Get a Property Valuation Survey in France Real Estate: The How-to Guide

Are you willing to waste your time and money making offers on an over-valued property ? Are you prepared to waste your time with a property unfit for a purchase?
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Finding the right property is a crucial step for any buyer, no matter if they are focusing on private homes or commercial site.
And perhaps one of the most important steps of this process is evaluating the property you intend to buy. Sometimes it may not even imply a buying prospect; real estate valuation and survey reports are equally useful in pending litigation situations or other legal matters that require the property value to be correctly assessed.
Obtaining a property valuation report in France is not the easiest thing; some may say that it cannot be carried out in France, or even that it would be regarded as odd an unnecessary. But don’t let these bad rumors discourage you. A real estate valuation report can be available in France when reaching the right professional, known as Expert Immobilier, and this survey will dramatically enhance your chances of making a safe and correct investment or decision regarding the real estate property you are interested in.

It is very important that your property valuation report contains information about the area where the property is located, and also its general condition. Where is the property located? Is it in a rural area? Do the local regulations allow extensions to this property? 
Does it require renovation? How much would that cost? Would it be a good investment in its current state?

What about the legal matters? Does this property exist in the vendor’s name? Are there any litigation conflicts pending over the property? These questions are vital before starting any purchase procedure and the answers can all be offered by a correct property valuation report. Not only that you will make sure that the property is worthy its proposed value, but you will also know if it suits the purpose of the potential purchase (private home, official residence, commercial site etc), if it is clear of any legal obligations and what is the total cost of all the renovation or extensions that are necessary. Also the property valuation report will keep you away from most common mistakes that a foreigner would make when contracting a real estate acquisition from abroad: many tend to pay an inflated price, relying on the prices of their homeland and also others may consider a price as being “a cheap deal” while totally disregarding the geographic area in which the property is located.

Frederic Pelou, director of www.immobiliere Pelou happens to be one of the few fully acredited FNAIM experts in the Alpes Maritimes.

Contact Frederic for an informal chat regarding your exact needs.