Example
What you receive: a sample review
This is an anonymised, shortened example of a Complete review. The address and figures have been changed. Your own review follows the same structure, written for your property.
What the review helps you decide
Planning constraints
What the local plan (PLU, the town's rulebook) allows on the plot: extensions, outbuildings, a pool, and the limits on height and footprint.
Risk awareness
Which natural risk plans cover the address (flooding, landslides, avalanches, clay soil) and what that can mean for building work and insurance.
Price context
How the asking price compares with recorded sales nearby, so you can negotiate with real figures.
Ongoing costs
An estimate of annual property costs: taxe foncière and, where applicable, taxe d'habitation on second homes.
Sample · House · Haute-Savoie (address withheld)
Summary
Detached house on a 1,240 m² plot in zone UH (residential area with gardens). The house can usually be extended by a modest amount. A small part of the garden lies in a blue zone of the local risk plan (moderate landslide risk); simple precautions apply to new building there.
Zoning (PLU)
Zone UH allows extensions and outbuildings within a maximum footprint of 20% of the plot and a height of 9 metres. A pool is generally possible, set back at least 3 metres from the boundary. The mairie (town hall) confirmed by phone that no plan revision affecting this zone is under way.
Natural risks
Blue zone of the PPRN (natural risk prevention plan) on the north-east corner: any new building there needs a soil study. Low radon potential. No flood zone.
Price check
Asking price €465,000 (about €3,320/m²). Comparable sales within 1 km over the last 24 months: €2,900–3,400/m². The asking price sits at the upper end of the local range.
Annual costs
Taxe foncière about €1,450 a year. As a second home, taxe d'habitation of about €900 a year would also apply.
Questions for your French notaire
Has the commune waived its pre-emption right? Are the 2019 garden shed and the veranda covered by a declaration of works?
A Claritat review is an independent information review. It is not a guarantee of planning permission, not legal advice and not a substitute for the official checks by the mairie and your French notaire. Want to start with the free report? Check an address.
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A French real estate specialist personally reviews the address: cadastral plan, risk plans, sun study, price check, annual property costs and a written summary with advice on next steps. The Complete review adds the diagnostics, contact with the mairie (town hall) and answers to your own questions.
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