Fifisoo Posted August 31, 2006 Share Posted August 31, 2006 Assuming you have found one of course? I have read that it can take up to a year and wondered if this is typical.Fi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
naps Posted August 31, 2006 Share Posted August 31, 2006 It will depend on circumstances. If you are purchasing a new house which is still to be built, then yes, it is possible to wait a year (or longer), likewise if you purchase a property where the seller has already stipulated that they will not be able to move out for a year. However, there are plenty of readily available houses where the completion can be as short has 2 months. Our notaire predicted 2 months from signing of the compromis, and has told us this week that it could be as soon as 15 September (that's two weeks earlier than he originally proposed). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anton Redman Posted August 31, 2006 Share Posted August 31, 2006 Unless the deal involves loads of family members I would say you would have to be pretty unlucky for total time to stretch past four months. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toni Posted August 31, 2006 Share Posted August 31, 2006 In our case the vendors had already moved to their new home so the gap between signing the compromis us getting the keys was exactly 2 months. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ysatis Posted August 31, 2006 Share Posted August 31, 2006 For us it was 3 months almost to the day. It was a straightforward and an uncomplicated sale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chancer Posted August 31, 2006 Share Posted August 31, 2006 Less than a month, but I made an offer for a derelict hotel direct to the liquidator via a notaire which was accepted straight away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Smith Posted August 31, 2006 Share Posted August 31, 2006 4 months. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markradland Posted August 31, 2006 Share Posted August 31, 2006 We took well over a year. In the first instance the negotiations took several months as the vendor wanted to sell part of the land as a separate building plot and we wanted to buy it as amenity land – and for amenity land price. Then the mother of the vendor who had to also sign had a form of Alzheimer’s so the son first had to go to court to be allowed to take over his mothers affairs and then a second court case was held for him to be allowed to sell the house. None of this mattered to us however, as we got the house for a good price and it gave us more time to save money. As long as you understand what is happening it is generally fairly smooth. Good luck.Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Roy Posted August 31, 2006 Share Posted August 31, 2006 It took us nearly 10 months - 8 months of which we were waiting for the bank to decide about a mortgage, which they then declined [6]. Went to another bank who took 6 weeks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris pp Posted August 31, 2006 Share Posted August 31, 2006 Three months for the first part, and two years for the rest, as we bought from two different parties, the second had a long complicated succession which required tracing 18 people, but all's well that ends well.Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChezShells Posted August 31, 2006 Share Posted August 31, 2006 6 weeks for this house and we had to wait for the land to be offered to farmers.3 months on the first house, no land but we was in the UK then.Could well be on the move again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tenniswitch Posted August 31, 2006 Share Posted August 31, 2006 [quote user="Fifisoo"]Assuming you have found one of course? I have read that it can take up to a year and wondered if this is typical.Fi[/quote]11 months for our first house (some "family problems" amongst the sellers)about 6 weeks for the secondIt all depends. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gardian Posted August 31, 2006 Share Posted August 31, 2006 So from all that, you can surmise that of course it can take up to a year - but that's true in any country if there are complicated factors.The average of those contributions is probably 3 mths-ish. Ours was nearly 8 mths, but you can't really count the 5 mths it took for us to find a buyer in the UK. From there, just under 3 mths to completion (and that included the month of August, when things were slow both in the UK and France). It could have been faster but for delays on the UK side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dog Posted September 1, 2006 Share Posted September 1, 2006 It took us 18 months not a great problem but slightly annoying.Good point was price stayed the same.The vendors Notaire spent 95% of his time it would seem on the golf course and the vendor had not prepared properly for the sale.I would recommend using a service as offered by a solicitors based in Birmingham that overlooks proceedings. Without them it could well have have taken longer.The vendor was a UK lawyer and was going to sue the French Notaire for taking so long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hastobe Posted September 1, 2006 Share Posted September 1, 2006 Also depends on whether or not you are having a French mortgage as that can add about a month to the completion timeKathie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunday Driver Posted September 1, 2006 Share Posted September 1, 2006 [quote user="Dog"].....the vendor had not prepared properly for the sale.The vendor was a UK lawyer......[/quote]Says a lot for UK lawyers handling house sales in France.......[;-)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dog Posted September 2, 2006 Share Posted September 2, 2006 [quote user="Sunday Driver"][quote user="Dog"].....the vendor had not prepared properly for the sale.The vendor was a UK lawyer......[/quote]Says a lot for UK lawyers handling house sales in France.......[;-)] [/quote]The vendor was a lawyer he used a French Notary he did not sell it himself. But come the next revolution lawyers are up there first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoverfrog Posted September 3, 2006 Share Posted September 3, 2006 we bought with cash, and the property had been empty for 2 years. The notaire said 3 months, but this was stretched to 6 as one of the original beneficiaries died and then all documents had to be signed by his beneficiaries...YMMV, that's so true :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TWINKLE Posted September 3, 2006 Share Posted September 3, 2006 It's never less than 3 months. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexis Posted September 4, 2006 Share Posted September 4, 2006 Maybe it depends on the area or the speed of the Notaire but I have never been longer than six weeks and 90% of the time it has been four weeks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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