French listings, read properly.
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Five main rooms: the living room plus bedrooms. Kitchen and bathrooms are not counted, so expect three or four bedrooms.
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Copy the address of any listing from an agency site. We read the advert and fill in the price, living area, land, rooms and energy rating, so you can compare houses side by side instead of across twenty tabs.
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189 000 €
1 331 € per m²
Longère 5 pièces, Saint-Léonard-de-Noblat
142 m² living, 2 450 m² land, 3 bedrooms
Energy rating
From offer to keys: what to sort out around the purchase
A French purchase takes about three months. The house itself is between you, the agent and the notaire. Everything around it (tax, residency, healthcare, insurance) is where France Central’s regulated advisers can help.
Day 0
Offer
A written offre d’achat, usually 5–10 % under the asking price.
Own name, jointly or an SCI: decide now, it shapes your tax and inheritance.
About 2 weeks later
Compromis de vente
The binding pre-contract. You pay a 5–10 % deposit, then have 10 days to withdraw.
We read the suspensive conditions and the diagnostics with you before you sign.
Weeks 2 to 8
Financing
Mortgage offer or transfer of funds from abroad.
Moving savings out of ISAs, US accounts or pensions without a French tax bill.
About 3 months
Acte authentique
Final deed at the notaire’s office. You pay the balance and get the keys.
Home insurance in place from the day you own it, matched to your situation.
After the keys
Living here
Residency, healthcare, first French tax return, maybe renting out.
Visa or residency card, S1 or PUMa healthcare, and your first déclaration de revenus.
