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Property managementAbandoned rental property in France: the procedure
Tenant unreachable, rent unpaid, mailbox overflowing: the article 14-1 procedure to take back an abandoned French rental, step by step, without ever entering alone.
Kivlo · Updated November 9, 2026
Lease and tenantBoiler servicing in France: tenant or landlord?
In a French rental, servicing an individual boiler each year is the tenant's job unless the lease says otherwise; replacing it is the landlord's. Certificate, deadlines, who pays.
Kivlo · Updated November 9, 2026
Property managementChanging the locks on a tenant who doesn't pay
In France, changing the lock, cutting the water or removing a non-paying tenant's furniture is a crime: up to three years in prison. The law, and the lawful way back.
Kivlo · Updated November 9, 2026
Property managementTenant damage beyond the deposit in France: recovering it
Repairs cost more than the deposit: deduct first, then reminder, formal notice, guarantor, Visale, conciliation and a payment order, step by step under French law.
Kivlo · Updated November 9, 2026
Property managementService charge regularisation in a co-ownership
Squaring service charges with your tenant in a French co-ownership: when, which documents, the one-month notice, the three-year time limit, a tenant leaving mid-year.
Kivlo · Updated November 9, 2026
Property managementCo-ownership works fund: can the tenant pay?
Can you pass the building's works fund contribution on to your tenant in France? No: what the fund is, its minimum amount, what happens on a sale, and the tax question.
Kivlo · Updated November 9, 2026
Lease and tenantA co-tenant leaves: what happens to joint liability?
A French co-tenant gives notice: under a joint liability clause, they and their guarantor stay bound up to six months after the notice, less if a replacement joins the lease.
Kivlo · Updated November 9, 2026
Property managementCommandement de payer: deadline, content and cost
Six weeks to pay, mandatory wording, the commissaire de justice's fee, the guarantor and the CCAPEX report: the French formal demand for unpaid rent, step by step.
Kivlo · Updated November 9, 2026
TaxDeductible co-ownership charges: the 2044 lines
Advances paid to the syndic on line 229, add-back on line 230 the following year, recoverable charges, TEOM: co-ownership on form 2044, with a worked example.
Kivlo · Updated November 9, 2026
Property managementTenant's guarantor not paying in France: what to do
Simple or joint guarantee, a valid deed, a claim by registered letter, the demand to serve within fifteen days and the three-year limit: making a French guarantor pay.
Kivlo · Updated November 9, 2026
Lease and tenantCan a guarantor withdraw from a French lease?
A fixed-term French guarantor stays bound until the agreed term; an open-ended one may withdraw, but only from the end of the current lease. The required wording, an example.
Kivlo · Updated November 9, 2026
Property managementHousehold waste tax: charging it to the tenant
France's household waste tax (TEOM) is recoverable from the tenant, minus management fees. Where to find it, how to split it, the reconciliation, form 2044, a worked example.
Kivlo · Updated November 9, 2026
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