Stan Streason Posted November 16, 2009 Share Posted November 16, 2009 I post this here because it is as much of a tax question as a renovation one.At the back of my house I have 2 rooms of about 10sqm each. There is an existing door from the kitchen but because of the levels the rooms (which are currently earth floored) have about a 3ft drop (currently no steps.)One of the rooms has a small bricked up window and I want to put in a door to the back garden. One room will then be used as the equivalent of the garden shed with access from outside and the other as a utility room for washing machine / storage etc. with access from the kitchen.Assuming all paperwork is in order, declaration de travaux approved etc can anyone give me a rough guess on how these 2 additional rooms would affect my tax bills if at all.. These are "nice to haves" rather than "must haves" so dont want to let myself in for a big extra annual liability.Am happy for the answers to be as vague as "not much" or "its a real consideration" etc.Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrissie Posted November 17, 2009 Share Posted November 17, 2009 I warn you, this is a totally uninformed guess (!) but surely the rooms you mention would not be classed as "habitable" in the French sense and so should not affect your taxes? Er, umm, I suppose they could improve the rentable value of your house and hence your taxe d'hab (?) but this might only be re-considered once you sell your house at some unspecified date in the future.....Hopefully bumping this to the top will elicit some better ideas!Chrissie (81) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony F Dordogne Posted November 17, 2009 Share Posted November 17, 2009 Why not ask at the tax office, they will be able to give you a definitive answer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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