France in Focus

As things continue at sub snail pace on the house sale front, we are now forced to carry out all the obligatory checks and more, the diagnostic 1600€, and this morning the fosse control at 500€, however whether our luck is turning or not. The original house fosse was here when we purchased it, the one for the gite I installed and boy did I make a pigs ear of it, the tank ended up over 2 metres down in the ground, and all sorts of bodge arounds ensued. I was absolutely dumbfounded when he, after 45 minutes informed me that they both conformed, probably worth the fee to get that sorted out, I even told him at the outset I didn't expect that one to conform, hooray for that.

We're in the process of trying to sell our house too.

The diagnostics passed with a B rating and cost us just under €300.

The house was built in 2011. The recent fosse inspection says it doesn't conform although in 2011 it conformed.

Our Spanc lady is a jobsworth, but here in the Dordogne the rules have changed since 2011.

manonthemoon2 wrote: ↑Wed Jun 04, 2025 12:41 pm Our Spanc lady is a jobsworth,

I understand MPs pay very good money for one of those!

I thought the diagnostic was a bit dear, it was arranged by the estate agent so I suspect a backhander was catered for, they did charge for two houses, which it is. The energy rating was a bit arse about face, the gite, which I renovated was stashed right to the brim with fiberglass insulation and it came out at a E whereas the main house came out with a D. They said the gite was let down by no proper heating and the French doors are only single glazed, it's a gite built with the intention of summer lets, when it gets so hot we have to provide air con units and fans, all in all yet another rip off.