There are estimated to be over 500,000 Brits owning property in France. Many of these properties will be jointly owned by married couples. Usually on divorce the French property will be transferred from the names of both spouses into the name of one spouse. In the past this has always required the conveyancing to be dealt with by a notaire in France. Whilst the notaires offer a reputable service, they are obliged by law to charge 1% of the value of the property as their fee and there can often be cultural and language issues.
We are able to offer a unique service in that we can deal with the transfer of the property and register this directly at the French Land Registry without the need to involve a notaire in France in the conveyancing.
Why use us:-
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Considerable savings in fees for properties valued over €300,000 - see below.
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Savings in time for you and/or your divorce solicitor, in not having to deal directly with France.
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Ease of use. It should be easier for your solicitor to deal with the matter via us in English.
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We have the benefit of our considerable expertise in the French property market. We employ a fully qualified notaire. See also our main French conveyancing page.
Fees:-
Assuming the transaction is typical, then we charge a fixed fee of 0.5% of the value of the property with a minimum of £2,000. VAT is not presently chargeable on UK fees for French conveyancing. There may be some VAT on the disbursements which we incur. The fees are exclusive of disbursements. Key disbursements are as follows:
- authentication fee
- French “stamp duty” of 1.10% of the value of the property
- land registry fees
- translation fees (for the divorce order itself)
- apostille fee