Survey Fees
All the prices quoted for houses on our web site are fully inclusive of all agents fees, asbestos survey, lead survey and Energy survey fees.  The Immobilier also undertakes surveys to ensure the house is not at risk from Natural Catastrophies or Man Made risks.  A Piece of Burgundy ensure that all these surveys are in place and do not charge any fees for the purchase of a house.  All the fees for surveys as above are actually paid for by the vendor.

Notaires Fees
The Notaies Fee, however, is payable by the purchaser upon completion of the sale.  It will be added to the purchase price of the house within the compromis de vente so that you know precisely how much this will be.  It is not included in the 10% deposit that you pay as you do not pay it to the Immobilier but to the Notaire direct with your final payment.

It approximates to 8 or 9% for lower priced houses and drops to around 6% for the more expensive properties and is set by french law.  It will not vary from lawyer to lawyer but does vary with the price of the house.  For example for a house of 80,000€ it will be 6,010€ and for a house of 315,000€ it will be 20,520€.

If you would like to know the approximate value of the Notaires fee for any house found on our site please click here to send a request.  Simply quote the refernce number of the house you are interested in.

Loan Fees
If you are taking a loan secured on the value of the house in France there is another fee the Notaire will add to those above.  Called the frais d'inscription de privilège de prêteur it equates to around 1% of the purchase price.  It is added to the Notaires fees as above and paid with your final payment before signing the Acte Athentique.

NOTE : If the loan value is only part of the purchase price, i.e A loan of less than 100% the fee is still calculated on the whole purchase price.

However, this is not charged if you take a loan to buy the French house but secure it on another house in your own country.

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