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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
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
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
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
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
Property managementHousing benefit paid to the landlord in France
When French housing benefit (APL) is paid to the landlord, it comes off the rent and the tenant pays the rest. The code, the quittance, arrears to report, an example.
Kivlo · Updated November 9, 2026
Property managementLandlord in a French co-ownership: charges and tax
Syndic fund calls, recoverable charges, the yearly regularisation, lines 229 and 230 of form 2044: the co-ownership landlord's guide, with a worked example.
Kivlo · Updated November 9, 2026
Property managementCan a tenant skip the last month's rent in France?
No: in France the deposit does not replace the last rent. Why, what the landlord can do, and the move-out statement when the last month was left unpaid, with figures.
Kivlo · Updated November 9, 2026
Property managementLate rent in France: when and how to chase it
No grace period: French rent is due on the date in the lease. The order of reminders, the formal notice, the guarantor, the CAF, and what a landlord may not do.
Kivlo · Updated November 9, 2026
Property managementLease termination clause in France: when it applies
Allowed grounds, six weeks after the commandement de payer, the judge's role, up to three years to pay: how the French clause résolutoire ends a residential lease.
Kivlo · Updated November 9, 2026
Property managementPartial rent payment: quittance or receipt?
A French tenant who pays only part of the rent gets a receipt (reçu), not a quittance. What the law says, what the receipt shows, and a month paid in two instalments.
Kivlo · Updated November 9, 2026
Property managementRecoverable co-ownership charges: the list
Which syndic charges can you pass on to your tenant? Decree 87-713 heading by heading, the caretaker at 75% or 40%, what stays with the owner, a worked example.
Kivlo · Updated November 9, 2026
Property managementRent guarantee insurance in France: claims and cover
French rent guarantee insurance (GLI): no guarantor on top, a claim deadline never under five working days, forfeiture limited by law, and the contract clauses to read.
Kivlo · Updated November 9, 2026
Property managementRent payment plan with a tenant: how to write it
Content, receipts, current rent on top, no penalties, what a private plan cannot do next to a court one, Visale and over-indebtedness: writing a plan for rent arrears.
Kivlo · Updated November 9, 2026
Property managementRent receipts in France: the landlord's quittance rules
When a French rent receipt (quittance de loyer) is compulsory, what it must show, the reçu for a part payment, sending it by email, and how long to keep it.
Kivlo · Updated November 9, 2026
Property managementEvicting a tenant in France: steps and real delays
From judgment to keys: the order to vacate, the two-month period, judges' extensions, the winter truce, police assistance from the prefect, and compensation when it is refused.
Kivlo · Updated November 9, 2026
Property managementTenant in over-indebtedness in France: what changes
Admissible file, enforcement and eviction suspended, the judge's delays, the guarantor and current rent: what a tenant's surendettement changes for a French landlord.
Kivlo · Updated November 9, 2026
Property managementRaising an undervalued rent at lease renewal
Raising a manifestly undervalued French rent at renewal: six months before the term, three or six comparable rents, a phased increase, never for an F or G home. Worked example.
Kivlo · Updated November 9, 2026
Property managementUnpaid rent in France: what to do, step by step
Reminder, formal notice, guarantor, commandement de payer, court, eviction and the winter truce: every step of unpaid rent in France, with its legal delay and source.
Kivlo · Updated November 9, 2026
Property managementVisale guarantee: how to claim for unpaid rent
Formal notice, claim threshold, deadlines, documents and monthly updates: claiming unpaid rent from France's Visale guarantee without losing the cover, with a dated timeline.
Kivlo · Updated November 9, 2026
Property managementFrance's winter eviction truce: a landlord's guide
From 1 November to 31 March no tenant can be forcibly evicted, but the court case goes on. Exceptions, banned utility cut-offs, the debt, and getting ready for 1 April.
Kivlo · Updated November 9, 2026
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