Buy a House in France - Process Revealed

As a French I am proud and happy to know that amazing people like you decided to stay here. Thanks for your channel and experience sharing. Bless you.

Very professional explanations on all the process to buy a property in France. You missed nothing. It should help lots of Americans.

I’ve officially made it! 🙏🤩 We need to do a live webinar together. Let’s make it happen! 😎

Where are you in France ? Region ? I drove from Lille to Narbonne( from the north to the Mediterranean sea ). I saw the most beautiful landscapes in France . Thumbs up 👍 from northern California. Profitez bien de la beaute de France .

Congrats! Our process was indeed a “fast” 21 weeks from accepted offer to keys! What I will say — we were forewarned as our process started in a September and they were already alerting us that things would grind to a standstill at Christmas Hahaha we thought “ Xmas? That’s months away — why are you telling us this? We’ll be done long before then —- right?” And they laughed —- We got the keys on Feb 14!

Thank you for explaining the process. Just one clarification, while the current law may have been written by napoleon that has historically been how French inheritance works. That is famously why the empire of Charlemagne fractured after his death.

Congrats for you purchase ! I do agree that our French inheritance law is idiotic because it leads to a lot of "indivision" (co-tenancy) and is a major reason for family "wars". I used to own 2.5 % of the big family house that my great-grand-mother bought in 1895. We were 15 owners including me, my sisters, my mother and numerous cousins and uncles and aunts. The maintenance cost was high. The house was deteriorating. Each year, I had to pay 2.5% of the property taxes. Everybody wanted to sell except one cousin ("It is a sacred duty to keep it in the family..."). It lasted 15 years before we could sell and some family people don't talk anymore to each others...

Congratulations on buying a house! I hope you guys will be very happy there.

It is a barrister in English. I live in Québec and we have the Civil Code too. And qe do have notaires.

One major difference with the U.S. is that all parties receive all the documents BEFORE closing day. Further, there are usually fewer documents. We read ALL the documents well before our signing session with the notaire, and we had marked all the sections we did not understand clearly. The notaire illuminated everything that was unclear for us. One note: many properties, particularly in rural areas, have older septic systems. A number of years ago, the French government passed legislation requiring these systems to be brought up to "norm" within two years of transfer if a property changed hands. This usually costs 8 to 15 thousand euros, depending upon the attributes of the property.

Thank you so much for taking the time to share all that you have learned. Your channel is a real benefit (and blessing) to all. I am concerned with the exchange rates. My USD just doesn't faire well migrating to Euros! On a large purchase this could be a substantial awakening. Wishing you immense happiness in France. -Daniel (Paris)

Congratulations We are in the process of buying at the moment. Compris de vente signed,deposit paid…. Just need to view the property!!! But that’s this weekend!! (Don’t worry 2 surveyors viewed it)

Someone had a nice paid holiday in Tahiti, when they could of just contacted a local notary there, or even done an electronic signature!

In sale agreement, there is conditions in the contract in case for exemple the bank refuse your loan for any reason if you have to take one, there is also some articles if the city wants to take over the property for the buyer to get back its deposit, and if you buy a piece of land to build a house, the city agreement to build, as you need a building permit :) etc. The deposit is not paid to the owner but to the notaire or to the Caisse des dépot en consignation (a state banking organism, that block the money free of fees, it is to be fair for all parties and not steal the money or any unfair practices), also the full payment is not given directly to the saler, the money is passing throw the Notaire, to validate the sale, to take the amount of taxes needed, his fees and redistribute the money if needed to the owner, the real estate agent etc. The notaire is the guaranted that all the money is channel where it should be and that eveything is made in due form

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Congratulations on buying your home in France 🇫🇷. Hope it will be your forever home! I bought mine in the Sarthe Valley last September. Glad you mentioned the "right of first refusal" of the local mairie and farmers' association to buy the property during the period after the compromis de vente. That was a big worry for me.

Just went through this myself. Very accurately described. The system is different from the US but at the same time it's not that different or at least not so different that you can't adapt. But the process is stressful I think especially if you're managing it from across the ocean. You definitely get the feeling that you're in uncharted waters.

I think your friend asked what kind of mushroom is it because in France a lot of old houses have "dry rot fungus" (mérule). And when you have that, it's a disaster.

Hi this is only my 2nd video to watch this lovely couple explaining buying a house in France & Health Care in France, so lovely & so easy to follow & easy to watch. Where did u buy your house & keep doing what your doing, found you on Tommy travels, good luck & keep your adorability. Watch Francois Truffaut movies…just the best💜🤗

It's not both parties, it is only the buyers that have the 10 day cooling off period.