Owner: What are the rules for renting a furnished apartment?
Verified 23 March 2023 - Directorate for Legal and Administrative Information (Prime Minister)
You own a home that isn't your home? You want to make it a furnished rental? You can offer it to a tenant to make it his home, a second home or a holiday rental. Depending on the use chosen, the contract to be signed is different (dwelling lease, mobility lease or rental contract for a furnished tourist). The same applies to the rules for leasing and the taxes you will have to pay.
Furnished residential lease | Mobility lease | Furnished tourist goods | |
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Use of housing | The tenant makes housing his principal residence | The tenant makes housing his principal residence or his secondary residence | The tenant makes the accommodation a holiday rental |
For which tenant? | Any person can be a tenant | The tenant must be in one of the following situations: | The same tenant must not rent the accommodation more than 90 days a year |
Lease Duration | Minimum: 1 year But if the tenant is a student, the minimum is 9 months | Minimum: 1 month Maximum: 10 months | Hire by the day, week or month |
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Security deposit | Maximum: 2 months rent (excluding charges) | Forbidden | Free |
Energy consumption | In metropolitan France, housing must have a moderate energy consumption | No limit | |
Furnishing | The dwelling must include at least some of the furniture | There is no list of mandatory furniture. But the furniture is 1 of the criteria for the classification of furniture (optional) | |
Advance Declarations | None |
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Content of the real estate listing | Regulated and different depending on whether the ad is written by the owner or a real estate agency | Free | |
Rent | Regulated or Free (depending on the municipality) | Free | |
Owner's tax |
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Termination of the lease at the initiative of the tenant |
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| The rules on leave and notice shall be laid down in the lease agreement |
End of the lease at the initiative of the owner |
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| The rules on leave and notice shall be laid down in the lease agreement |
Who can help me?
Find who can answer your questions in your region
- Telephone administrative information - Allo Public Service
The informants who answer you belong to the ministry in charge of housing and city planning.
Cost: free service
Attention: the service does not have access to users' personal files and therefore cannot provide information on their progress.
The service is available at the following times:
- Monday: 8.30am to 5.30pm
- Tuesday: 8:30 to 12:15
- Wednesday: 8:30 to 12:15
- Thursday: 8.30am to 5.30pm
- Friday: 1 p.m. to 4:15 p.m
- Departmental Agency for Housing Information (Adil)
FAQ
- Rent your main residence (make it a furnished apartment)Service-Public.fr
- Rent your second home (make it a furnished apartment)Service-Public.fr
- I do furnished rentals, do I have to pay the real estate contribution of the companies (CFE)?Ministry of Economy