What is a realistic sale price?
There is no doubt that a well cared for property sells more easily than one which is dilapidated. Although furnishing styles vary enormously from country to country, it is generally advantageous to include the furnishings in the sale price. Second-hand furniture and equipment of any kind commands only the lowest possible prices in France if sold separately from a property. Therefore, it is preferable, if you do not need them elsewhere, to add something on to the sale price for kitchen equipment, such as dishwashers and refrigerators, rather than to try to sell it elsewhere. If you originally bought a new property, so that the stamp duty you paid was well below the usual rate, and you were the first buyer from the developer, and you sell within five years of completion of the building, your buyer will again pay a low stamp duty. With the high rates of stamp duty in France, you may think that this makes the property cheaper and easier to sell, but this is often untrue. Since high stamp d
