The Complete Guide to Buying Property in France: Buying, Letting, Renting, Selling - Softcover

Davey, Charles

 
9780749446468: The Complete Guide to Buying Property in France: Buying, Letting, Renting, Selling
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0749446463 ISBN 13: 9780749446468
Verlag: Kogan Page, 2006

Inhaltsangabe

More and more people are buying property in France. The climate, culture and lifestyle make it a seductive proposition, and affordable travel connections and comparatively low property prices in most regions can make this dream a reality for many.

The new edition of this popular book deals with the details of buying or renting a home in France in a practical, straight-forward style. Every aspect of buying property is dealt with, including financial issues and choosing a location, and there is an in-depth look at the different regions of France. With maps, useful addresses, information on travel and a dictionary of helpful French terms, this really is the ideal companion for anyone considering buying a property in France. Comprehensive and readable, it will help any prospective buyer avoid the pitfalls and turning the dream of a home in France into reality.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Charles Davey graduated from Oriel College, Oxford. He studied Law at Nottingham Law College and is a practising barrister.

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1. Choosing your location

Climate; Property prices and the cost of living; Employment; Crime; Noise and pollution; Tourists; Education; Proximity of facilities; The local population; Transport links to the UK; Availability of English-speaking contacts; British/Irish/American goods and services; Flooding; Termites; Drought damage; Other hazards of nature

2. The regions

Nord-Pas de Calais; Normandy; Picardy; Paris and Île de France; Champagne-Ardenne; Lorraine and the Vosges; Alsace; Brittany; Les Pays de la Loire (Western Loire); Centre - the Loire Valley; Bourgogne (Burgundy); Franche-Comté; Poitou-Charentes; Limousin; Auvergne; Rhône-Alpes; Aquitaine; Midi-Pyrénées; Languedoc-Roussillon; Provence (excluding Alpes Maritimes); Côte d'Azur - Alpes Maritimes; La Corse

3. Renting a home in France

Reasons to rent; Finding a home to rent; The protection afforded by French law; The rental agreement; Before you move in; When you come to leave; Resolving disputes; Representation

4. The purchase of your home

The first step: deciding on legal advice; The French notaire and the solicitor; Title insurance; Methods of owning a property; Finding a property and negotiating with the vendor; Declaring at an undervalue; Purchasing at auction; Viewing the property; Surveyor's report; Transfer of the property; Fixtures and fittings; The costs of purchase; The purchase of farms; Local property

taxes; Insurance; Having work carried out

5. Mortgages and financial assistance for the housebuyer

Loans and financial packages for the house purchaser in France; Buying a future retirement property to let;

Other financial assistance

6. Buying a new property and having a property built

Building plots; Planning and building regulations;

The building contract; Buying from a developer;

The four guarantees

7. The purchase of an apartment or private property on a housing development

8. Heating your home and optimizing your utility bills

Choosing how to heat your home; Electricity; Oil

(mazout or fioul); Gas; Wood; Solar energy; Carbon monoxide poisoning; Electricity bills; Gas bills;

Water bills; The telephone; Standing orders; Moving house

9. Settling in

Your right to stay in France; Retiring to France; Payment of other UK benefits while living in France; Entitlement to French state benefits; Assistance for the disabled; Paying French income tax; Importing your belongings; Pets; Your car; Taking and transferring money to France;

A French bank account; Your régime matrimoniale; Pacte Civil de Solidarité; Your children; Pool safety; Emergencies; Household insurance; Communications: the telephone and postal system, fax, minitel and the

internet; Television and satellite; Welcome to France; Speaking and learning the language; Formalities; French administration; The black market; Your neighbours and you; Noisy and nuisance neighbours; Taking French nationality; Voting

10. Letting and selling your French home

Holiday lettings; Longer-term lettings, unfurnished; Longer-term lettings, furnished; The nightmare tenant; Insurance; Income tax; Financial incentives for prospective landlords; Selling your property

11. Education and health

Pre-school care; Nursery school education; Choices for primary and secondary education; The French system - state and private; École primaire (from ages 6 to 11); Collège (from ages 11 to 16); Lycée (for ages 16 to 18); Bilingual children; University education; Les grandes écoles; Distance learning - l'enseignement à distance; Obtaining information; The Open University; Healthcare and the French health system; Your rights to medical care in France; The system of reimbursement; Language difficulties; Preventative treatment; Emergency treatment; Vaccinations; Reform of the health system

12. Working and setting up a business in France

Employment; Income tax; Starting and running a business in France; Taxation of businesses; The purchase of a business; Business premises; Bank finance; State aid; Jeune Enterprise Innovant (JEI); Insurance; Bed and Breakfast; Competition from former employees

13. French inheritance laws and the taxation of capital

Rules of succession; Making a will; Procedure on

death; Inheritance tax; Wealth tax; Capital gains tax

Appendix 1 Useful addresses

Appendix 2A Direct flights from France to the UK and Ireland

Appendix 2B Flights between the United States and France

Appendix 3 Pet travel scheme - approved routes and carriers

Appendix 4 Non-EU nationals: acquiring the right to live and work in

France and the EU

Appendix 5 Scandinavian and Dutch resources

Appendix 6 Useful French words and phrases

Appendix 7 Abbreviations and phrases used in property details

Appendix 8 Public holidays

Appendix 9 Further reading

Appendix 10 Advertisers' contact details

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Verlag
Kogan Page
Erscheinungsdatum
2006
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0749446463
ISBN 13 
9780749446468
Einband
Tapa blanda
Auflage
4
Anzahl der Seiten
304
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