When you make any type of investment – DO YOUR DUE DILIGENCE!!!

With French property your protection by us is totally unique. With “off-plan” new build, you have 8 full weeks “cooling off” period from day of reserving a property. World-wide the max. is 10 days for “cooling off” and the normal is 3 to 7 days). Your deposit is fully refundable during this period.

To help we advise all investors to look at two important Government websites :
1 : www.insee.fr (have English Version). GOVERNMENT. Ministry of Economic and Trade.
2 : www.notaires.fr The official website of the State notaires. English version. They have wonderful booklets to download - in English

We also appoint an English speaking notaires for you to contact. You will find list of English speaking the notaires on their website of thru any French Embassy, or the American Embassy in Paris. (Remember : the notaire “closing” fee is fixed by the State at 2.5% per property – whether there is one, or ten notaires involved!)

Yes; dealing in a foreign language can be daunting, but you will find the benefits of French property worth the little “extra” time and effort. Many others certainly have.

The official INSEE figures, (as of 1 Sept. 2007), of English speaking foreigner’s presently owning RESIDENTIAL properties in France :-

• British : over 500.000
• Ireland : 108.000
• Scandanavia : 43.000
• USA 58.000.
• Japan is 9.000 in last 3 years!

Over 250.000 Americans work & live in France - 90% in Paris region - which is why there are American Churches; Cathederal; Library and numerous schools - 30% own residential property either for living or investment, or both.

And the subject is well served on the Internet. Go to Google and type in :
"French Investment Property" → OVER 2 M I L L I O N HITS
Buy to Let France → OVER 13 M I L L I O N HITS (Checked on 11/06/07)
You can also try other search engines and a combination of words.
(If you read French : type in Loi Robien).

SO PLEASE CARRY OUT YOUR “DUE DILIGENCE”

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** On the internet and in the media you will find many adverts re. “Leaseback”, ( called in France “Residence de Tourisme”). This is basically extended Timeshare. It is an excellent investment if you are a Resident French income tax payer, (who can write off the property against their income tax), but is extremely bad if you are not. As a group we actually build “Residence de Tourime”, but never market to overseas investors. Many notaires refuse to sign/approve this type of investment for overseas clients.
Please email us for legal reports.