Posts by VINGT PARIS
Promesse de Vente – going into contract
The Promesse de Vente is the first formal and legally binding stage in the property purchase process in France. It is a written contract of sale agreement which legally binds together the seller and purchaser.… Read more
Your mortgage acceptance as condition of the Promesse de Vente
In the Promesse de Vente we usually request that the purchase be subject to a conditional clause (“clause suspensive”) which lays out the minimum terms of a loan that you are willing to accept to… Read more
How can I sign a document if I don’t understand French?
We are often asked this question and the language issue is naturally a very important one to address. Contracts and agreements must be drafted in French in order to be valid under French law. We work… Read more
Beth Arnold
Beth Arnold is a journalist and award-winning writer living in Paris. 1. What initially inspired you to move here or visit? The first time I came to Paris, I was 19 years old, and I… Read more
Apartment building management – The Syndic
In France, properties with common elements (whether a building, amenities or land) shared with other properties are owned outright through a system called ‘co-ownership’ (copropriété), similar to owning a condominium in the US. The owners… Read more
Sylvia Whitman
Sylvia Whitman is the proprietor of book shop Shakespeare & Co. 1. What initially inspired you to move here or visit? My Father George Whitman. 2. Earliest Paris memory? Standing on a street grid and… Read more
Hannu Karjalainen
Hannu has worked full-time as an artist since 2005, and has since then had numerous exhibitions in his native Finland and abroad. Working mainly with video and photography, his “artist studio” is his sketchbook itself, which… Read more
Anne Ditmeyer
Anne Ditmeyer is a graphic designer and communications consultant based in Paris, and author of the travel meets design blog, Prêt à Voyager. Photo courtesy: Caitlin E. Earley 1. What initially inspired you to move… Read more
Nicole Garton
Nicole Garton created the Ingénue Interview series appearing in the Huffington Post, contributed an anecdotal guide to early 20th Century Paris to Schnock: la revue des Vieux de 27 à 87 ans, No. 1 and translated the 5th issue of la revue “J’aime beaucoup ce… Read more
