The English Investor

You own the property. You have the keys. You have even navigated the initial setup. But now, a year has passed, and a quiet panic sets in. You have a shoebox full of receipts for roof repairs, a bank statement showing mortgage payments, and a vague memory that someone mentioned an “Annual Assembly.” For the […]

You have done it. The Société Civile Immobilière (SCI) is set up. The property is bought. The keys are in your pocket. You might think the administrative marathon is over, and you can simply enjoy the French art de vivre. But life, as they say, happens. Perhaps you moved house? Maybe you want to change the company name […]

So, you have successfully navigated the French bureaucracy. You have your Société Civile Immobilière (SCI), the K-bis is in the safe, and the champagne has been popped. You are officially a “associé.” But unlike owning a freehold in the Cotswolds or shares in a PLC, owning parts sociales (social shares) in a French civil company comes with a unique […]

For many British investors looking across the Channel, the dream of owning French property—whether a Parisian apartment or a farmhouse in Dordogne—often leads to a specific three-letter acronym: the SCI (Société Civile Immobilière). While the term SCI is common parlance, legally speaking, you are creating a Société Civile (SC). This is a civil company (as opposed to a […]