The Deposit
This is a sum of money you pay to the lessor at the signing of the contract. This payment is to cover any deficiencies to your obligations you commit to housing for the duration of the lease (degradation, non-payment of rent and / or charges).
The security deposit is required?
Regarding the locations of empty spaces for residential use (Law of 6 July 1989) the deposit is not mandatory. You must pay your landlord only if its existence is mentioned in a clause of the lease (which is the case in most contracts). The deposit amount must be explicitly noted in the contract.
If your contract provides for payment of rent in advance and by quarter (ie at the end of each quarter you pay your landlord the amount of the next three months). The landlord can not require you to pay a security deposit (article 22 Act of 6 July 1989). However if you as permitted by law (Article 7 of Act 6 July 1989) you require, during the lease, a monthly payment of rent, the landlord may ask you to pay a security deposit.
Its amount and its revision:
The security deposit may not exceed two months rent off charges (Article 22 Act of 6 July 1989). If the owner has the right to collect the deposit, it can not, however, revise the amount in the lease or the renewal of the lease.
When should it be paid?
You usually pay when signing the lease. If you agreed with your landlord a payment of deferred deposit, specify it in the contract and the date on which payment is expected.
The Loca-pass:
There are schemes to financially assist the tenant must pay a security deposit. The Loca-pass, grants and aid to advance the position of the tenant’s security deposit requested by the lessor. The tenant pays the amount of deposit to the lender, with minimum monthly payments of 15 euros for 36 months.
Les aides loca-pass sont principalement accessibles : Aid local passes are mainly available:
- Employees whose company is subject to 1% Housing;
- Young people under 30 years in research or in employment; Student Fellows States.
The scenarios are many and varied, we advise you to learn more details directly from the body.
Once the status of output has been completed and you have returned the keys, the deposit will be returned. Under Article 22 of the Act of 6 July 1989, the landlord must return your security deposit within two months after the handover of the keys.
Total refund …
The refund of the deposit will be complete if you have completely filled your tenant obligations (payment of all rents of all the charges, made repairs to you as a tenant …)
At about colocation:
The apartment is growing in all over the world. It does not only attracted students, but more and more young executives who have realized it was better to move more in a large apartment alone in a studio. It does not necessarily installed with friends or friends of friends, it “recruits” as out of a group of friends. Not necessarily to other skills but to get to live more easily and at lower prices.
Large surfaces cheaper … Paris except in Paris
Except in Paris, where the beautiful surfaces are more expensive monthly rate than smaller ones, in other cities, areas exigues rent is proportionately more expensive. Financially and socially, to more rent is generally a good deal of the fact that each tenant has its own coin, but also “the enjoyment of common areas” such living, lounge, large kitchen …
Rent:
The signed lease is a lease classic signed by all roommates, each fulfilling its part of rent. Each tenant remains liable for its share only if others do more of their rents. (unless the landlord has to sign a guarantee to each parent or third roommates which can be turned against one of them if unpaid).
The Department of Housing:
If one of the roommates decides to leave, it gives off a letter with acknowledgment of receipt and is free of any commitment. However, donors still face a bit suspect to sign and are flat, most of the time, a solidarity clause.
The solidarity clause is not presumed, it must be stipulated expressing. If it is not provided in the lease, it does not apply. But few donors who forget. This clause is very reassuring to the lessor but serious consequence for each tenant.