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Ultimate Guide to Buying Property in Nice

4 July 2010 2,858 views 2 Comments

The guide is divided into three general sections. The first is the buying process, after reading which you should be confident about what you are getting into. The second is about estate agencies, and how to find your property. The third is choosing a Notaire to enact the property transaction.

About the author

Phillip Temple moved to Nice around a decade ago. The first couple of years he was Technical Director of a several thousand real estate web sites, including the second largest property portal in France called Openmedia. He then set up as an independent property broker, with the firm Med In Heaven, and has helped hundreds of English speaking clients safely buy their dream homes in Nice. He has written an exclusive set of articles for us at Riviera Review, which we hope will help anyone looking to buy property in Nice.
  1. The buying process
    1. Purchasing Process
    2. The Deposit
    3. Getting out
    4. Signing the Compromis
    5. Mortgages
    6. Costs
    7. Black money
    8. The final act
  2. Which estate agency
    1. Agency fees
    2. Who pays the commission?
    3. Agency or Private
    4. Multiple agencies, multiple prices
    5. Viewings
    6. Bon de Visite
    7. Using a ‘Property Finder’
  3. Choosing a Notaire
    1. Speaking the same language
    2. Whether to share
    3. Talking to the Notaire

Terms and conditions

These articles may be in the future used as the basis for a book “The Ultimate Guide to Buying Property in France” and so Phillip Temple has decided to retain all copyright. Unlimited license has been granted to Riviera Review and so it will always remain here to inform and entertain. If you decide to cut and paste a paragraph then please link back to this article. To reproduce any more please contact Phillip Temple via his web site.

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