When a tenant disturbs the neighbours, French law holds the owner answerable and expects a precise sequence: evidence, a formal notice, a free conciliation, then termination or non-renewal. The steps, the 1996 ruling that your letters do not shield you, the 2025 law that lets the préfet force your hand, and why the lease’s termination clause only bites after a court has already ruled.
A commercial tenant who buys the premises under its statutory right of first refusal owes no estate agent's fee, whatever the lease or the offer says, and can claim back what it paid, the Cour de cassation held on 1 October 2026. What the right is, what changed on 28 May 2026, and what to put in the agent's mandate before you sell.
From 1 October 2026 every new or formally renewed French lease must follow the rewritten template. Here is what a compliant contract contains, which leases are caught, the one omission that voids the document, and a printable one-page checklist.
A small French building can run itself through a syndicat coopératif and buy in help to do it. The Cour de cassation ruling of 17 September 2026 on Matera says where help ends and the licence begins, and what that means for an owner abroad.
A roof or terrace held en jouissance privative is yours to maintain if the règlement says so, but the Cour de cassation ruled on 17 September 2026 that the syndicat still pays whoever the leak damages, then claims it back from you. What that means for the owner above and the owner or tenant below.
Your CCA is reimbursable on demand — in principle. But blocking clauses, statutory grace periods, and insolvency rules can restrict or delay your right to withdraw funds from your French SCI. Here is what every foreign investor needs to know about the limits on CCA reimbursement.
You’ve lent money to your own SCI through a compte courant d’associé. Can you get it back whenever you want? French law says yes — and the Cour de cassation has been remarkably firm about it. Here’s what every foreign investor needs to know.
You have formed your Société Civile Immobilière (SCI). You followed the common advice to keep the share capital low—perhaps €1,000—to minimize setup costs and keep the...