The Independent - London, September 4th, 1994
FRANCE
1 The moment you have found your house you may be asked to pay a deposit and sign a preliminary agreement. Both can be delayed, but at a risk of losing the house. The deposit should be paid to a notaire. The agreement should outline what you have agreed, fixing the price and cutting out gazumping.
2 One French lawyer or notaire can, as an impartial official, carry out the conveyancing for both sides in the transaction.
3 You can appoint your own notaire but he will not act adversarially as a solicitor would here. He will act jointly with the vendor's notaire.
4 You pay for the prope...
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