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Your Paris Tenant Is Subletting on Airbnb Without Permission: Terminate, Recover the Profits and Evict

Your Paris tenant is subletting your flat on Airbnb without your written agreement. French law lets foreign landlords terminate the lease, evict and recover every euro of sub-rent. Proof, pr …

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France’s 2026 Relance Logement Buy-to-Let Scheme: A Foreign Investor’s Legal Guide to Tax Relief and Landlord Duties

France's 2026 Relance Logement scheme offers foreign buyers up to 12,000 euros a year in rental amortisation for nine years of capped letting. This guide explains the official conditions and …

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Your Water-Damage Claim Was Refused in France: How Foreign Owners Overturn the Refusal and Get Paid (2026)

Insurer refused your French water-damage claim? Late declaration, wear and tear and unoccupied-home defences usually fail without strict proof. Case law, evidence method and liability target …

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Seller Backs Out After the Compromis in France: Force the Sale or Take the Penalty (Foreign Buyer’s Guide 2026)

Your French seller refuses to sign the acte authentique after the compromis. French law treats the signed promise as the sale itself: here is how foreign buyers force execution or claim the …

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Signed a Compromis in France and Changed Your Mind? 10-Day Cooling-Off, Deposit Refund and Exit Routes for Foreign Buyers

You signed a compromis de vente in France and want out? How the 10-day cooling-off right works, how to recover your deposit within 21 days, and which legal exit routes remain once the deadli …

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Service Charges Your French Tenant Refuses to Pay: The Foreign Landlord’s Recovery Guide

Your French tenant refuses to pay the annual service-charge top-up. This guide explains what landlords may legally recover, the yearly reconciliation ritual that decides everything, and how …

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Buying Property in Viager in France: Price, Annuity and Remedies — Foreign Buyer’s Guide (2026)

How occupied and free life-annuity sales work in France: bouquet and rente calculation, running costs while the seller stays, annulment for absence of uncertainty, and remedies when the annu …

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Neighbour Built Over Your Boundary or Blocked Your Light in France: Demolition, Injunctions and Damages for Foreign Owners (2025-2026 Rulings)

Your French neighbour built over your boundary or blocked your light and view. French law offers demolition as of right for encroachment and damages plus injunction for abnormal disturbance …

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Your Paris Flat Is Smaller Than the Deed Says: the Loi Carrez Price-Cut Claim Foreign Buyers Must File Within One Year

Your Paris flat measures less than the deed states. French Carrez law gives foreign buyers a strict proportional price cut if the shortfall exceeds 5 percent, but the claim must be filed wit …

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Challenging a Neighbour’s Planning Permission in France: the Two-Month Deadline and the Damages Track for Foreign Owners

A neighbour's extension threatens your view, light or quiet. French law gives third parties two months from site display to challenge the permis de construire, plus strict notification dutie …

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Town Hall Wants Your Paris Flat: French Urban Pre-emption (DPU) and the Foreign Buyer’s Two-Month Response Plan

The town hall can step into your Paris purchase. How the DIA declaration and the two-month clock work, what happens when the price is disputed, and the remedies of an evicted foreign buyer.

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Buying French Property at Auction as a Foreign Buyer: Judicial Sales, Bidding Rules and Risks After the Hammer Falls

Judicial auction sales in France require a local lawyer, a 10% bank guarantee and unconditional payment, and carry no hidden-defects warranty. A complete guide for foreign buyers, from the c …

Maître Reda Kohen

Maître Reda Kohen

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