Advice
Practical guidance to help you prepare for your property inspections.
Get ready for
your inspection.
Keys, paperwork, timing and reports: how to prepare for your property inspection without dismantling anything.
Advice for
your project.
Which property inspection reports can you reuse?
Before commissioning new reports, check their dates, the requirements of your project and what has changed at the property. A practical way to sort through existing reports.
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DPE and energy audit: what do you need to sell?
Selling a house rated E, F or G may require an energy audit as well as a French energy performance assessment (DPE). Find out what each document covers and get ready before viewings begin.
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Letting an F- or G-rated home: checks before signing the tenancy
Energy rating, tenancy dates and planned work: what to check before letting a home in metropolitan France or renewing a tenancy.
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Asbestos before works: is the report from your sale enough?
Before drilling, lifting a floor or renovating a room, check what the asbestos survey covers. An existing report may not cover the planned works.
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Electrical safety issues: how to read your inspection report
Understand the findings, safety issues and scope of your electrical inspection, and know what to ask before taking the next step.
Read the guideWhich inspections
do you need for your property?
Selling, letting or planning work? Find the checks that apply.