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Accommodation for rent: what should the real estate agency's announcement say?

Verified 15 July 2022 - Legal and Administrative Information Directorate (Prime Minister)

The content of the real estate agency's advertisement for the rental (or subletting) of a dwelling with a residential lease (including mobility lease) must comply with certain rules. These rules depend on the location of the dwelling. In fact, there are specific rules for the communes of Paris, Lille (Hellemmes and Lomme), Montpellier, Bordeaux, Lyon and Villeurbanne and the inter-communes ofTogether and Common plain.

General case

The real estate agency's announcement must include the following information:

  • Mention that the accommodation to rent is a furnished accommodation, if
  • Monthly rent amount, increased by rental charges, if
  • Amount leasehold expenses and their method of payment, if
  • Amount security deposit, if required by the owner (but security deposit is not permitted in the case of a mobility lease)
  • Amount of theoretical heating expenditure (and the reference year of energy prices used to establish this estimate)
  • Total amount (TTC: titleContent) real estate agent fees to be paid by the tenant (for the visit of the accommodation, the costs of the file, the drafting of the lease, even the realisation of the state of entry)
  • Amount TTC: titleContent the fees of the real estate agent to be paid by the tenant for the realisation of the state of entry, if
  • Municipality (and district for Marseille) where the accommodation for rent is located
  • Accommodation area for rent (in m2 of living area)
  • Housing energy performance ranking
  • Classification of housing as regards greenhouse gas emissions

Warning  

Following the monthly rent amount, you must indicate per month (or /month) and, where appropriate, the charges (or CC).

Paris, Lille, Bordeaux, Lyon, Montpellier, Est Ensemble, Plaine commune...

Specific rules apply to municipalities of:

  • Paris
  • Bordeaux (lease signed or renewed since 15 July 2022)
  • Is Together (lease signed or renewed from 1toDecember 2021)
  • Lille, Hellemmes and Lomme
  • Lyon and Villeurbanne (lease signed or renewed since 1toNovember 2021)
  • Montpellier (lease signed or renewed since 1to July 2022)
  • Common plain (lease signed or renewed from 1to June 2021)

For a dwelling located in one of these municipalities, the real estate agency's announcement must indicate the following information:

  • Mention that the accommodation to rent is a furnished accommodation
  • Monthly rent amount, increased by rental charges and rent supplement, if
  • Amount leasehold expenses and their method of payment, if
  • Reference rent increased amount
  • Base Rent Amount
  • Amount of rent supplement, if any
  • Amount security deposit, if required by the owner (but security deposit is not permitted in the case of a mobility lease)
  • Amount of theoretical heating expenditure (and the reference year of energy prices used to establish this estimate)
  • Total amount (TTC: titleContent) real estate agent fees to be paid by the tenant (for the visit of the accommodation, the costs of the file, the drafting of the lease, even the realisation of the state of entry)
  • Amount TTC: titleContent the fees of the real estate agent to be paid by the tenant for the realisation of the state of entry, if
  • Common (and district for the cities of Paris and Lyon) where the accommodation for rent is located
  • Accommodation area for rent (in m2 of living area)
  • Housing energy performance ranking
  • Classification of housing as regards greenhouse gas emissions

Warning  

  • You must indicate Area subject to rent control before mentioning the increased reference rent, basic rent and rent supplement.
  • The size of the characters of the monthly rent amount, increased the rent supplement and recoverable charges, if this is the case, must be higher than the reference rent plus, the basic rent and the rent supplement.

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