To buy its ground

Primary goal: to find your ground! The Councils for beginning well.

All starts with the search for a ground. To find, attentively read the specialized press and the local press. You can also contact the developers but also the manufacturers of detached houses which have a good knowledge of the sector.

To note: The law prohibited with the manufacturers of to intervene directly in the sale of the ground.

To buy a “isolated ground”

A ground isolated or in diffuse sector is sold by a private individual. It is not always developed. You will have:

  • you to occupy of various connections
  • to check that it is indeed a constructible piece while returning to you with the service town planning of your town hall to consult there the Plan of occupation of grounds .

The certificate of town planning is a complementary guarantee. This document shows in a detailed way what is contained in the . The rules stated in the certificate of town planning are valid throughout one one year as from its obtaining. It will be delivered to you free within two month as from your request.

The surface indicated in the title deed is indicative, as well as that indicated to the land register. It is thus advised to make measure the ground by an expert geometrician.

To buy a ground in allotment

If you choose the allotment, you will be sure to acquire a constructible developed piece. Side construction you will have to conform to the regulation of allotment.

The purchase is done near a developer-lotisseur. Surface is guaranteed, except for the square meter.

Which surface to build?

You are not free to build on the totality of the ground. You must adhere to the percentage occupied time of grounds to determine the constructible floor space on your ground.

To know this surface, it is enough for you to multiply the surface of the ground by the percentage occupied time of the grounds indicated. This surface defines the sum of surfaces of the floors, thickness of the walls of each level of understood construction.

Surface ground m ²
Floor space m ²
Many stages
Surface on the ground m ²

To know the subsoil

The nature of the subsoil must hold all your attention because it can hold surprises. For more information, do not hesitate to contact the Departmental management of equipment . Their technicians will announce you the sensitive areas and will advise usefully you.

For more security, appealed to a geologist who will make a study of quite useful ground thereafter.

Lastly, check that the ground is not located in an area at the natural risks (floods or landslide). For that, you address to the prefecture or the town hall or on www.k9soa.net

Constraints

A ground can be forwarded to a constraint. It is a right prisoner by a neighbor on your property. They can be multiple:

  • right of way
  • of water run-off
  • of sight
  • etc

Good namely: a constraint can involve a rebate of your ground.

Example 1

Encompassed ground

Encompassed ground

The ground has is surrounded of the pieces B, C and D which belong to other owners: it is thus encompassed since it is impossible to reach the street without being able to pass to one of the neighbors.

Example 2

Right of way

Right of way

The right of way is illustrated in dotted line. Two funds are crossed so that the owner of the ground has can reach the route. While passing by the piece D, one would have disturbed only one property but the layout would have been longer.

How to buy?

You initially will sign a unilateral promise of sale. The owner engages, during a certain time, to sell his ground with the help of a fixed price to you. As long as the time is not expired, the owner cannot yield his ground to someone else. N the other hand, you pour an allowance of immobilization in theory equal to 10% of the selling price (the balance having to be versed at the day of the final act).

Do not forget to insert in this contract of the suspensive clauses conditioning the sale into obtaining the loans, but also with obtaining the permit building or, at the very least, a certificate of positive town planning which guarantees that the ground is constructible.

You can sign this promise either in front of notary, or under private signature, i.e. between you and the salesman. In this last case, the promise must be recorded in the ten days of its signature to the receipt of the taxes of your residence or that of the salesman. The omission of this formality would involve the nullity of the promise. Once the recorded promise, a specimen must be given to the notary who is in charge of the sale as well as the check of 10%.

You will pass in the notary to sign the final act approximately three months after the signature of the promise and will then pay the balance of the price and the expenses generated by this acquisition. The gift taxes rise 5,09% of the price.