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Changes to Notaires’ fees makes buying a French Property cheaper.

Recent reforms to Notaires’ fees will be coming into effect on 1st May 2016 and they will allow Notaires to be able to offer discounts to French Property Buyers, making your French property purchase even cheaper, yes that means you!

More Good News.

The reforms are part of the "Loi Macron" which has the aim of making French Property more commercially competitive and this is always welcome news for British buyers of French property especially as compared to the UK, French property is amazing value already.

Maximum Fees in place for the first time.

From 1st May 2016 the maximum fee a Notaire will be able to charge is 10% of the sale price with a minimum fee of 90 euros. This could result in substantial savings of up to 70% on low value property purchases.

As an Example - Buying a plot of land for €3,000 will now only incur a Notaire’s fee of 300 euros instead of the previous 900 euros.

For sales of 150,000 euros or more Notaires will be able to offer a discretionary discount of up to 10% of their fees. A key point however is that they are 'not required to tell the buyer' that this discretionary discount is available and so buyers should establish if this discount is to be applied at the outset and obtain written confirmation of any discount given.

However don't get too excited as these discounts only apply to the actual "Notaire’s fee" part of the Notaire's fee, let me explain...

The discretionary discount is available only on the part of the Notaire's fee that the Notaire earns, not to the taxes and charges which the Notaire collects for the government on completion. The term ‘Frais de Notaire’ (Notaire’s Fees) includes these taxes and charges and so the discount doesn’t apply to the whole amount.

So good news, we all like a discount and a saving after all and as a general point this change will only make the cost of buying a property in France cheaper than before so that is a welcome step.

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Blog submitted by: Alex at The French Property Network - Cle France.

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Overall an very good experience.

Kind regards,

Dr C Scott MBCS.

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Blog submitted by: Alex at The French Property Network - Cle France.

It’s Springtime! – Open Windows in French.

Le printemps est arrivé (Spring is here) and the longer days, changing seasons, and changing clocks bring up thoughts of le grand nettoyage de printemps et les fleurs épanouies (spring cleaning and blooming flowers). The end of the cold months means that people will start opening up their houses and letting in l’air frais (fresh air).

A great time of the year to Visit France to view some of the stunning houses Cle France have for sale across 80% of the country from Coastal Cottage to Countryside Chateaux and from Town Houses to Village Farmhouses, the choice is vast just click or call Cle France and we will lead you through the entire French Property Buying Process and beyond step by step.

I didn’t realise I had a big whole in my vocabulaire français until I was chez mon ami (at my friend’s place) and we were going to take a picture but le soleil (the sun) was too strong. I had an interesting conversation with mon ami:

Je peux fermer les stores.

Les stores ?

Oui les stores. Pour le soleil.

Et comment ça s’écrit ?

Les stores. S-T-O-R-E-S.

Ah d’accord ! Je ne connaissais pas le mot pour les stores !

I can close the blinds.

The shutters?

Yes the shutters. For the sun.

And how do you spell it?

The blinds. B-L-I-N-D-S.

Ah okay! I didn’t know the word for shutters!

I then realised that je ne connaissais pas many of the word for shutters, curtains, and other window related vocabulary. I started asking mon ami how to say all kinds of words, but left still confused about how to say some things.

Une fois à la maison (once I was home), I looked up the words I could remember, making sure I would never have trouble saying:

Est-ce que tu peux fermer les stores ?

Can you close the blinds?

One thing is for sure, I’ll be happy to profiter de (enjoy) the warmer season, possibly even enjoying une bière sur la terrasse (a beer outside)!

Voici un petit vocabulaire de la fenêtre :

La fenêtre – Window

Le rideau – Curtain

Les rideaux – Curtains

Les stores – Blinds

Le volet – Shutter

Le balcon – Balcony

Le patio – Patio

La véranda – Lanai

L’air frais – Fresh air

Le rebord de fenêtre – Windowsill

Le carreau – Window pane

La vitre –  Window glass

La terrasse – Terrace (or generally “outside”)

Le brise-soleil – Awning

L’appentis – Lean-to.

Blog submitted by: David at The French Property Network - Cle France.

This blog was originally posted on The French Language Blog pages.