French villa for sale
Appel Immo provides a wide range of French properties, French villas
and French houses for sale by owner.
Beware of defects before choosing a french villa for sale…
-If the dwelling you buy is less than ten years old, you will still be covered
by the "ten-year guarantee" which covers construction faults in the building
carcass.
Ask the vendor to give you the "building damage insurance" certificate which
should have been taken out when the building was built or converted into
a dwelling.
- If the dwelling is more than ten years old, you will only be covered for
"hidden defects", and then only if you initiate any action immediately after
buying the french villa for sale. But contracts between individuals generally
exclude this guarantee. In this case you would have to prove that the vendor
acted in bad faith and that he was aware of the defect in question, and this
is difficult.
- The ten-year guarantee also applies to land on a development, in which
case it applies to the roads and other facilities.
Include some suspensive conditions...
If your final decision to buy a french villa for sale depends on a particular
event beyond your control occurring, have it included in the preliminary
agreement as a "suspensive condition". If the event does not occur in the
time stated, your undertaking will be broken automatically and you will be
refunded any monies paid.
Failure to obtain your loans is one suspensive condition allowed for by the
law, but you can mention any other clause which applies to your personal
situation, such as the sale of your previous french villa, obtaining a positive
zoning certificate, the completion of a planned job change, etc.