How furnished is furnished?

[Panda]

Hi

Can anyone tell me what is normally included in a furnished let?  I know that unfurnished means exatly that, nothing at all but what about furnished?

Thanks

[Clair]

There does not seem to be a legal definition of what a furnished accommodation should include, although legal precedents seem to indicate that "the landlord provides the tenant with the items necessary for everyday life."

Accordingly, furniture

must be of sufficient qualityand in sufficient quantity in all the rented rooms. The tenant should be able to have "immediate enjoyment of the property" and should only need bring personal effects. There should at least be (a) bed(s), table(s), chairs, cupboards, saucepans and a minimum of

appliances (refrigerator and hotplates). For a rental "de standing" there should be a television, washing machine, etc

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http://www.voslitiges.com/location/q1.html

http://www.pap.fr/droit-immobilier/_definition-logement-meuble.htm

http://www.pap.fr/_location-meublee.htm

[Chancer]

Some great sites Clair which have given me a lot of info regarding my future tax status, fiscal otions etc.

It would appear in practice (and borne out by some of the links) that if the landlord says the logement is meublé and asuming the renter accepts and signs the contract then it is so.

In my area landlords consider a fitted kitchen sufficient to allow them the protection and financial advantages of location meublée, the apartment that my girlfriend rented meublé contained  just that, not a stick of furniture, item of cutlery or anything else, it resembled an empty unfurnished English apartment.

[Panda]

Thanks both. I asked because a furnished let I've looked at had very basic stuff.  My house which I am looking at letting, the tenants don't want much but I want a furninshed let so I will say that it is so, I will be leaving appliances and beds.