While we have everything related to the construction of the house (not complicated given it was built in the 60s) including plans, we haven’t anything official from the notaire.
We have a problem with drainage which brought our neighbours out to offer advice, and one of them was insistent that plans of drainage (apparently when the house was built, we had a fosse septique, subsequently bypassed?) should have been appended to our purchase documentation.
We don’t have any. I assume it is with the notaire.
My questions are
should we have the sales documents (I have an electronic copy, but no appendices) and
should there be appendices as described?
It is odd (or unprofessional) that the notaire did not include ALL the documents relating to your house, particularly those concerning drainage and water disposal.
Back in the day (2003 ish) it took a couple of years before we received a copy of the acte de vente. When we moved, all we got from the notaire was an attestation and he said its now common practice not to issue paper copies as everything is held electronically.
What stage of the procedure are you at? The notaire will add appendixes if and when they get them, it wouldn’t be unusual at all not to have a plan of the fosse septique bypass, usually they are installed by local builders, and I’ve never seen one follow a plan let alone draft one. The best you’ll probably get is a very rough sketch of where the evacuation may / should be. In the case of my gîte, I know for a fact the plan doesn’t show where the pipes are, only where they go.
Well I had it all electronically and a few days later, two very thick tomes of paperwork in smart covers from the Notaire showing everything from the price paid and what to each artisan upto the archaeological survey that new builds have to have done if the land was never built on previously. Also risks from just about everything to guarantees. Had to go and buy a box file to store it all in.
