Comments on: Lets give it a push http://www.francethisway.com/wp/lets-give-it-a-push/2007/03/ Living in France and daily life for a UK expat in the French blog! Wed, 17 Mar 2010 07:38:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Arnold http://www.francethisway.com/wp/lets-give-it-a-push/2007/03/comment-page-1/#comment-3541 Arnold Thu, 01 Mar 2007 18:15:53 +0000 http://www.francethisway.com/wp/lets-give-it-a-push/2007/03/#comment-3541 Why would you want to PAY to get it demolished? I'm sure that a few euros of petrol and a match would work wonders and probably be a much more French way of doing it anyway :) The estate commission seems to be on a sliding scale: 3% is more typical. One thing to watch though is that, ideally, you should sell whatever property you're living in as that means zero Capital Gains Tax vs something somewhat more substantial if you sell a business property (ie a gite). Why would you want to PAY to get it demolished? I’m sure that a few euros of petrol and a match would work wonders and probably be a much more French way of doing it anyway :)

The estate commission seems to be on a sliding scale: 3% is more typical.

One thing to watch though is that, ideally, you should sell whatever property you’re living in as that means zero Capital Gains Tax vs something somewhat more substantial if you sell a business property (ie a gite).

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