying, holding, then selling or letting.
A compromis de vente (preliminary sale agreement) binds you weeks before the deed. Everything worth checking happens before it. A compromis de vente (preliminary sale agreement) is the contract in which buyer and seller commit to a property sale on agreed terms. A notaire (French notary) is a public officer who authenticates legal instruments, including the final deed of a property sale.
We read the compromis or promesse de vente before you sign and tell you what to change.
We check the title, the surveys and the building's documents before the purchase becomes binding.
Everything a buyer outside France needs to complete without travelling.
Ownership shapes what you pay each year, what you pay on resale and what your heirs receive. An SCI (property holding company) is a French civil company used to hold and manage property. Indivision (undivided ownership) is a form of joint ownership in which each owner holds a share of the same property.
A written recommendation on how to hold the property, given your nationality, marriage and heirs.
A French property company to hold, share or pass on a property, set up from articles to registration.
The rules between co-buyers who own together without a company.
Sell or let a French property without flying back for each step, and without tax surprises.
Selling your French property from abroad, from offer to proceeds, with capital gains prepared in advance.
Before you sign for shop, office or restaurant premises in France.
A compliant lease for a French home you let.
The notaire is a public official who drafts and authenticates the deed and collects the taxes for the transaction. The notaire does not advise one side against the other. A lawyer reads the agreement for you, explains what you commit to and negotiates before you sign.
Yes. France places no nationality restriction on buying residential property. What changes for a foreign buyer is the paperwork: source of funds, civil documents with apostilles, and how your marriage regime and home law apply to a French property.
It is the preliminary sale agreement, and it binds both parties once signed. A non-professional buyer of a home has 10 days to withdraw without reason. After that, withdrawing outside the agreed conditions costs you the deposit under the standard penalty clause.
Yes, from start to finish. Documents are reviewed by email and video, and signing is done through a power of attorney, or by electronic signature where the notaire offers it.
Three things decide it: who is buying, your marriage regime, and how you want the property to pass on. Each option changes the tax and inheritance outcome, so the choice has to be made before the compromis is signed.
The gain is taxed in France at 19% plus social charges, reduced by allowances for each year of ownership. Many sellers outside the EU must appoint a tax representative when the price exceeds 150,000 euros. The tax treaty with your country decides what happens at home.
A first call to understand your matter. A fee agreed in writing before any work begins.
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