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A few more House buying queries


jen

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1. Whan making the initial offer we have been told it should be in writing - do we need to put any conditions in at this time, or do we wait for the compris.

2. Whats rule on rights of way?

3. The house needs a lot of work and has been empty a long time - what are the usual type of clauses that are often included.

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1. If you are making an initial offer - at or below the asking price - the estate agent needs this in order to transmit your offer to the vendor. If the vendor accepts, he will sign his agreement and you can proceed to the next stage - the compromis de vente.

2. Properties may be subject to 'servitudes' - public or private - such as a right of access (eg to an EDF installation) or a neighbour's right of way - a property cannot be isolated from the public highway, for example.

3. The Notaire will normally check for servitudes but you can include their investigation and satisfactory acceptance (by you) as one of the conditional clauses in the compromis de vente. In addition, matters such as subject to a satisfactory survey, in the case of a property needing extensive repair.

Hope this helps - P-D de R.

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[quote user="P-D de Rouffignac"]In addition, matters such as subject to a satisfactory survey, in the case of a property needing extensive repair.

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This can only be included with the consent of the seller and is less usual in France than the UK - so may well be refused.  As a consequence we made sure we had our survey done before we signed th CdV.

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