Etoile

Thanks, the most helpful answer yet. The 'Notaires de France' website is helpful, but even there it talks about seven days from the receipt of the contract, but for the life of my I cannot work out whether they mean receipt by the purchaser or by the notaire!!

I have attempted to find the answer to the above question on the site but find myself more confused than ever. We are new to the forum and are about to sign our Compromis de Vente for a property in South West France. My basic question is at what point the seven day cooling off period begins. The notaire has sent us the compromis by email and asked us to sign it, append the inventory for the property, and send it back. I understand from various posts that the seven days then begins from when the notaire actually receives the document back. However, there is also the opinion that I must sign a compromis sent to me by registered post from France and already signed by the vendor, and that the seven day period commences when I receive and sign for this, OR when it is received back by the notaire. I would be grateful if someone can give me the definitive answer to this. I do not wish to sound arrogant but I am not seeking opinions, as the forum is already awash with them, but it would be good to know the legal position here. Also when the deposit is payable, I believe this is at the END of the seven day period. Many thanks in advance for all those helpful replies!