Clé France

Hi, Alex here!

At Cle France we get questions asked all the time and I don't think I can recall a question being posed that we could not answer or at the very least point our client in the right direction.

No doubt following the UK decision to leave the EU you may have a lot of questions surrounding this subject and indeed anything connected with searching for, viewing, making an offer, the buying process, owning a French property and moving to France etc.

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Question: Hi Alex, please could you tell if British people are still allowed to emigrate to France and acquire property. I ask you this because i would like to sell my properties in Britain and move to France.

Thanks, Philip.

Answer: Hi Philip, British people do not need to “emigrate” to France, it is not as complicated as that because within the EU countries there is free movement of people. The “Leave’ vote on the 23rd June has not changed anything at all, for the moment, until the PM or his successor invokes ‘Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty’.

At the moment of course there is an air of uncertainty but you will always be able to move to and to live in France, it just maybe that in the future there may have to be more paperwork involved and we do that with you anyway. At the moment it is looking more and more likely that the free movement of people within the EU will not change greatly if at all.

Also it is worth pointing out that everyday we sell French property to Americans, Australians, Russians, South Africans and many other people from various nations and NONE of these are even in Europe let alone the EU so, as I can see it, there is nothing to stop you following your plans and you will find, like many do and I did that living in France is a wonderful thing to do.

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Question: I am a British Ex-Pat already living in France, with a "Brexit" what happens next for me?

Answer: The short answer is... Nothing yet.

Following the vote to leave the EU and the inevitable shock waves in the UK, Europe and around the globe there has been surprisingly little done or agreed about the way forward.

David Cameron announced that he will stand down as Prime Minister, but not until October, so for now he will remain where he is to 'Steady the Ship' over the coming months. He said in his speech directed to Ex-Pats in the EU:

"I would also reassure Brits living in European countries, and European citizens living here, that there will be no immediate changes in your circumstances. There will be no initial change in the way our people can travel, in the way our goods can move or the way our services can be sold."

"We must now prepare for a negotiation with the European Union. This will need to involve the full engagement of the Scottish, Welsh and Northern Ireland governments to ensure that the interests of all parts of our United Kingdom are protected and advanced."

Leaving the EU has to be negotiated, it is not an overnight thing, it may take many years and certainly at least two years. Even if the UK government invokes 'Article 50' of the 2009 Lisbon Treaty, it will take at least two years before the exit is agreed by the other Member States of the EU.

Mark D’Arcy the BBC’s parliamentary correspondent. said...

"Parliament would have to amend or repeal a series of other Acts, as well as 44 years’ worth of EU-derived secondary legislation, especially statutory instruments passed under Section 2(2) of the 1972 Act, which would have no legal effect after it had been repealed".

So, there are many steps to take but for now, and in the near future... nothing has changed.

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Hello Sharon,

On meeting the owners [during the viewing] they were very obliging in anything we asked or wanted, after we had our first viewing and dealing with the superb Cle France agent I’m glad to say all is good and we are looking forward to upgrading the house.

So thank you for your help and I hope you have a busy year.

Please inform your agent that we thought he was brilliant and very good at his job.

Peter King.

Peter "moved in" to his new property [actually a very old character property!] in mid June and seems very happy with everything, even the internal renovations are enjoyable when you have an Equestrian Manor House on 13 Hectares to work with.

Contact us if you want to make the move to France and as several of our clients say "Follow your heart and make the move"

Many thanks, can't tell you how impressed I was with your agent in Lower Normandy, she was fantastic, she understood completely what we were looking for, and found many more properties for us. We had 2 packed sessions with her, and at least three of the ones she showed us will make our short list. So that was great.

The others were fab as well, you agent in the Cotentin Peninsula, he was super professional and fun. 

We have been looking for a while now, and "the best service we have had was with these Cle France French agents".

We have another day planned in Normandy on Friday and then a re-group, and then plan to try and re see our short list.

Huge thanks for all your work, I may be in touch again soon.

Tracy.

Sounds like exciting times for Tracy and lots of decisions to be made but she seems to have a good shortlist and we do have more property for sale in Lower Normandy than anybody else. Feels good to know that our agents on the ground are doing a super job and keeping Cle France clients happy and giving them the right houses that suit their criteria, YOU can reply on Cle France.

We will guide YOU through the French Property Buying Process!

And as several of our clients say "Follow your heart and make the move"!