Gwenhwyfar Posted September 2, 2004 Share Posted September 2, 2004 We have the date for signing on our home in France but we can't make it out there for that date - anyone know how flexible are Notaires/Sellers on the date usually? It would be approx. 3wks later at the most that we could be there with the money to sign. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will Posted September 2, 2004 Share Posted September 2, 2004 It depends on the individual notaire - some are far more flexible than others. It's best to contact your agent with your preferred date as soon as possible - if you are not buying through an agent you will have to talk to the notaire direct.As an alternative to changing the date you can appoint somebody to sign on your behalf, often a member of the notaire's staff will act for you. Again this is easier with some notaires than others, some insist on an official power of attorney document drawn up and witnessed by a lawyer, others accept less formal arrangements. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herring_Brother Posted September 2, 2004 Share Posted September 2, 2004 Hwyl Gwenhwyfar,We had a problem with our proposed date, and the notaire was very accomodating - we're going over next saturday for the final signing.Cheers,MattP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gwenhwyfar Posted September 3, 2004 Author Share Posted September 3, 2004 Shwmae Matt and best wishes for your signing on Saturday Yes, Martyn you're correct we wont have the money until we arrive, looks like that will be approx. 2wks later than the proposed signing date, best laid plans and all that ... Not sure now whether to be totally upfront with the Notaire about the money not being with us yet or whether to just blag it and say that's the earliest we can get there (which is also true). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herring_Brother Posted September 3, 2004 Share Posted September 3, 2004 [quote]Shwmae Matt and best wishes for your signing on Saturday Yes, Martyn you're correct we wont have the money until we arrive, looks like that will be approx. 2wks later than the proposed signing da...[/quote]Yes, I meant Shwmae :confusedI'll learn Welsh one day, as soon as I've got my French together - could be some time). Good luck with yours too.Matt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gwenhwyfar Posted September 3, 2004 Author Share Posted September 3, 2004 Hey dim problem Matt I've had to drop my Welsh learning in favour of my French too. My brain wont cope with both at the same time ... we speaks wenglish normally, then frenglish, and it'll be wenfrench if we don't watch it Hwyl fawr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nathalie Posted September 3, 2004 Share Posted September 3, 2004 HiWe're signing for our house in October but we can't make it either. So we're now signing a power of attorney, which needs to be witnessed by a notary public. The fee varies so shop around we're paying £50 and then they have to send it for legalisation which is another £12. You have to provide passport and utility bill for identification. It's not an ideal situation but at the end of the day at least it can be done that way. I would have thought that the Notaire had little influence over the signing date once it's been agreed at the compromis stage - we asked him if we could put it back until November but the owner said she wanted to stick to the original date - unsurprising, really.Your best bet is to speak to the Notaire ASAP. Ours was very helpful and we received the documents 2 days later.Hope all goes well with you.Nathalie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gwenhwyfar Posted September 6, 2004 Author Share Posted September 6, 2004 Thanks for the reply Nathalie we think we have 'smoothed things over' and that we will be ok completing a little later now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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