{"id":33990,"date":"2021-07-29T22:56:30","date_gmt":"2021-07-29T20:56:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/?p=33990"},"modified":"2021-07-29T22:56:30","modified_gmt":"2021-07-29T20:56:30","slug":"apartment-hunting-in-france-the-dreaded-dossier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/apartment-hunting-in-france-the-dreaded-dossier\/","title":{"rendered":"Apartment hunting in France: the dreaded &#8216;dossier&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Coucou<\/em>! ?<\/p>\n<p>Apartment hunting in France is underway for me and the difficulty is more than I had imagined. I have started to put together the dreaded &#8216;<em>dossier<\/em>&#8216; (file) which many agencies and landlords require <strong>before<\/strong> you even look at an apartment.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_33998\" style=\"width: 360px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter post-item__attachment\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-33998\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-33998\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/07\/files-1614223_960_720-350x274.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"274\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/07\/files-1614223_960_720-350x274.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/07\/files-1614223_960_720-768x600.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/07\/files-1614223_960_720.jpg 921w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-33998\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo from Pixabay, CCO.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>You&#8217;ll need to make a lot of <em>les photocopies <\/em>and they may need to be <em>recto verso<\/em> (double sided):<\/p>\n<h4><em>Les documents obligatoires pour louer un logement :<\/em><\/h4>\n<ul class=\"paragraph-length\">\n<li><em>Photocopie de votre carte d\u2019identit\u00e9 (ou de votre passeport).<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Trois derniers bulletins de salaire (si l\u2019on est salari\u00e9) ou deux derniers bilans (si l\u2019on est un travailleur ind\u00e9pendant)<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Justificatif de domicile<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Mandatory documents to rent an apartment:<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Photocopy of your identity card (or your passport)<\/li>\n<li>Three last pay slips (if you are employed) or last two account statements (if you are self-employed)<\/li>\n<li>Proof of address<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><em>Les documents facultatifs :<\/em><\/h4>\n<ul class=\"paragraph-length\">\n<li><em>Dernier avis d\u2019imposition\u00a0<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Carte d\u2019\u00e9tudiant<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Carte de s\u00e9jour<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Attestation d\u2019employeur\u00a0<\/em><\/li>\n<li>R.I.B. (Relev\u00e9 d&#8217;identit\u00e9 bancaire)<\/li>\n<li><em>Quittances de loyer de la pr\u00e9c\u00e9dente location<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Optional documents:<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Last tax documents<\/li>\n<li>Student card<\/li>\n<li>Residence permit<\/li>\n<li>Proof of work<\/li>\n<li>Banking information<\/li>\n<li>Rent receipts from the previous rental<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4 class=\"paragraph-length\"><em>Le propri\u00e9taire n\u2019est pas en droit d\u2019exiger certains documents tels que :\u00a0<\/em><\/h4>\n<ul class=\"paragraph-length\">\n<li><em>Carte VITALE<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Photocopie de compte bancaire<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Attestation de bonne tenue du compte bancaire<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Attestation d&#8217;absence de cr\u00e9dit, autorisation de pr\u00e9l\u00e8vement automatique<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Contrat de mariage\u00a0<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Dossier m\u00e9dical personnel<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Extrait de casier judiciaire<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>The owner is not entitled to demand certain documents such as:<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>VITALE card (health insurance card)<\/li>\n<li>Photocopy of bank account<\/li>\n<li>Certificate of good standing with your bank<\/li>\n<li>Certificate of absence of credit, automatic debit authorization<\/li>\n<li>Marriage certificate<\/li>\n<li>Personal medical record<\/li>\n<li>Criminal record<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center\">_____________________________<\/h4>\n<p>On top of all this paperwork, you may be asked for <strong><em>un garant<\/em>. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>C<em>\u2019est \u00e0 votre garant, c\u2019est-\u00e0-dire \u00e0 la personne qui se portera caution pour vous que votre propri\u00e9taire demandera de payer votre loyer si vous \u00eates dans l\u2019incapacit\u00e9 de le faire. <\/em>It is up to your co-signer, that is the person who will act as a guarantor, who your landlord will ask to pay your rent if you are unable to do so.<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center\">_____________________________<\/h4>\n<p class=\"paragraph-length\"><em>Souhaitez-moi bonne chance<\/em>. Wish me luck. ?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"350\" height=\"274\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/07\/files-1614223_960_720-350x274.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/07\/files-1614223_960_720-350x274.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/07\/files-1614223_960_720-768x600.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/07\/files-1614223_960_720.jpg 921w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p>Coucou! ? Apartment hunting in France is underway for me and the difficulty is more than I had imagined. 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