Domosno — Legal & Taxes
Legal & Taxes articles and buyer guidance from Domosno's French Alps property blog.
A ski apartment’s star rating does not automatically carry over to its buyer. Check the certificate, plan a fresh application and keep rental permissions separate.
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A ski apartment’s star rating does not automatically carry over to its buyer. Check the certificate, plan a fresh application and keep rental permissions separate.
A works reserve, a ten-year plan and a funded renovation are different things. Follow the documents and payment dates before buying an Alpine apartment.
The withdrawal clock, missing documents and mortgage conditions follow different rules. A practical timetable for buying a resale ski home from abroad.
The annual copropriété meeting shapes the costs and care of your Alpine apartment. How to prepare, vote from abroad and follow up without turning ownership into a second job.
Owner stays, rental contracts and occupancy declarations can change the local-tax picture. Here is what to check before budgeting for your Alpine apartment.
Non-residents can enter France's property wealth tax once their net taxable French real estate exceeds €1.3 million on 1 January. Mortgage debt can reduce the base, but the threshold and debt rules are easy to misread.
Since 15 February 2025, depreciation deducted under the real LMNP regime is generally brought into the capital-gain calculation when a furnished property is sold. The rule can materially change the exit calculation for a rented French ski apartment, including one bought years before the reform.
A SARL de famille can be a powerful structure for a UK-resident family buying and renting a French Alps apartment, but French depreciation, UK anti-avoidance rules and the eventual capital-gains bill must be considered together.
When you buy off-plan in the French Alps, French law wraps your purchase in a five-layer warranty framework running from the day you sign to a decade after handover. Here is exactly what each guarantee covers, how long it lasts, and how to invoke it.
Most buyers pay full market rate. A smaller group use démembrement — buying bare ownership at 60–70% of the full price, with no rental income tax, no IFI liability, and full ownership returned automatically when the usufruct expires.
Since 2021, many British owners feared their English will would be overridden for their French property. A June 2026 clarification offers real reassurance, and here is what it means for your estate planning.
Both Alpine departments raised DMTO (transfer tax) to 5% from April 2025. Resale buyers face higher notaire bills. New-build VEFA buyers are unaffected.
France taxes rental income from French property regardless of where you live. Your home country may tax the same income too - unless a double taxation treaty says otherwise. Here is exactly how it works for UK, German, Belgian, US and Scandinavian owners in 2026.