We help clients to ensure a smooth and stress-free French property transaction, whether it is for a purchase, a sale, a gift, a transfer of ownership following a divorce or following a death (probate/succession).
Click on any of the links below, to find out more about each of the services we provide:
Purchase of a French Property (includes French estate planning advice)
Sale of French Property
French Estate Planning and French Wills
French Probate / French Succession
Transfer of a French Property Following a Divorce
Gift of a French Property
| Matter | Cost of Services | Payment of the fees |
| Purchase (Includes estate planning advice) | Fixed fee £2,000 | £1,000 on instruction £1,000 two months after instruction or when the draft deed is received |
| Purchase – new property (off plan) or in co ownership (apartment) (Includes estate planning advice) | Fixed fee £2,200 | £1,100 on instruction £1,100 two months after instruction or when the draft deed is received |
| Sale (Includes advice on French Capital Gains tax) | Fixed fee £1900 | £950 on instruction £950 two months after instruction or when the draft deed is received |
| Drafting Simple French wills | Fixed fee : £250 – single will £350 – mirror joint wills | Payment on instruction |
| General estate planning – initial assessment of circumstances and advice | £500-£700 | Payment on instruction. |
| French Probate/Succession | £2,000 | £1,000 on instruction £1,000 when the draft deeds are received |
| French gift/donation | £1600 | £800 on instruction £800 two months after instruction or when the draft deed is received |
| Transfer of ownership following a divorce | £1600 | £800 on instruction £800 two months after instruction or when the draft deed is received |
| Other matters such as setting up an SCI, transferring shares, changing address, changing manager, closing down, local land registry searches, etc | Please contact us for a fixed fee quote |
For further information, of if you have any questions about our services, please use the contact form here, or email us on the link below:
