HI, ANY WELL INFORMED INFORMATION AS TO OUR LEGAL POSITION REGARDING HOUSE SALE WOULD BE WELCOME. WE SIGNED A COMPROMIS DE VENTE ALMOST 3 MONTHS AGO AND THE SALE DATE STATED NO LATER THAN THE 12TH DECEMBER 2005. THE BUYERS INSISTED WE COMPLETE ON THE 12TH NOVEMBER AND COMPLETELY CLEAR EVERY OUTBUILDING ON OUR LAND. WE COMPLIED. WE VISITED FRANCE LAST WEEK, THE NOTAIRE DID NOT EVEN HAVE THEIR MORTGAGE DETAILS AND AS FOR THE IMMOBILIER THEY DONT SEEM TO HAVE A CLUE WHATS GOING ON, THEY NEVER CONTACT US. THE BUYERS HAD A CLAUSE SUSPENSIVE BUT EARLY IN THE PROCEEDINGS THEY PRODUCED A DOCUMENT SHOWING THAT THE BANK WOULD LEND THEM THE MONEY TO BUY THE PROPERTY. MY QUESTIONS ARE:- 1. IF THE BUYERS DONT COMPLETE BY THE 12.12.05 ARE WE STILL LEGALLY OBLIGED TO SELL? 2.THEY HAVE PAID NO DEPOSIT (ALTHOUGH WE HAD TO WHEN WE PURCHASED) IS THIS NORMAL OR STRANGE? (IT SEEMS ONE RULE FOR THE FRENCH AND ANOTHER FOR THE BRITISH). 3.IF THEY DO NOT COMPLETE BY 12.12.05 ARE WE ENTITLED TO THE 10% OF THE PURCHASE PRICE? 4.VISITS TO THE NOTAIRE & IMMOBILIER REGARDING OUR QUESTIONS ARE DEALT WITH SHRUGS AND EMPTY WORDS OF ASSURANCES, AS IF WE ARE SOME KIND OF PUSHY IDIOTS - IS THIS NORMAL AS THIS IS THE FIRST PROPERTY WE ARE SELLING IN FRANCE? 5.AND LASTLY, WE WERE TOLD BY THE NOTAIRE ON OUR RECENT VISIT THAT THE BUYERS MAY WANT TO COMPLETE IN JANUARY! IS THIS LEGAL? WE APPEAR TO BE AT THE WHIM OF THE "BUYERS" AND THE FRENCH LEGAL SYSTEM SEEMS TO TOUT IT'S LAW WHENEVER CONVENIENT. CONSTRUCTIVE AND WELL INFORMED ADVICE WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED.
