Archive for February, 2006

France, property rental and getting ripped off – Part 3

Tuesday, February 14th, 2006

Having resolved to recover the money not paid to me (see here and here) I was then faced with the challenge of doing this in France. While I've lived a a number of different countries, my background is predominantly British. So my main familiarity with legal systems and so on ...

France, property rental and getting ripped off – Part 2

Tuesday, February 14th, 2006

In the first part of this story, I offered some general advice regarding not losing your deposit when renting property in France. The key advice I gave is to be sure that before accepting the property, you must make sure the état des lieux is absolutely correct and comprehensive. Now let's ...