Selling a house in France while not allowed to enter the country from UK

[Maxwell]

I am in the process of selling my house in France, but the UK government won’t allow me to travel abroad (probably until June) and France will admit non-EU nationals only for reasons of work, family, or medical emergency. Is anyone else in the same position, and is there anything we can do?

[DraytonBoy]

Which part of the process are you struggling with?

[anotherbanana]

If the compromis has to be signed then you can usually get a proxy sorted out. The notaire should guide you. Same with the final acte.

I am sure the problem is common at this time.

[Lori]

We were not in France when we accepted an offer on our home.  The agency selling it advised us that the entire process could be completed without us being in France, as Wooly said.  It is not uncommon.

We chose to return to France to complete the process rather than hiring a proxy, so not much help to you except to say it is certainly done.

We did accept the offer and get all that paperwork going while outside of France.  All passing documents back and forth via email.

Best of luck to you !

[NickP]

Maxwell, I've sent you a private message.

[Le martin-pêcheur]

You can usually ask your notaire to take power of attorney and they will handle everything for you, whilst you are not in France.

Hope that helps...............

[Hoddy]

We signed ours in the presence of an English notary public. We had to take our passports with us to prove our identity. He did not charge us. Very fast and simple.