My offer on my property near Uzes has been accepted!

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Hi all.

Well finally it’s happening, offer accepted on a beautiful house near Uzes, in the Gard.

I’m going over to sign the compromis soon, think I’m going to need your collective wisdom!

I retired a year ago from the NHS & this is to be a second home, with thoughts of permanently relocating in the next few years if things go well.

Have a great day all.

Steve

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Well done Steve, and good luck with your new adventure.

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Congratulations and welcome!

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Congratulations!
No need to physically sign compromis unless you really want to as it can all be done on line using electronic signatures, assuming your agent or Notaire is living in rhe 21st century.

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Really?

Hmm…I’ll have a little chat with the agent who’s asking when can I make it & whether I want a translator for €300!

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The notaire will still have to be satisfied you understand what you’re signing.

Online signing became necessary during COVID and has been popular since then. We were happy to travel to sign the Acte (and the compromis). Some people have found that stuff gets “forgotten” when people move out, and/or stuff gets taken that shouldn’t have been, so the indspection on the day of completion can be useful.

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I think you should be present to sign the Acte but the compromis should be OK remotely. And a translator is definitely recommended if you’re not fluent enough to discuss what you’re agreeing to.

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Sorry, misread op. I’ve edited my comment.

We got a copy of the compromis in advance, which was helpful (and allowed me to identify certain errors).

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Perhaps we were lucky.
Our compromis was in French and English wirh a caveat that the French was legal and took priority over the English translation.
The agent prepared the compromis which was signed remotely by all parties and then submitted to the Notaire when the 10 cooling off period started.

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Same as @JohnBoy . We never met the notaire or physically signed any papers. Even the key was left for us in the key safe. We kept joking nervously about how dumb we were going to sound on national radio when it turned out to be a scam. (It wasn’t, don’t worry).

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You didn’t buy from Wafflart, did you? :rofl:

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Congratulations. Best of luck in your new house.

And welcome to the site.

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I’ve messaged the agent about remote signing.

She’s been very responsive so far, I WhatsApped the offer to her at 9pm Sunday & heard it was accepted 15 mins later!

Well I’ve got to say I’m pleased to see how active this forum is…did my research before joining…you’ve all been very helpful, much appreciated.

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I’m gonna need some context, sounds intriguing!

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Look him up on YT :wink:

PS our friend @scrawford500 posted the query; we added the rest!

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Oh I’ve been following that thread! It’s wild :astonished_face:

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Hi Steve,

Congratulations on getting the property.

Uzès is a beautiful area - we live in Saint Quentin la Poterie and be happy to provide any information in the area - just DM me if you need any help. There is also an active English speaking association in the area with French, English , American, Belgian, Swiss members, that I can provide an introduction to.

Regards

Yogesh.

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Crikey O’Riley! Noooo! The Notaire at my signing gave me no choice, despite the agent speaking fluent Eng. But the translator was nobbut €70!

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I just dragged my missus along. She didn’t charge me a penny centime :smiley:

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Well I’m pleased to say a virtual signing is being arranged after I dug my heels in.

There’s now talk of an inventory of some items in order to reduce the notaire’s charges?

For instance the sinks, the bath, the kitchen, say €10000 euros, would save 850 in charges…is this legit?

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