Posts under ‘Things that make you go Hmmmmm.’

Things t.m.y.g. Hmmmmm. Planning, Forms & Permits. Declaration Prealable Déclaration Préalable – Maisons individual Déclaration Préalable – Lotissement property Déclaration Préalable -Including demolition. There are now three versions of the Declaration Prealable form. They still all apply to minor works or works that do not require a Permis Construire These new forms are shorter, and [...]

Planning Permission for building, renovating or converting property in France, what it is and how to apply for it. This part of our look at planning regulations since October 2007 takes a look at the Permis Construire. Some of the forms retain the same name as the previous ones, however, all have been altered and only [...]

Since October 2007 a new set of planning application forms have been used in France to replace previously used building planning forms. This was accompanied by a new national planning procedural reform. Some of the forms retain the same name as the previous ones, however, all have been altered and only the new forms are [...]

Plans, Budgets and Accounts. For reasons unknown this is a topic that tends to invite comment and hot debate. This is strange as at the heart of the matter are plain and simple mathematics. O.K maybe not so plain, or simple. Architects and Surveyors will tend to offer guideline figures for renovation or conversion projects ranging [...]