Situations
Your situation, in your words, and the report that answers it
You do not need to know the vocabulary of French valuation. Each guide starts from a concrete problem, explains what French law says, what a report brings, and what it costs.
10 guides
Private clients
Divorce in France: who keeps the house, how much is the buy-out?
Which spouse keeps the home, how the equalising payment is calculated, value at the date of partition, compensation claims: what a divorce valuation fixes.
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Divorce of a business owner: what are the business and shares worth?
Business or company shares in a French divorce: separate or community, value of the business and shares, compensation claims. What the valuation shows.
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French tax office challenges the value of the house I inherited
Tax reassessment notice on an inherited property in France: time to reply, burden of proof, conciliation commission and what a counter-valuation adds.
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French wealth tax (IFI): what value to declare for my house and SCI?
Market value at 1 January, 30 % allowance on the main home, SCI shares and discounts: declaring French wealth tax without inviting a reassessment.
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I paid too much for my French house: can I challenge the price?
Paid too much, floor area or condition not as advertised: mistake as to value, hidden defect, fraud, lésion, lost chance. What a valuation establishes.
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Inherited house in France: how to leave a family joint ownership?
Sell, buy out the other heirs or force a partition: what articles 815 and 815-5-1 of the French Civil Code provide, and the value used as the basis.
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Inheriting a French house occupied by my brother: how is it valued?
Value at the date of death, no discount for a family occupant, occupation indemnity owed to the estate, partition: the guide to read before the valuation.
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My neighbour is building a block of flats: will my house lose value?
Neighbour's planning permission in France, loss of view and sunlight: two-month challenge, abnormal nuisance, value before and after costed by the expert.
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Preparing a donation-partage in France: how do we value the lots?
Donation-partage between children in France: lots, values frozen at the date of the deed, forced heirship, soulte. What a valuation gives the notaire.
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Selling a protected adult's home in France: the judge's authorisation
Sale of a protected adult's home in France: authorisation of the protection judge, valuation required, minimum price, documents for the application.
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Lawyers and notaires
How to challenge the court-appointed expert's report in France
Dires on the preliminary report, critical review by a party expert, supplement or new appraisal: what can be disputed in a French court valuation report.
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Matrimonial property liquidation in France: which valuation date?
Closest date to the partition, compensation between spouses, occupation indemnity: the dates that count in a French divorce and the mission for the expert.
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Producing a valuation in a French court: which format to choose?
Single-party report, joint private valuation or court-ordered expert appraisal: the weight of each format before a French judge, and which one to request.
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Valuing SCI shares in a French inheritance or gift: the method
Restated net asset value, discounts accepted by the Cour de cassation, article 761 of the CGI: what a French notaire expects from a share valuation.
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Businesses
A partner leaves, is expelled or dies: what are the shares worth?
Partner withdrawing, expelled or deceased in an SCI or company: clause in the articles, the article 1843-4 expert, restated net assets, two valuations.
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Compulsory purchase of my business premises: what compensation?
Business expropriated in whole or part: value of the fonds, reinvestment allowance, trading disturbance, reply to offers and submission to the judge.
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Lease renewal in France: my landlord wants to uncap the rent
Notice offering renewal at an uncapped rent: the cases in article L. 145-34, 10 % a year smoothing, the commercial rent judge and rental value.
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My landlord refuses to renew my lease in France: what compensation?
Notice refusing renewal: value of the business or of the leasehold right, ancillary heads, occupation indemnity and the two-year time limit to act.
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Selling my business in France: what is it really worth?
Turnover-based scales, restated EBITDA, comparable sales, premises valued separately, stock on inventory and municipal pre-emption: what sets the price.
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Selling my hotel in France: premises and business, at what value?
Restated EBITDA, multiples, value per room, the hotel method, split between premises and business, weight of the brand: a hotel's value before the sale.
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Institutions
French banks: mortgage lending value, prudent value or market value?
Market value, mortgage lending value, prudent value: what the revised CRR and EVGN 2 require for secured lending and portfolio reviews in France.
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Pre-emption by a public body in France: setting a defensible price
Valuation before the pre-emption decision, State valuer's opinion, referral to the expropriation judge, condition at judgment date: securing the price.
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Courts
Appointing a property valuation expert in France: practical notes
Heading C.18, choice of expert, standard remit, deposit, timeframes, sapiteur, court area: the points judges and registries need before an appointment.
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Drafting a market value expert remit for a partition in France
Useful heads of remit in a court-ordered partition or licitation: condition of the property, value at partition, rental value, occupation indemnity.
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