Mark & Frances Posted December 4, 2004 Share Posted December 4, 2004 does any one have any expirence of buying by proxy?We have been told by our agent that we need a british solicitor to translate and witness our signature. We have been quoted nearly £ 700 to do this by a bilingual solicitor.Surely theres a cheaper way?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baz Posted December 4, 2004 Share Posted December 4, 2004 [quote]does any one have any expirence of buying by proxy? We have been told by our agent that we need a british solicitor to translate and witness our signature. We have been quoted nearly £ 700 to do this...[/quote]Yes, easy and not expensive, in fact I answered the same question about a week ago. You give Power of Attorney to the Notaire, this is best arranged when in France. However, if this is not possible the Notaire can send the Power of Attorney papers to you in the UK and a Commissioner of oaths will have to witness your signature, the charge will be around £60. Once the Notaire has Power of Attorney he will then complete all signings and you will only have to ensure your funds are lodge before completion with him. As the Notaire will be acting on your behalf you will not necessary see the completion papers until all has gone through. You should discuss the French Inheritance rules especially if you have children with the Notaire so he knows how to prepare your papers.If you still feel uncertain there are French Solicitors / Notaires operating in the UK, but then there is a price to pay for this service.Baz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark & Frances Posted December 4, 2004 Author Share Posted December 4, 2004 thanks baz for your reply.......where would we find a commisioner of oaths in the uk??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoverfrog Posted December 4, 2004 Share Posted December 4, 2004 most solicitor firms also advertise themselves as commissioners for oaths.Contact yours! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baz Posted December 4, 2004 Share Posted December 4, 2004 [quote]thanks baz for your reply.......where would we find a commisioner of oaths in the uk???[/quote]Commissioner of Oaths are not that plentiful, in fact in my two nearest towns in Essex there are some 15 Solicitors and only one is a Commissioner of Oaths. The best way of tracking one down is to ring a solictor or two in your location and they should be able to point you in the right diection.Baz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orion Posted December 5, 2004 Share Posted December 5, 2004 It may not assist you in the circumstances,if you don't know or know of any, but all Barristers in England & Wales are Commisioners of Oaths. Good luckBill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tebee Posted December 5, 2004 Share Posted December 5, 2004 We are due to sign next week and are not going over, all that we had to do was sign and date a document the notaire sent to us. Do differerent notaires require more? Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will Posted December 5, 2004 Share Posted December 5, 2004 [quote]We are due to sign next week and are not going over, all that we had to do was sign and date a document the notaire sent to us. Do differerent notaires require more? Tom[/quote]You are perfectly correct. There is no universal method of signing by proxy. Some notaires are happy with a minimum of paperwork others (like the original questioner's) require the full legal process. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark & Frances Posted December 5, 2004 Author Share Posted December 5, 2004 [quote]You are perfectly correct. There is no universal method of signing by proxy. Some notaires are happy with a minimum of paperwork others (like the original questioner's) require the full legal process.[/quote]Our agent has told us that we need to have the documentation translated and our signatures witnessed by a solicitor. We are now thinking that we could just sign the papers and send them back, saving ourselves a packet?!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Val_2 Posted December 6, 2004 Share Posted December 6, 2004 We bought like this over fifteen years ago and all we did was sign three or four copies of the final papers along with which,came a translation in english for us to read first and return them to the notaire here in France. All costs were included in the notaire's fees and most definately no witnesses,solicitors etc were called for. £700 is daylight robbery with gold knobs on,don't get ripped off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Val_2 Posted December 6, 2004 Share Posted December 6, 2004 Mark & Francis, just read your post again and you say your AGENT says this. Agents do not know everything and this one may just be covering his/her back in case of problems and if you are not sure,why not contact your notaire direct or get a french-speaking person to do it for you like a french teacher at your nearest school inthe UK for a small fee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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